The Pillars of Gratitude for Blessings
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Question:
Shaykh Salih, we conclude this session with a question regarding gratitude for blessings, because many people, in truth, overlook or forget this gratitude for the many countless and innumerable blessings that Allah has completed for them.
Answer:
Gratitude to Allah for His blessings is obligatory. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, loves the grateful among His servants. He said of Noah (peace be upon him) that he was a grateful servant. So Allah loves the grateful among His servants. Gratitude has three pillars; gratitude for a blessing has three pillars without which it is not complete. These pillars are: speaking of it outwardly,[Ad-Duhaa 93:11] acknowledging it inwardly in the depths of one’s soul that this blessing is from Allah, and spending it in obedience to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and using it to help oneself in obeying Allah. Yes.
Shaykh Salih, we conclude this session with a question regarding gratitude for blessings, because many people, in truth, overlook or forget this gratitude for the many countless and innumerable blessings that Allah has completed for them.
Answer:
Gratitude to Allah for His blessings is obligatory. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, loves the grateful among His servants. He said of Noah (peace be upon him) that he was a grateful servant. So Allah loves the grateful among His servants. Gratitude has three pillars; gratitude for a blessing has three pillars without which it is not complete. These pillars are: speaking of it outwardly,
But as for the favor of your Lord, report [it].
وَأَمَّا بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثْ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، شرح كتاب آداب المشي إلى الصلاة (32) لمعالي الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (12:31)
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