How many times in a day do neglect to thank Allah for the immense blessings bestowed upon us: those of our bodily functions, our ability to think and reason, the provisions and so much more. One might ask, what benefit thankfulness, as a characteristic and act of worship, benefits the believer? Allah says:
"That is because Allâh will never change the grace which He hath bestowed on a people until they change what is in their (own) souls" (8:53)
Thus our hearts and minds must turn towards Allah; we must recognize the blessings we have been bestowed with and likewise recognize that the trials and tribulations we are faced with could quite well be due to our lack of thankfulness and disobedience to Him who created us. Our thankfulness must first begin with reflection and recognition; a realization of blessings and that one ought to be thankful. About these blessings Allah says:
"And if you were to count the blessings of Allâh, you will never be able to count them." (14:34)
About the mindset and the mentality of the believer we have a Prophetic narration from Suhaib ibn Sinan, recorded in Fiqh al-Sunnah (vol. .4), which states that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said:
"How remarkable is the case of the believer! There is good for him in everything, but this is not the case for anyone except for the believer. When the believer receives any good, he is thankful to Allâh, and gets a reward. And when some misfortune befalls him, he endures it patiently, for which he is (also) rewarded."
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