What is Patience? and why is it important in Islam. "There is no affliction which strikes the Muslim except that Allah expiates with it (sins), even with a thorn that may poke him."
Patience is a noble mannerism of the soul that prevents it from doing that which is not good or pleasing; it is a quality of the soul which leads to its correction and rectification.
Whoever suffered an affliction and he knew that it occurred by Allahs Judgement and Decree, and he patiently abides, awaiting Allahs reward, then Allah guides his heart, and will compensate him for his loss in this life by granting guidance to his heart and certainty in faith. Allah will replace whatever he lost for Him with the same or what is better.
Allâh has divided people into two categories, the people of gratitude (shukr) and the people of ingratitude (kufr). The thing most disliked by Him is kufr and the people of kufr, the thing most liked by Him is gratitude and the people of gratitude.