ـ الإمامُ الرِّضا (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن سألَ اللّه‏َ الجَنّةَ ولَم يَصْبِرْ على الشَّدائدِ فَقدِ اسْتَهْزأ بنَفْسِهِ .

‪Imam al-Rida (AS) said, ‘Whoever asks Allah for Paradise but does not endure tribulations has in fact ridiculed himself.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 356, no. 11]