Be a Grateful Servant

It is a characteristic of the ego that man desires to show off with his wealth, children and power in the worldly life. In other words, these are egoistic temptations that have been put as a necessity of testing man.

In this regard; the believer should not be deceived by the worldly life and feel sorry for the worldly blessing that he is deprived of, he should be grateful in any case and evaluate his value in the sight of Allah according to the measure of taqwa.

The Prophet PBUH directed people’s sense of yearning for other people’s lives and fortunes to goodness with the following hadith:

“Look at those who stand in a lower level than you but don’t look at those who stand at a higher level than you, for that is better-suited that you do not disparage Allah’s favors.” (Muslim, Zuhd, 9)

“...Whoever looks to one above him for his religion and follows him in it, and looks to one who is below him in worldly matters and praises Allah for the blessings He has favored the one who is above him with, then Allah writes him down as grateful and patient.” (Tirmidhi, Qiyamah, 58/2512)

On the other hand, everyone’s responsibility is different. For, the limits of each individual’s responsibilities are in line with the blessings and opportunities granted by Allah Almighty.

The companions; In order to pay the price of the blessing of Islam and the grace of being a companion, they rushed to convey the message all over the world. They put forward a self-sacrificing effort with a great sense of responsibility far from giving up or being lazy. 

As Allah Almighty states:

“Then you will be asked that Day about the pleasures you enjoyed.”

(AL-Takathur, 8)

Even the prophets are not free from this responsibility. Our Lord commands:

“We will question those to whom the Messengers were sent, and We will question the Messengers.” (Al-A’raf, 6)

For this reason our Blessed Prophet PBUH said three times at the end of the Farewell Sermon;

“Have I conveyed the message to you?”

And people replied, “O Messenger of Allah, yes you did!” The Prophet PBUH again said thrice,

“O Allah! Be witness for it.” (Bukhari, Al-Maghazi, 77)

Therefore, our concern must be to make an effort to be grateful for the blessings we have been granted, not to gain more material things in the world.

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