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Sahih al-Bukhari 7493 (Book 97, Hadith 119) #7196
Appreciating God's Blessings

SUMMARY: Job was blessed with wealth, but he still appreciated the blessings of God.

Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Once while Job (Aiyub) was taking a bath in a naked state. Suddenly a great number of gold locusts started falling upon him and he started collecting them in his clothes. His Lord called him, 'O Job! Didn't I make you rich enough to dispense with what you see now?' Job said, 'Yes, O Lord! But I cannot dispense with Your Blessings'.
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ هَمَّامٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ قَالَ ‏ "‏ بَيْنَمَا أَيُّوبُ يَغْتَسِلُ عُرْيَانًا خَرَّ عَلَيْهِ رِجْلُ جَرَادٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ فَجَعَلَ يَحْثِي فِي ثَوْبِهِ، فَنَادَى رَبُّهُ يَا أَيُّوبُ أَلَمْ أَكُنْ أَغْنَيْتُكَ عَمَّا تَرَى قَالَ بَلَى يَا رَبِّ وَلَكِنْ لاَ غِنَى بِي عَنْ بَرَكَتِكَ

TOPICS
wealth  *  appreciation  *  blessing  *  maal  *  shukr  *  nimah

QUICK LESSONS:
Be thankful for all your blessings and appreciate them no matter how much you have or don't have .

EXPLANATIONS:
The hadith of Abu Huraira tells the story of Job, a prophet in Islam. He was taking a bath when suddenly gold locusts started falling on him. His Lord asked him if he wasn't already wealthy enough to not need what he saw now. Job replied that although he was already wealthy, he could not dispense with the blessings from his Lord. This hadith teaches us to be thankful for all our blessings and appreciate them no matter how much we have or don't have. It also reminds us that everything we have is from Allah and it is important to remember Him in times of plenty as well as poverty.

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