patience

A friend of mine told me that I should not ask Allah to give me patience because that implies that I am asking Allah to give me trials. Is this true? If it is, then how do we explain Sûrah al-Baqarah: 250

As-Salamu `alaykum. Does patience mean bearing unfairness or injustice without making decisions?

If a person is afflicted by witchcraft and the evil eye, will he be rewarded? Will a person be rewarded for any calamity, such as disease or an accident, that befalls him, or must he do something to attain the reward ?