A man said to Abu Hazim: What is the gratitude of the eyes? He said If you see good things, you speak about them, and if you see bad things, you keep quiet about it. He asked What is the gratitude of the ears? He said, If you hear something good, you accept it, and if you hear something bad, you reject it. Then he asked What is the gratitude of the hands? He said, Do not take that which does not belong to you and do not hold back from paying the dues of Allah (zakat). Then he asked, What is the gratitude of the head? He said To have knowledge in it. Then he asked What is the gratitude of ones private parts? He quoted: Who guard their private parts, except from those joined to them in the marriage bond, or (the captives) whom their right hands possess - for (in their case) they are free from blame, but those whose desires exceed those limits are transgressors. (23:5-7) The man asked what is gratitude of the feet? : He replied if you learn of the death of a righteous man who used to use his feet in doing good deeds and acts of worship, the use them in the same way as he did; whereas if the man who died was someone despicable to you, then turn away from what he used to do and be grateful to Allah. And as for the one who used only his tongue to express gratitude, he is like a man who only covers himself with the hem of a garment without putting it on, so it is of no use to him in either the heat or the cold or the snow or the rain.
Posted on: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 12:30:00 +0000
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