Hold on to hope through trials

What It Means: Reading in Context

Abu Huraira reports this complete saying in the Book of Patients, in a chapter concerning illness and expiation. It offers a perspective on trials without specifying the reason for any individual person’s suffering. It is not an instruction to seek harm or to withhold care from someone who is struggling. This entry comes from Sahih al-Bukhari 5645. The quoted wording is the English translation of the reported saying. Follow the source link to read the narrator, full wording and in-book reference together. A hadith number identifies the source used here; numbering systems can differ between editions. Being able to inspect a source is important when a short statement is shared outside its original setting. The accompanying reflection is an editorial prompt for everyday conduct. It is not part of the hadith and does not replace explanation from qualified scholarship. Avoid extending a short reminder into a religious ruling that the entry itself does not establish.