Some of the signs that a person has been put to trials

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Some of the signs that a person has been put to trials are:

1) When he shaves or trims his beard after having it grow longer.

2) When he does what he used to warn against.

3) When he aligns, upon misguidance, with the same people he used to warn against.

4) When he abandons his night prayers.

5) When he completely abandons the Salaah.

6) When he abandons the recitation of the Qur’aan.

7) When he abandons his religion.

8) When a sister abandons her Hijaab.

9) When he allows free mixing.

10) When he lies about Allaah and His religion.

11) When he attributes a lie to the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم.

12) When he speaks without knowledge.

13) When he interferes in the matters which do not concern him.

14) When he does not accept the truth out of pride.

15) When he sees the truth, but still clings to the falsehood.

And list goes on…

The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “Whoever comes across a person suffering a calamity and says:

الحمد لله الذي عافاني مما ابتلاك به ، وفضلني على كثير ممن خلق تفضيلا

(Alhamdulillaahi-ladhee `aafaanee mimmaa ibtalaaka bih, wa fadh-dhalanee `alaa katheerim mimman  khalaqa tafdheelaa)

‘All praise is for Allah Who saved me from that which He tested you with and Who most certainly favored me over much of His creation.’ He will be kept safe from that calamity” [Sunan al-Tirmidhee (3431, 3432) on the authority of Abu Hurairah and `Umar رضي الله عنهما, and graded as “Hasan li ghairihee” by Shaikh al-Albaanee in al-Saheehah (602)]

And When a person realizes that he has been tested, he should repent to Allaah and seek his forgiveness, as was done by Prophet Dawood عليه السلام:

وَظَنَّ دَاوُودُ أَنَّمَا فَتَنَّاهُ فَاسْتَغْفَرَ رَبَّهُ وَخَرَّ رَاكِعًا وَأَنَابَ

{And Dawud became certain that We had tried him and he sought Forgiveness of his Lord, and he fell down into prostration and turned (to Allah) in repentance}

[Surah Saad (38): 23]