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Gratitude, O servants of Allah,
is not by the tongue alone.

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Gratitude has three pillars,
all must be fulfilled.

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If one of them is missing,
gratitude is not attained.

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The three pillars.
The first is speaking with the tongue.

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Speaking of Allah's blessing
with the tongue.

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And mentioning the blessing
so as to give thanks for it.

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Allah ﷻ said to the Prophet:
“And proclaim the grace of your Lord.”

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When He listed His blessings
to him.

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“Did He not find you orphaned
and shelter you?”

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“And He found you lost
and guided you.”

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“And found you poor
and enriched you.”

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“So as for the orphan,
do not oppress, nor rebuke the beggar.”

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“And proclaim the grace
of your Lord.”

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Remember Allah's blessing,
O Children of Israel.

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“Remember My favor
which I bestowed upon you.”

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So do not attribute the blessing
to anyone but Allah, nor to yourself.

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Nor to anyone else. Allah ﷻ alone
bestowed this blessing.

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It reached you, so be grateful
for it.

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First: speak of it with your tongue,
and mention it with your tongue.

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Do not say, "This is from so-and-so
or so-and-so." Say, "From Allah ﷻ."

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The second pillar is to acknowledge it
inwardly, in your heart.

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For some people mention the blessing
and praise Allah ﷻ with their tongues.

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Yet he does not admit
that it is from Allah ﷻ.

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He thinks it came by his own power.

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Through his effort, toil, work,
and skill.

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As Qarun said when his people
admonished him.

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Allah ﷻ had given Qarun.

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He had given him
treasures and wealth.

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A tremendous thing, a tremendous thing.

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"And We had given him of treasures
whose keys burdened strong men."

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A whole group carried the keys.

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The keys to the treasuries,
because there were so many.

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"When his people told him,"

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"Do not exult" means the joy
of insolence, vanity, and pride.

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"Indeed, Allah does not love
the exultant."

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"But seek, through what Allah has
given you, the abode of the Hereafter."

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"And do not forget your share
of this world."

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"And do good as Allah has done
good to you."

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"And do not seek corruption
in the land."

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"Indeed, Allah does not love
the corrupters."

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What was that poor man's reply?

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"He said, 'I was only given it
because of knowledge I had.'"

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Allah had no favor in that.
I attained it myself.

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Through my toil and my earnings,
and my expertise in crafts.

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And my expertise in trade.
He did not say, 'This is from Allah.'

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Or he said, "I deserve it
before Allah."

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It was not a favor from Allah.
I deserve this from Allah.

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This is my right,
as many people say.

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These are our rights, and this is
our due—that is what he says.

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This is a favor from Allah ﷻ.

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And since it is from Allah,
he praises Allah for it.

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And he looks at those around him,
the poor and needy.

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Rather, he attributes this
to his toil, earnings, tricks, etc.

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His job, experience, certificates,
and the like.

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No, this is from Allah ﷻ.

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Otherwise, someone else may be
more deserving and more expert than you.

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But Allah has tested you and tried you
with this wealth and this blessing.

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So thank Allah for it.

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The third matter is
the third pillar of gratitude.

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It is spending it in obedience
to Allah ﷻ, obeying the Bestower.

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Do not spend it on the unlawful,
extravagance, or wastefulness.

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or on trips to disbelieving lands
for forbidden desires.

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Spend it in obedience to Allah ﷻ.

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Do not spend it on opening
stores such as these.

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Stores that produce evil.

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They produce instruments and flutes.

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They produce songs and sins.

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And stores that produce
nothing but evil.

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They open a door of evil
for people and spread evil.

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Through your factories and stores.

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This is ingratitude
for the blessing in deed.

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Allah ﷻ said to His prophet Solomon AS.

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He taught him what He taught him
and gave him the kingdom He gave him.

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He said to him, “Work, O family
of David, in gratitude.”

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“Work, O family of David, in gratitude.”

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“And few of My servants are grateful.”

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Meaning, when Allah gave David AS
what He gave him...

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He taught him the craft of armor.

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“And We certainly gave David
bounty from Us.”

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“O mountains, echo with him, and
the birds; We softened iron for him.”

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“Make full coats of mail,”
that is, armor.”

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"And measure well the links,
and do righteous deeds."

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Indeed, I know what you do.

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And to Solomon, the wind:
morning: a month; evening: a month.

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We made a spring of molten copper
flow for him.

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"And some of the jinn worked
for him by his Lord's leave."

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Whoever among them strayed from Our
command, We made him taste torment.

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They made for him what he wished.

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"They made for him what he willed:
chambers, statues, bowls like pools."

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"Work, O family of David,
in gratitude."

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"And few of My servants
are grateful."

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So he called good use of wealth
righteous action.

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He called it gratitude to Allah ﷻ.

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And this shows that bad use of wealth
is opening corrupt businesses.

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Immoral products and forbidden travel.

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Forbidden desires
on which money is spent.

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That is utter ingratitude
for the blessing of Allah ﷻ.