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show any patience.
As Allah tells us in "We will test you loss of wealth and life"
(Surah Al 'Imran: 186), such tests reveal the difference between the
faithful who show patience for the sake of Allah and those who
pursue property and forget about the afterlife. The faithful do not
grieve when they lose their property, for their only intention is to use
everything they possess physically and spiritually to earn Allah's
approval. In other words, they have already devoted these
possessions to Allah. In return for their devotion, they receive the

following reward:
Allah has bought from the believers their selves and their
wealth in return for the Garden . . .
. . . Rejoice, then, in the bargain you have made. That is the great
victory. (Surat at-Tawba, 111)

Facing hunger or poverty

In addition to testing people with fear, a loss of property or their
business, or illness and other things, Allah may also test them with
poverty and hunger.
However, it should be realized that Allah creates a different test for
every person. For this reason, not everyone will face all of these tests
in the same way and under the same conditions. In fact, Allah creates
the secret of the test by sending the same test to people in a wide

variety of forms and in unexpected ways. Those who have true faith
and devotion are prepared to face these difficulties in all of their
forms by relying on the power of their faith and their submission to
Allah.
In such situations, the unbelievers' behavior is far from
resignation. They forget that only Allah gives the countless blessings