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Have
You Thanked Allah? Taken from "Uddat as-Sâbireen wa Dhâkirat
ash-Shâkireen" Salmân al-Fârsî radhiyAllahu
anhu said: "There was a man who was
given many of the luxuries of this world, and then they were taken away from
him. But he continued to praise and thank Allâh until everything had been taken
from him, even his bed. And then he still praised and thanked Allâh. Another
man, who had also been given many of the luxuries of this world asked him,
'What are you praising and thanking Allâh for?' The man said, 'I am praising and
thanking Him for blessings which, if others asked me to give them to them in
return for all that they have, I would never give them up.' 'What can they be?'
asked the second man. 'Can't you see?' asked the first man. 'I have my
eyesight, my tongue, my hands, my feet...'" Layth ibn Abî Burdah said: 'When Allâh gathers people on
the Day of Judgement, He will remind them of His blessings. One of His slaves
will say: "Remind me of something," and Allâh will say:
"Remember when you faced such-and-such adversity, and you prayed to Me, so
I relieved you of it. Remember when you were travelling in such and-such a
place, and you asked Me to give you a travelling companion, and I did so...
Remember when you asked for the hand of so-and-so the daughter of so-and-so,
and others also asked for her hand, so I gave her to you to marry; and kept the
others away." His slave will be standing before his Lord, Who will remind
him of His many blessings.'" Then the narrator of this story (Layth) wept
and said, "I hope that no one will stand before his Lord in this
way, because the one who does so will be punished." (i.e. if Allâh
has to point out that which should be obvious, this is a sign of a person's
ingratitude, and he will be punished.) A man of knowledge said: "The blessing of Allâh to
us in keeping the luxuries of this world away from us is greater than the
blessing of that which he has given us, because Allah did not like His Prophet
to have the luxuries of this world. So I prefer to live in the manner which
Allâh preferred for His Prophet than to live a life which He disliked for
him." Ibn Abi'd-Dunyâ said: "It was narrated to me
that some scholars said: 'The scholar should praise Allâh for having deprived
him of the luxuries of this life, in the same way that he should praise Him for
what He has bestowed upon him. How can you compare the blessings and luxuries
for which he will be accountable to the deprivation of luxuries which is a
relief from being tested, and which keeps his mind free to worship and remember
Allâh? So he should give thanks to Allâh for all of that.'" A man said to Abû Hâzim: "What is the gratitude of
the eyes?" He said, "If you see good things, you speak about them,
and if you see bad things, you keep quiet about it." He asked, "What
is the gratitude of the ears?" He said, "If you hear something good,
you accept it, and if you hear something bad, you reject it." Then he
asked, "What is the gratitude of the hands?" He said, "Do not
take what which does not belong to you, and do not hold back from paying the
dues of Allâh (zakât)." Then he asked, "What is the gratitude of the
head?" He said: "To have knowledge in it." Then he asked,
"What is the gratitude of one's private parts?" He quoted: "'Who guard their private
parts, except from those joined to them in the marriage bond, or (the captives)
whom their right hands possess – for (in their case) they are free from blame,
but those whose desires exceed those limits are transgressors'"
(al-Mu'minûn 23:5-7). Ibn Abi'd-Dunyâ mentioned that
Dâwûd (peace be upon Him) asked Allâh: "What is the least of Your
blessings?" Allâh revealed to him: "O Dâwûd, take a breath."
Dâwûd did so, and Allâh told him: "This is the least of My blessings on
you."
YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN US IN BENEFITING
FROM THE WORKS OF THE PEOPLE OF KNOWLEDGE and the Inspiring Stories! Abu Maryam AbdurRahman Meda __._,_.___ |
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