until you feel you have adequately repaid him.

One way to do so is to say to him, “Jazāk Allāhu khayran (may Allah reward you with goodness).” Whenever he gives you something or benefits you in any way, say, “Jazāk Allāhu khayran,” for with that you have reached the utmost in praising him. The reason is that if Allah rewards him with goodness, it will bring him happiness in both this world and the Hereafter.

1497 – Jābir, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Do not supplicate against yourselves, do not supplicate against your children, and do not supplicate against your wealth. Lest you coincide with an hour in which Allah grants requests and He answers you.” Narrated by Muslim.

As for the second ḥadith—the ḥadith of Jābir—in which the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Do not supplicate against yourselves, nor against your children, nor against your wealth, for it may be that you do so at a time when supplications are answered and it will be granted,” this happens frequently when a person is angry. In a fit of anger he may supplicate against himself, or against his child, saying, “May Allah destroy you, may Allah kill you…,” and similar expressions. Some even go so far as to invoke a curse upon their own children—we ask Allah for well-being. Likewise, we find some people supplicating against their families—against a wife, a sister, and perhaps even their own mother, Allah forbid, when overcome by anger. They may also supplicate against their property, saying, for example, about a car over which they have argued, “May Allah—”