Is there a prayer of thanksgiving when a hardship is removed or a calamity is averted?

The questioner : Is there a prayer of two rak'ahs of thanksgiving to Allah when a blessing that brings joy is renewed or a calamity is averted?

The Shaykh : From what has been mentioned previously, you have learned part of the answer to this question. However, this question requires us to say that the blessing for which one prostrates, or the calamity that was averted from him for which he prostrates—since averting a calamity is a blessing—should be a blessing that Allah bestowed upon him, or a calamity that Allah averted from him, that is not customary. For example, if a person falls ill with a common illness and then recovers, this is not what is meant by prostrating in thanksgiving. The blessing and the calamity should be an unusual matter among people. Just as this qunut in the five prayers is only done when a calamity of significant weight and danger befalls the Muslims, at which time it is prescribed for the imam to recite qunut. But if the Muslims are afflicted, for example, with customary high prices, he does not recite qunut for that, and so on. Therefore, the blessing that came to him or the calamity that was averted from him should be unusual in its occurrence and its avertment. In this case, he prostrates in thanksgiving.

The questioner : And he prays two rak'ahs. I mean, the question is: is there a prayer of two rak'ahs?

The Shaykh : There is no prayer.