Job (a): Difference between revisions

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According to a [[hadith]] of [[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]], God had blessed Job (a), and Job (a) would always give thanks for his blessings. But Satan said to God, “If You take away Your blessings from Job (a), he will cease to give thanks.” Thus, God allowed Satan to afflict Job (a) in his wealth and children. Job (a) lost his wealth and children, but he continued to give thanks, even more than before. Then, he lost his crops and cattle, but he remained [[Shokr|thankful to God]]. Afterwards, Satan breathed onto Job's body, creating many wounds on it. Worms and infection began to appear on Job's body to the extent that the people banished him from the village because of his repulsive smell. But Job (a) still remained thankful. Then, one day Satan together with some of Job's companions visited him and told him that his affliction must have been because of a sin that he had committed. In response, Job (a) stated that he had never eaten any food except that he shared it with an [[orphan]] or a weak person, and that he had never had the choice between two acts of worship except that he chose the more difficult act. Finally, God sent an [[angel]], who washed Job (a) with the water of a spring that welled up when Job (a) stamped his foot on the ground and thus he was healed.