1052 - حقيقةُ الشُّكرِ
1052. True Thanksgiving
3330. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : شُكرُ كُلِّ نِعمَةٍ الوَرَعُ عن مَحارِمِ اللَّهِ1
3330. Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘[True] thanksgiving for every bounty lies in restraining oneself from the things that Allah has prohibited.’2
3331. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إذا قَدَرتَ على عَدُوِّكَ فَاجعَلْ العَفوَ عَنهُ شُكراً لِلقُدرَةِ علَيهِ3
3331. Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘When you vanquish your enemy, let your pardon of him serve as thanksgiving for the power [given to you] over him.’4
3332. الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : اِستَكثِرْ لِنفسِكَ مِنَ اللَّهِ قليلَ الرِّزقِ تَخَلُّصاً إلى الشُّكرِ5
3332. Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘Regard even a little sustenance from Allah as too much for yourself so that you can be thankful.’6
3333. الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : شُكرُ النِّعمَةِ اجتِنابُ المَحارِمِ ، وتَمامُ الشُّكرِ قولُ الرجُلِ : الحَمدُ للَّهِِ رَبِّ العالَمِينَ7
3333. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Thanksgiving for a bounty is accomplished through avoidance of prohibited things, and an expression of complete thanks is when a man says, ‘All praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.’8
3334. الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : مَن أنعَمَ اللَّهُ علَيهِ بنِعمَةٍ فَعَرَفَها بقَلبِهِ ، فقد أدّى شُكرَها9
3334. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘He whom Allah favours with the bestowal of a bounty and who then acknowledges it with his heart has verily conveyed [true] thanks for it.’10
3335. الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : كانَ رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله إذا وَرَدَ علَيهِ أمرٌ يَسُرُّهُ قالَ : الحَمدُ للَّهِِ على هذِهِ النِّعمَةِ ، وإذا وَرَدَ علَيهِ أمرٌ يَغتَمُّ بهِ قالَ : الحَمدُ للَّهِِ على كُلِّ حالٍ11
3335. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) narrated, ‘When the Prophet (SAWA) was faced with a situation that pleased him, he used to say, ‘Praise be to Allah for this bounty’, and when he was faced with a situation that made him sorrowful, he used to say, ‘Praise be to Allah in every situation.’12
3336. مصباح الشريعة - فيما نسبه إلى الإمام الصّادق عليه السلام - : أدنَى الشُّكرِ رُؤيَةُ النِّعمَةِ مِنَ اللَّهِ مِن غَيرِ عِلّةٍ يَتَعَلَّقُ القَلبُ بها دُونَ اللَّهِ والرِّضا بما أعطاه، وأن لا تَعصِيَهُ بِنِعمَتِهِ و تُخالِفَهُ بِشيءٍ مِن أمرِهِ ونَهيِهِ بِسَبَبِ نِعمَتِهِ13
3336. It is narrated in Misbah al-Sharia (The Lantern of the Path) in what has been attributed to Imam al-Sadiq (AS): ‘The lowest level of thankfulness is to see the bounty as coming from Allah directly without attaching the heart to any other cause save Allah Mighty and Exalted [does not consider another cause for it]. It consists of being satisfied with what is given, and not disobeying Him by means of His bounty, nor opposing Him in any of His commands and prohibitions as a result of that bounty.’14
1. مشكاة الأنوار : 75 / 146
2. Mishkat al-Anwar, p. 35
3. نهج البلاغة : الحكمة 11
4. Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 11
5. تحف العقول : 285
6. Tuhaf al-Uqul, no. 285
7. الكافي : 2 / 95 / 10
8. al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 95, no. 10
9. الكافي : 2 / 96 / 15
10. Ibid. p. 96, no. 15
11. الكافي : 2 / 97 / 19
12. Ibid. p. 97, no. 19
13. مصباح الشريعة : 53
14. Misbah al-Sharia, p. 53