In a story which Sheikh Ali At-Tantawi narrates, he says:

I was a judge in Syria, and it so happened that a group of us were spending the night with one of our friends when I suddenly found it difficult to breathe and felt severely suffocated.

I sought permission from my companions to leave but they insisted that I stay the night with them. But I couldn't, and I told them I want to take a walk and inhale some fresh air. I left them, walking by myself in the dark, whereupon I heard the sound of someone weeping and praying coming from behind a small hill.

I looked and found a woman who appeared to be in distress and misery. She was crying effusively and praying sincerely to Allah (Glorified and Praised is He).

I approached her and asked, "What is it that is making you cry, my sister?"

She replied, "My husband is a harsh and unjust man. He threw me out of the house, took my children and swore I will never see them again, and I have nobody and no place to go to."

"Why don't you take this to a judge?" I asked.

She continued to cry profusely. "How can a woman like me approach a judge?"'

The sheikh completed the story, crying, "The woman says all of this but does not realise that Allah (Glorified and Praised is He) had dragged a judge (meaning himself) by the neck to take him directly to her!"

Glory be to Allah! Who ordered him to leave in the darkness of the night? To stop directly in front of her with his two feet and ask her, he himself (as a judge), about her needs?

What supplication did this simple, poor woman make to have it answered with this speed and in this manner?

Oh you who feels distress and misery, who thinks that the world has become dark around him, just raise your hands to the sky, and do not say "How can my problems be solved?" Rather, humble yourself in front of He who hears the footsteps of the smallest ant.

Be certain, be certain that there is something awaiting you after your patience. Indeed, Allah (Glorified and Praised is He) does not trial you with anything except that there is good in it for you, even if you were certain of the opposite.