by Imâm Ibnul Qayyim al-Jawziyyah
(Reminder 1)
Salmân al-Fârsî (radhiyAllaahu anhu) said:
“There was a man who was given many of
the luxuries of this world, & then they were taken away from him. But he
continued to praise & thank Allâh until everything had been taken from him,
even his bed. And then he still praised & thanked Allâh. Another man, who
had also been given many of the luxuries of this world asked him, ‘What are you
praising & thanking Allâh for?’ The man said, ‘I am praising & thanking
Him for blessings which, if others asked me to give them in return for
all that they have, I would never give them up.’ ‘What can they be?’ asked the
second man. ‘Can’t you see?’ asked the first man. ‘I have my eyesight, my
tongue, my hands, my feet...’”
Taken
from “Uddat as-Sâbireen wa Dhâkirat ash-Shâkireen”
