What is the difference between praise, thanksgiving, and glorification?
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Question:
What is the difference between praise and thanksgiving?
Answer:
Praise is repeated, and thanksgiving is praise, but when it is repeated, it is considered praise along with thanksgiving, and when it is repeated three times or more, it becomes glorification.
Q: His saying in the hadith: "So he praised Allah and gave Him thanks"?
A: It means: he repeated it. Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He, says regarding thanksgiving: If the servant says: Allah says: , and if he says: Allah says: , and if he says: [Al-Fatihah 1:4] Allah says: , and if he says: [Al-Fatihah 1:5] Allah says: Sahih Muslim 395a, and if he says: [Al-Fatihah 1:6-7] Allah says: Sahih Muslim 395a, Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3125Sahih (Darussalam).
Q: His saying in the hadith:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3568Hasan (Darussalam)
A: It means: as much as He has created in the heavens.
What is the difference between praise and thanksgiving?
Answer:
Praise is repeated, and thanksgiving is praise, but when it is repeated, it is considered praise along with thanksgiving, and when it is repeated three times or more, it becomes glorification.
Q: His saying in the hadith: "So he praised Allah and gave Him thanks"?
A: It means: he repeated it. Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He, says regarding thanksgiving: If the servant says:
Praise is for Allah
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهMy servant praised Me
حمدني عبديthe Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy
الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِMy servant praised Me
أثنى عليَّ عبديSovereign of the Day of Recompense.
مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِMy servant glorified Me
مجَّدني عبديIt is You we worship and You we ask for help.
إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُThis is between Me and My servant, and My servant will receive what he asks for.
هذا بيني وبين عبدي، ولعبدي ما سأل(6) Guide us to the straight path - (7) The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of those who are astray.
اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَThis is for My servant, and My servant will receive what he asks for.
هذا لعبدي، ولعبدي ما طلبMy slave shall have what he asks for
سألني عبدي، ولعبدي ما سألQ: His saying in the hadith:
and all praise is due to Allah, in similar amount to that
والحمد لله مثل ذلكA:
Like that
مثل ذلك
Source
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