living; provision reaches us from every direction. We are enjoying enormous prosperity—praise be to Allah. Our homes are stocked with food, and what is set before a single person would suffice two, three, or even more. This, too, is among the blessings. We must therefore thank Allah for these magnificent favors and remain obedient to Him so that He may grant us still more, for Allah the Exalted says: “And [remember] when your Lord proclaimed, ‘If you are grateful, I will surely increase you; but if you are ungrateful, My punishment is indeed severe.’” (Ibrāhīm 14:7)

98 — Fourth: ʿĀʾishah (may Allah be pleased with her) reported that the Prophet (blessings and peace be upon him) would stand in prayer at night until his feet became swollen. I said to him, “Messenger of Allah, why do you do this when Allah has forgiven you your earlier and later sins?” He replied, “Should I not love to be a grateful servant?” Agreed upon. This is the wording of al-Bukhārī, and a similar narration is found in the two Ṣaḥīḥs through the chain of al-Mughīrah ibn Shuʿbah.

[Commentary]
Next, the author—may Allah have mercy on him—cites the report transmitted by ʿĀʾishah (may Allah be pleased with her) in the chapter on striving. We have already noted that part of striving is a person’s striving