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upon him, what the plague was. He replied: 'It is a punishment that
Allah sends upon whom He wills; but for Muslims He has made it as
a mercy. If a worshiper of Allah is afflicted by the plague and
remains patiently in his town hoping to be recompensed by Allah,
with the realization that only that which is determined by Allah will
happen to him, he will indeed receive a recompense equal to that of
a martyr.”

Bukhari with a chain up to the Mother of Believers, Lady Ayesha who related this.

PATIENCE IN BLINDNESS

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“Allah, the Mighty, the Glorified says, 'When I afflict the two beloved
faculties (eyes) of a worshiper of Mine, and he remains patient with
this affliction, in their place I will give him Paradise.'”