THE GRATEFULNESS OF THE SPECIAL ONES

 

THE GRATEFULNESS 

OF THE SPECIAL ONES 

Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله) said,

"The gratefulness of the common-folk is for food, drink, clothing and bodily nourishments. The gratefulness of the special ones is for Tawhīd, faith (īmān) and the nourishment of the hearts.

And gratefulness is always accompanied by increase, due to His saying, the Exalted:

لَئِن شَكَرْتُمْ لَأَزِيدَنَّكُمْ


If you are grateful, I will grant you increase. (Ibrāhīm 14:7)


So when you do not see your condition in (a state of) increase, then turn to gratitude."




* Refer to al-Madārij (2/232 onwards), abridged.




Book: A Principle Regarding Patience and Gratitude

By Shaykh al-Islam ibn Taymiyyah

Translated by Abu Iyaad Amjad Rafīq

Hikmah Publications

P. 67

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