Verily! Man is ungrateful to his Lord. [Surat al-Aadiyaat: 6] Al-Hasan al-Basri defines being ungrateful as being someone that counts hardships and troubles and forgets all the blessings Allah (swt) has bestowed upon him. The companion, Urwa ibn Al-Zubair, may Allah be pleased with him, had to have his leg cut off one day because he fell ill. And on the same day, the son closest to his heart died from the rearing of a horse. What was his reaction? He said, Oh Allah to You is all Praise and to You we belong. You have given me 7 children and have taken back one, and you have given me 4 limbs and have taken one. You always give ease after hardship and whenever You take, You always give elsewhere in more generosity. I ask you Oh Allah that you reunite me with the things I lost in Jannah! May Allah keep us all from among the grateful. Ameen!
Posted on: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 05:23:24 +0000