Hadith Saying "Earth Is A Prison For Believers & Paradise For Non-Believers"?
The criteria of Haram Halal is not based on the principle of Hardship, rather it is based on the principle of Tazkiya. And to achieve this tazkiya, one has to stay within bounds of Sharia as given in Quran and Hadith. What is Halal and what is Haram is based on understanding of the text, not on the level of hardship. If the text demands hardship from Muslim, a Muslim should surrender and if the text demands otherwise, then a Muslim should also surrender. The Ahadith discussed above are not talking about Hardship in life in absolute sense, rather they are comparing hardships a Muslim has to face in comprison to a person who doesn’t believe in God at all, and he has absolute freedom to do anything, without giving due regard to the text of God and without any fear of accountability.