Have you thanked Allah?

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Re: Patience and Gratitude

Asalamualaikum Warhamatullahi Wabarakatahu,

I remember reading in the same book by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah.

Having Sabr(patience) and Shukr even in the time of distress is the sign of a true believer.

Do we think we ain't gonna get tested after we say we believe in our Rabb? SubhanAllah.

Some people have strong patience when it comes to doing what is good for em, but their patience is weak with regard to restraint from harmful actions.

So we may find that a person has enough patience to perfom duties towards Allah swt like salah, fasting, giving zakah, and Hajj but has no patience in controlling himself and refrainin from following his whims and desires...this way he that person might commit haraam deeds...things which islam doesn't allow.

Some people have stronng patience in abstaninin from forbidden deeds, but their patience in obeyin Allah swt and performing ibadah is too weak.

Some ppl have no patience in either case.

In other words, the best ppl among em are those who possess both types of patience.

In general, a brother can pray all night long standing in the prayer no matter how hot or cold it is in the room, but when he might have no patience when it comes to lowerin gaze and refrainin from looking at women.

Most of us will be lacking in patience in one case and for some ppl its in all cases.

Allah hu alaam.

May Allah swt guide us to the right path, and make us among As-sabireen and Ash-Shakireen. Ameen.

Wasalmaualaikum Warhamtullah.

Niqaabi1210
 
Re: Patience and Gratitude

mashaallah jazakaallah khayr sista
allah is with those who have sabr
may allah give us the ability to have sabr
salaam:)
 
Re: Have You Thanked Allah?

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I thank Allah that he has given me Islam as my faith. I don't know were I would be if He, subhanhu wa ta'ala, didn't bestow this blessing. Noone could have bestowed it upon me if He hadn't.
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All praises and thanks are for Allah for our birth, life, sustenance, good guidance and ultimate death. I don't understand why is this thread here? What to teach or learn?
 
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subhanallah.. alhamdulillah... la ilaha illallah.. Allahu Akbar!
 
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O you who believe! Eat of the good things that We have provided for you, and be grateful to Allah, if it is Him you worship. (Al-Baqara, 172)

Your Lord caused to be declared (publicly): "If you are grateful, I will add more (favors) unto you; But if you show ingratitude, truly My punishment is terrible indeed." (Abraham, 7)

"If you would count up the favors of Allah, never would you be able to number them: for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful." (Al- Nahl, 18)

But it has already been revealed to you,- as it was to those before you,- "If you were to join (gods with Allah), truly fruitless will be your work (in life), and you will surely be in the ranks of those who lose (all spiritual good)". Nay, but worship Allah, and be of those who give thanks. (Az-Zumar, 65-66)

The following statement of The Evil emphasizes the importance of giving thanks to Allah :

He said: "Because you have thrown me out of the way, lo! I will lie in wait for them on your straight way: Then will I assault them from before them and behind them, from their right and their left: Nor will you find, in most of them, gratitude (for your mercies)." (Al- Araf, 17)

As stated in the verse above, Satan devoted his life to mislead people due to his envy. His ultimate aim is to make people be ungrateful to their Creator. When this ultimate purpose of Satan is considered, it becomes more comprehensible how a man goes astray when he does not render thanks to Allah.

Gratefulness is a part of the test by Allah. Man is surely endowed with favor from Him and is informed about how he should benefit from all this favor. In return, he is expected to assume a submissive attitude towards his Creator. However, it is again only man himself who chooses to be grateful or ungrateful to Allah!
 
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Yes, thanks akhaana! is it necessary for alhamd (thanking) to include mahabba (love)?
(while we're on the topic)
 
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My grandmother is very old now...she is 90+ going to be 100...she is quite blind now..

she told me...you better read quran everyday...because when you are old and poor sighted...you can never read...even if you want to.

Allhamdullillah...i can still see and read quran.
 
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salam,
alhamdolillah for my ability to read.. and for directing me to this incredible thread, also.. being surrounded by great bro and sis in islam. mashaAllah!!
 
Re: Have You Thanked Allah?

Alhamdullilah

we reached another ramadan and if Allah wanted he could hav taken this opportunity away from us.

How many of us hav thanked Allah jus for lettin us reach this ramadan?


Alhamdullilah ​
 
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I live far from home, but I do not feel too homesick, because when I hear a child it sounds just like my sister playing in the garden. And after Subuh prayers, I hear someone moving outside, and it sounds just like my father gone out to perform his prayers. After a good meal, the noise outside is just like my parents watching television. When I wake up the sun shines through my window, this morning it snowed so beautiful, so beautiful I wanted to cry. Many times it rains, I see a rainbow so beautiful outside my room window, outside the train window that day, and as I walked in the park, and so many more times. God has been so kind to me.. ... writing this makes me at a loss for words.thank You. <thinking>
 
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Thankfulness / Gratitude / Skukur
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Being Thankful to Allaah - Sumayyah bint Joan

Have You Thanked Allah? - by Imâm Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah
Taken from “Uddat as-Sâbireen wa Dhâkirat ash-Shâkireen” by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah
This article contains advice from the Salaf on remembering and being grateful for the blesseings that Allah is constantly showering us wit.

Sajdat al-Shukr - Prostration of Thankfulness - islamqa.com

Thankfulness Towards Allah - by Yahya Adel Ibrahim

Gratitude in the Qur’ân - by Imâm Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah

The Obligation of Gratitude - The Book of Praise and Gratitude to Allah - Riyad as-Saliheen
 

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