Theme
الشكر
Gratitude
ash-Shukr
Gratitude for the Companions meant noticing blessings, thanking the people through whom they came, and using ease for good rather than forgetting where it came from. They also feared that comfort might make them forget those who had gone before with nothing.
These practices help you notice what you have been given, and thank both Allah and the people around you.
قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " عَجَبًا لأَمْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِ إِنَّ أَمْرَهُ كُلَّهُ خَيْرٌ وَلَيْسَ ذَاكَ لأَحَدٍ إِلاَّ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ إِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ سَرَّاءُ شَكَرَ فَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُ وَإِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ ضَرَّاءُ صَبَرَ فَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُ".
“if he has an occasion to feel delight, he thanks (God), thus there is a good for him in it”
13 practices from 12 companions
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Abd al-Rahman ibn Awfعبد الرحمن بن عوف
Fearing that comfort may use up reward
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Let remembrance of the righteous keep wealth humble.
Sit with this Does your comfort make you more thankful, or more forgetful?
Duha prayer
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Pray two rak'ahs after sunrise-time clears, before the day takes over.
Sit with this Could two rak'ahs of Duha be a pause of thanks in your working day?
al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwamالزبير بن العوام
A hard-working, simple household
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Share the work at home and do not wait for comfort before being grateful.
Sit with this Do you wait for comfort before being grateful?
Hamzah ibn Abd al-Muttalibحمزة بن عبد المطلب
Simple burial in a single cloth
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Let the example of those who gave everything keep your own comfort in perspective.
Sit with this What comfort do you enjoy that they never had?
Khabbab ibn al-Arattخباب بن الأرت
Worrying about worldly ease
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Check what ease you have and ask whether you are using it for Allah.
Sit with this What ease do you enjoy, and are you using it for Allah?
Natural remedy and trust in Allah
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Take simple, permitted means of healing and recognise their source.
Sit with this When you take a remedy, do you remember who sends the healing?
Gratitude in ease, patience in hardship
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Respond to every situation with shukr or sabr.
Sit with this Is today a day for shukr, for sabr, or for both?
Crying with gratitude at the Quran
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Let the Quran move you, and thank Allah for the gift of being among its students.
Sit with this Does it move you that Allah gave you the Quran to learn?
Umm Ayman (Barakah)أم أيمن (بركة)
Weeping for the loss of revelation
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Value the guidance you have and grieve when it is lost.
Sit with this Do you value the guidance you have as something that could be lost?
Umm Ayman (Barakah)أم أيمن (بركة)
Grieving without losing faith
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Grieve honestly and keep praising Allah.
Sit with this Can you grieve honestly and still say alhamdulillah?
Umm Hani bint Abi Talibأم هانئ بنت أبي طالب
Keeping a small, blessed source of livelihood
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Take simple, honest work seriously, and see the blessing in what Allah has given you.
Sit with this Do you see the blessing in the simple, honest work you have?
Being thankful for others' blessings
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Say thank you out loud for the good people bring.
Sit with this Whose good could you thank out loud today?
Uthman ibn Madh'unعثمان بن مظعون
Being a guest, and living with generous hosts
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Be a grateful guest and a generous host.
Sit with this Are you a grateful guest and a generous host?
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