<b>Guidance from the Hadiths:</b><br> 1) It shows excellence of patience and awaiting Allah’s reward, for they are intertwined. If the individual wishes to obtain the reward for his patience, then his patience must be for the sake of Allah, Glorified and Exalted, rather than worldly purposes.<br> 2) A person afflicted with the plague should remain in his country, exercise patience, and await Allah’s reward, based on the saying of the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him): “If you heard of it (the plague) striking some land, then do not proceed towards it, and if it struck a land while you are in it, then do not leave to flee from it.” [Narrated by Al-Bukhāri]<br> 3) Whomever Allah Almighty loves, He afflicts him with trials to fend off harm heading his way, or to absolve him of a sin, or to raise him in rank in this life and the Hereafter.<br> 4) Paradise is the ultimate compensation because its bliss is everlasting; so, the individual should always seek Paradise as compensation for any harm afflicting him.