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RIYADH AS-SALIHIN. We will surely try you with somewhat of fear and hunger, and loss of wealth and lives and fruits, then give glad tidings to the steadfast (2. 156). 9. Verily, the steadfast shall have their reward without measure (39. 11). 10. One who endures with fortitude and forgives achieves . a matter of high resolve (42. 44). 11. O ye who believe, seek the help of Allah through steadfastness and Prayer; surely Allah is with the steadfast (2. 154). 12. We will surely try you until We make known those from among you who strive in the cause of Allah, and those who are steadfast (47. 32). . There are many well-known verses of the Holy Quran inculcating steadfastness and extolling it. 11 25. Abu Malik Ash'ari relates that the Holy Prophet said: Cleanliness is half of faith; the utterance of: All praise belongs to Allah; fills the scales of good works; the utterance of: Holy is Allah and worthy of all praise; fills the space between the heavens and the earth; Prayer is light; charity is proof of faith: steadfastness is a glow and the Quran is a plea in your favour or against you. Everyone begins the morning ready to bargain with his soul as a stake and ransoms it or ruins it (Muslim). 26. Abu Sa'id Khudri relates that some people from among the Ansar asked the Holy Prophet to give them something, and he gave them; they asked again and he gave them till he exhausted all he had. Then he said to them:. Whenever there is anything in hand I do not keep it back from you. Remember: he who seeks chastity, Allah makes him chaste; he who seeks self-sufficiency,. Allah makes him self-sufficient; and he who seeks steadfastness Allah bestows steadfastness upon him. Upon no one has been bestowed a bounty better and more comprehensive than steadfastness (Bokhari and Muslim). 27. Suhaib ibn Sinan relates that the Holy Prophet said: Wondrous is the case of a believer; there is good for him in everything, and it is so for him alone. . If he experiences something agreeable, he is grateful to God and that is good for him; and if he experiences adversity, he is steadfast and that is good for him (Muslim). 28. . Anas relates that when the illness of the Holy Prophet became grave so that his suffering would make him unconscious, Fatimah exclaimed: Ah, the suffering of my dear father; and he reassured her: There is no more suffering for thy father after today. When he died she said: Ah, my father, he has responded to the call of his Lord; Ah, my father, the garden of Paradise has become his resort; Ah, my father, we apprise Gabriel of his death. When he was buried she