1055 - مَن لَم يَشكُرِ المَخلوقَ لَم يَشكُرِ الخالِقَ‏

1055. ONE WHO HAS NOT THANKED THE CREATURE HAS NOT THANKED THE CREATOR

3341.الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ عليه السلام : يقولُ اللَّهُ تباركَ وتعالى‏ لِعبدٍ مِن عَبِيدِهِ يَومَ القِيامَةِ : أشَكَرتَ فُلاناً ؟ فيقولُ : بَل شَكَرتُكَ يا ربِّ ، فيقولُ : لَم تَشكُرْني إذ لَم تَشكُرْهُ .¹

3341. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, ‘Allah will ask one of His servants on the Day of Resurrection, ‘Did you thank x?’, and the servant will reply, ‘No, but I thanked You instead, O Lord.’ Allah will reply, ‘You have not thanked Me as long as you have not thanked him.’²

3342.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : لَعَنَ اللَّهُ قاطِعِي سَبيلِ المَعروفِ ، وهُو الرجُلُ يُصنَعُ إلَيهِ المَعروفُ فَيَكفُرُهُ ، فَيَمنَعُ صاحِبَهُ مِن أن يَصنَعَ ذلكَ إلى‏ غَيرِهِ .³

3342.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Allah curses the one who cuts of the means to kindly acts, who is such that when someone does him a good turn, he is ungrateful and as a result, he deters that person from ever doing the same towards anyone else.’⁴

3343.الإمامُ الرِّضا عليه السلام : مَن لَم يَشكُرِ المُنعِمَ مِنَ المَخلوقينَ لَم يَشكُرِ اللَّهَ عَزَّوجلَّ .⁵

3343.Imam al-Rida (AS) said, ‘Whoever does not thank the one who does him a favour from among Allah’s creatures has not thanked Allah either.’⁶