removed? Therefore, following the example of these pious personalities, we should adopt a habit of being patient upon adversities and showing gratitude upon blessings, because these are two such lofty practices that through their blessings a person attains the elevated (saintly) rank of siddiqiyyah.

The rank of the patient  

Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا states that the first thing Allah Almighty recorded in the Lawh al-Mahfuz was:

No one is worthy of worship except Me! The Prophet Muhammad صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is My messenger. Whoever accepted my decree, was patient on the difficulty I sent down and expressed gratitude for My blessings, I have written him as a ‘siddiq’ (veracious), and I will raise him with the siddiqin. Whoever did not accept My decree, was not patient on the difficulty I sent down and did not express gratitude for My blessings, let him worship whoever he wishes besides Me.^[1]

Sayyiduna ‘Allamah ‘Abd al-Ra’uf al-Munawi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه mentions regarding this hadith:

Every affair of the believer is amazing. This is because there is goodness in all his affairs, whereas the disbelievers and hypocrites have not attained this virtue at all. If a believer is granted health and well-being, he expresses gratitude to Allah Almighty. This is good for him as he is recorded amongst the shakirin (grateful). When a difficulty befalls him, he is patient and is recorded amongst the sabirin (patient), whose virtues have been extolled in the noble Qur’an. When he remains afflicted by that distress, the doors of mercy remain open for him, so this is