It is narrated that the Imam Baqir (as) has said that
Allah the Almight said,
Some of my servants are such that their religious
affairs will not improve unless they get poor or sick.
Mishkat ul-Anwar fi Ghurar il-Akhbar
Page 722 Hadith number 1725
Hassan ibn Fazl ibn Hassan Tabarsi
Translated by Lisa Zaynab Morgan
Allah the Almight said,
Some of my servants are such that their religious
affairs will not improve unless they get poor or sick.
Mishkat ul-Anwar fi Ghurar il-Akhbar
Page 722 Hadith number 1725
Hassan ibn Fazl ibn Hassan Tabarsi
Translated by Lisa Zaynab Morgan