1055 - مَن لَم يَشكُرِ المَخلوقَ لَم يَشكُرِ الخالِقَ‏

1055. ONE WHO HAS NOT THANKED THE CREATURE HAS NOT THANKED THE CREATOR

3341.الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ عليه السلام : يقولُ اللَّهُ تباركَ وتعالى‏ لِعبدٍ مِن عَبِيدِهِ يَومَ القِيامَةِ : أشَكَرتَ فُلاناً ؟ فيقولُ : بَل شَكَرتُكَ يا ربِّ ، فيقولُ : لَم تَشكُرْني إذ لَم تَشكُرْهُ .¹

3341. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, ‘Allah will ask one of His servants on the Day of Resurrection, ‘Did you thank x?’, and the servant will reply, ‘No, but I thanked You instead, O Lord.’ Allah will reply, ‘You have not thanked Me as long as you have not thanked him.’²

3342.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : لَعَنَ اللَّهُ قاطِعِي سَبيلِ المَعروفِ ، وهُو الرجُلُ يُصنَعُ إلَيهِ المَعروفُ فَيَكفُرُهُ ، فَيَمنَعُ صاحِبَهُ مِن أن يَصنَعَ ذلكَ إلى‏ غَيرِهِ .³

3342.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Allah curses the one who cuts of the means to kindly acts, who is such that when someone does him a good turn, he is ungrateful and as a result, he deters that person from ever doing the same towards anyone else.’⁴

3343.الإمامُ الرِّضا عليه السلام : مَن لَم يَشكُرِ المُنعِمَ مِنَ المَخلوقينَ لَم يَشكُرِ اللَّهَ عَزَّوجلَّ .⁵

3343.Imam al-Rida (AS) said, ‘Whoever does not thank the one who does him a favour from among Allah’s creatures has not thanked Allah either.’⁶

1054 - الحثُّ على‏ شُكرِ المُحسِنِ‏

1054. ENJOINMENT OF THANKING ONE WHO DOES GOOD TO YOU

3339.الإمامُ الحسنُ عليه السلام : اللُّؤمُ أن لا تَشكُرَ النِّعمَةَ .¹

3339.Imam al-Hasan (AS) said, ‘It is blameworthy that you do not thank for a favour done unto you.’²

3340.الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ عليه السلام : أمّا حَقُّ ذِي المَعروفِ علَيكَ فأن تَشكُرَهُ وتَذكُرَ مَعروفَهُ ، وتُكسِبَهُ المَقالَةَ الحَسَنَةَ ، وتُخلِصَ لَهُ الدعاءَ فيما بينَكَ وبينَ اللَّهِ عَزَّوجلَّ ، فإذا فَعَلتَ ذلكَ كنتَ قد شَكَرتَهُ سِرّاً وعَلانِيَةً ، ثُمّ إن قَدَرْتَ على‏ مُكافَأتِهِ يَوماً كافَيتَهُ .³

3340. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, ‘The right of he who does a kindly act towards you is that you thank him and mention his kindness; that you reward him with beautiful words and supplicate for him sincerely in that which is between you and Allah. If you do that, you have thanked him both secretly and openly. Then if you are able to repay him one day, repay him.’⁴