Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-Adhkar - Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr - (1/271)

among those who worship Him. He—glorified is He—says: “And give thanks to Allah, if it is truly Him that you worship.” 1.

He has informed us that His pleasure lies in gratitude to Him. Allah Most High says: “If you are grateful, He is pleased with that for you.” 2.

The first injunction He gave man, once man became capable of understanding His command, was to give thanks to Him and to his parents. He says: “We have enjoined man concerning his parents: his mother bore him in weakness upon weakness, and his weaning takes two years. Give thanks to Me and to your parents. To Me is the final return.” 3.

He—glorified is He—has made much of the reward for many kinds of worship dependent upon His will. Thus He says: “Allah will enrich you out of His bounty, if He wills” 4; regarding answering prayer: “Then He will remove that for which you call upon Him, if He wills” 5; regarding provision: “He provides for whomever He wills” 6; regarding forgiveness: “He forgives whomever He wills” 7; and regarding repentance: “And Allah turns in mercy to whomever He wills” 8. As for gratitude, however, He has left its reward unrestricted

1. Surah al-Baqara, verse 172. 2. Surah al-Zumar, verse 7. 3. Surah Luqmān, verse 14. 4. Surah al-Tawba, verse 28. 5. Surah al-Anʿām, verse 41. 6. Surah al-Baqara, verse 212; Surah Āl ʿImrān, verse 37; Surah al-Nūr, verse 38; and Surah al-Shūrā, verse 19. 7. Surah Āl ʿImrān, verse 129; Surah al-Māʾida, verse 18; and Surah al-Fath, verse 14. 8. Surah al-Tawba, verse 15.

من أهل عبادته فقال سبحانه: ﴿وَاشْكُرُوا للهِ إِن كُنتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ﴾ ١. وأخبر أنَّ رضاه في شكره فقال تعالى: ﴿وَإِن تَشْكُرُوا يَرْضَهُ لَكُمْ﴾ ٢. وأوّلُ وصيّةٍ وصَّى بها الإنسانَ بعد ما عقل عنه بالشكر له وللوالدين فقال: ﴿وَوَصَّيْنَا الإِنسَانَ بِوَالِدَيْهِ حَمَلَتْهُ أُمُّهُ وَهْنًا عَلَى وَهْنٍ وَفِصَالُهُ فِي عَامَيْنِ أَنِ اشْكُرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيْكَ إِلَيَّ المَصِيرُ﴾ ٣. وقد وقف سبحانه كثيراً من الجزاء في أنواعٍ كثيرةٍ من العبادات على المشيئة كقوله: ﴿فَسَوْفَ يُغْنِيكُمُ اللهُ مِن فَضْلِهِ إِن شَآءَ﴾ ٤، وقولِه في الإجابة: ﴿فَيَكْشِفُ مَا تَدْعُونَ إِلَيْهِ إِن شَآءَ﴾ ٥، وقولِه في الرزق: ﴿يَرْزُقُ مَن يَشَآءُ﴾ ٦، وقولِه في المغفرة: ﴿يَغْفِرُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ﴾ ٧، وقولِه في التوبة: ﴿وَيَتُوبُ اللهُ عَلَى مَن يَشَآءُ﴾ ٨، أمَّا الشكر فقد أطلق جزاءَه

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