عن إبراهيم بن مهدي السلمي عن أبيه عن جده وكانت له صحبة من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال : سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول : إن العبد إذا سبقت له من الله منزلة لم يبلغها بعمله ابتلاه الله في جسده أو في ماله أو في ولده قال أبو داود : زاد ابن نفيل : ثم صبره على ذلك ثم اتفقا حتى يبلغه المنزلة التي سبقت له من الله تعالى (سنن أبي داود رقم 3090)

Hazrat Ebrahim bin Mahdi As-Sulami (rahimahullah) narrates from his father, who narrates from his grandfather, who was a Sahaabi of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam), that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) said, “When Allah Ta‘ala wishes to bless a servant with a high rank that has been decreed for him (in Jannah), but the servant is unable to reach this high rank through his deeds and efforts, then Allah Ta‘ala brings about tests in his life and body, wealth, or his children. Allah Ta‘ala then blesses him with the taufeeq of sabr and enables him to exercise patience over this test, until Allah Ta‘ala causes him to reach the rank which Allah Ta‘ala had decreed for him.”