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Sahih al-Bukhari 3391 (Book 60, Hadith 65) #3243
Appreciating God's Blessings

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

Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "While Job was naked, taking a bath, a swarm of gold locusts fell on him and he started collecting them in his garment. His Lord called him, 'O Job! Have I not made you rich enough to need what you see? He said, 'Yes, O Lord! But I cannot dispense with your Blessing"'.
حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْجُعْفِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ هَمَّامٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ 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 لِي عَنْ بَرَكَتِكَ

TOPICS
wealth  *  blessing  *  appreciation  *  kanz  *  nimah  *  shukr

QUICK LESSONS:
Be thankful and appreciative towards God's blessings

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the Prophet Job and his appreciation for the blessings of Allah. The story begins with Job taking a bath while being naked, when suddenly a swarm of gold locusts fell on him. He started collecting them in his garment, but then Allah called out to him asking if He had not made him rich enough to need what he saw. Job replied that yes, he was already rich enough but that he could not dispense with Allah's blessing. This hadith teaches us that even when we are blessed with wealth and other material possessions, we should still be thankful for all of our blessings from Allah and appreciate them fully. We should never take these gifts for granted or forget to thank Him for them.

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