Imaam ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullaah) said:
“The ibtilaa’ (testing) of the believer is like medicine for him. It extracts from him the illnesses which if they had remained, would destroy him or diminish his reward and level. The tests and the trials extract these illnesses from him and prepare him for the perfect reward and the highness of degree.”
[Ighaathatul Lahfan, p. 286]
