✍️Works of Ibn Abi al-Dunya

Thanks

الشكر

Author: أبو بكر عبد الله بن محمد بن عبيد بن سفيان بن قيس البغدادي الأموي القرشي المعروف بابن أبي الدنيا (المتوفى: 281هـ) (d. 281)

About this work

كتاب "الشكر" لابن أبي الدنيا هو مجموعة من الأحاديث النبوية والآثار عن السلف، يجمعها المؤلف تحت موضوع شكر النعم الإلهية. يتناول الكتاب فضل الشكر وأهميته، وبيان أن الشكر قيد للنعمة وسبب لزيادتها، مع التحذير من كفران النعم وعدم تقديرها. يضم الكتاب مرويات متنوعة تحث على إحسان جوار النعم، وتربط بين الشكر وترك المعصية، وتذكر أن الله يحب أن يرى أثر نعمته على عبده.

Translation

The book “Al-Shukur” by Ibn Abi Al-Dunya is a collection of prophetic hadiths and narrations from the predecessors, which the author collects under the topic of gratitude for divine blessings. The book deals with the virtue and importance of gratitude, and explains that gratitude is a limitation of blessings and a reason for increasing them, while warning against ungrateful blessings and not appreciating them. The book includes various narrations that encourage goodness in the presence of blessings, link gratitude and abandonment of sin, and mention that God loves to see the effect of His grace on His servant.

Topics covered

Thanks to my father's son
Oh God, help me in remembering You, thanking You, and worshiping You well
You thank God for a great blessing
Gratitude abandons sins
Every blessing that does not bring one closer to God is a calamity
Mention of grace bequeaths love for God
I hope that God will not make a servant sit before Him and torture him
Count your blessings with gratitude
It is more beloved to me to be well and be grateful than to be afflicted and be patient
If you see Him bestowing His blessings upon you and you disobey Him, beware of Him
Mention this blessing frequently, for if it is mentioned there is gratitude
I used to ask you and you would thank God, but I asked you today and you doubted the gratitude
Your tongue is still wet from my memory
Gratitude abandons sin
God loves to see the effect of His grace on His servant in his food and drink
The world will not harm you if you thank it
Because I am better off and grateful than to be afflicted and be patient
He would say that if he drank water
Shall I not be a grateful servant?
She did not come to the people without serum on them
Cover of wellness
One of God’s blessings upon the servant is that he is secure in what he has brought
He is not a jurist if affliction is no longer a blessing and prosperity is a calamity
What is this reward that God has bestowed upon you?
Health is the wealth of the body

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