How to Thank Allah for His Blessings
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Question:
This questioner, Muhammad, a Yemeni resident in the Kingdom, asks: How do we thank the Creator and the Provider (Exalted and Majestic is He) for what He has bestowed upon us all, such as health and other things?
Answer:
Thanking is done with the tongue by speaking of your Lord’s blessing, and in the heart by acknowledging that this blessing is from Allah, not by his own power, strength, or effort and earnings, but rather it is from Allah, Mighty and Majestic. One must also spend it in obedience to Allah and not spend the blessing in disobedience to Allah. Thus, the pillars of gratitude are three: speaking of it outwardly, acknowledging it inwardly, and spending it in the obedience of the One who bestowed it and granted it, who is Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Doctor
This questioner, Muhammad, a Yemeni resident in the Kingdom, asks: How do we thank the Creator and the Provider (Exalted and Majestic is He) for what He has bestowed upon us all, such as health and other things?
Answer:
Thanking is done with the tongue by speaking of your Lord’s blessing, and in the heart by acknowledging that this blessing is from Allah, not by his own power, strength, or effort and earnings, but rather it is from Allah, Mighty and Majestic. One must also spend it in obedience to Allah and not spend the blessing in disobedience to Allah. Thus, the pillars of gratitude are three: speaking of it outwardly, acknowledging it inwardly, and spending it in the obedience of the One who bestowed it and granted it, who is Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Doctor
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (063) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1435-08-13] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (12:28)
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