Allah's Messenger (Blessings and Peace of Allah be upon him) said: "Worry, anxiety, pain, fatigue, sickness or even a thorn that pricks him - when a believer is afflicted with any of these, Allah grants him pardon for some of his sins (through or because of those afflictions)." This reward is for the one who is patient, who seeks his reward with Allah, who repents to Him, and … [Read more...] about Bearing Hardship Atones for Sins.