Imam Sadiq -asws said...
Imam Sadiq -asws said: “Give thanks to Allah -azwj whenever you do a good deed, and seek Allah -azwj ‘s forgiveness whenever you do something bad.” [10] Gratitude Brings The Pardoning: عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام الْبَيْهَقِيُّ عَنِ الصُّولِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْغَلَابِيُّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ زَيْدٍ أَنَّ الْمَأْمُونَ أَمَرَنِي بِقَتْلِ رَجُلٍ فَقَالَ اسْتَبْقِنِي فَإِنَّ لِي شُكْراً فَقَالَ وَ مَنْ أَنْتَ وَ مَا شُكْرُكَ (The book) ‘Uyoon Akhbar Al-Reza -asws ’ – Al Bayhaqi, from Al Sowly who said, ‘It is narrated to us by Al Galaby, from Ahmad Bin Isa Bin Zayd, (The narrator says) ‘Al-Mamoun ordered me with killing a man.
He said, ‘Let me live, for there is thanking for me ’. He said, ‘And who are you and what is your thanks?’ فَقَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُوسَى ع يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنْشُدُكَ اللَّهَ أَنْ تَتَرَفَّعَ عَنْ شُكْرِ أَحَدٍ وَ إِنْ قَلَّ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَمَرَ عِبَادَهُ بِشُكْرِهِ فَشَكَرُوهُ فَعَفَا عَنْهُمْ. Ali -asws Bin Musa -asws said (who was happened to be there): ‘O commander of the faithful!
I -asws adjure you with Allah -azwj not to raise anyone from thanking, and even if it is little. Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Commanded His -azwj servants to thank Him -asws , so they are thanking Him -azwj and He -azwj is Pardoning them’’.
[11] Offering Thanks Increase The Bounties: عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ جَمِيعاً عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَبَلَةَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ مَنْ أُعْطِيَ ثَلَاثاً لَمْ يُمْنَعْ ثَلَاثاً مَنْ أُعْطِيَ الدُّعَاءَ أُعْطِيَ الْإِجَابَةَ وَ مَنْ أُعْطِيَ الشُّكْرَ أُعْطِيَ الزِّيَادَةَ وَ مَنْ أُعْطِيَ التَّوَكُّلَ أُعْطِيَ الْكِفَايَةَ A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, altogether from Yahya Bin Al Mubarak, from Abdullah Bin Jabala, from Muawiya Bin Wahab, from Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘The one who gives three (things) would not be denied three (things) – The one who gives the supplication would be Given the answer, and the one gives the thanks would be Given the increase, and the one who gives the reliance would be Given the sufficient’.
ثُمَّ قَالَ أَ تَلَوْتَ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ مَنْ يَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ فَهُوَ حَسْبُهُ وَ قَالَ لَئِنْ شَكَرْتُمْ لَأَزِيدَنَّكُمْ وَ قَالَ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ.
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