This parable also contains admonitory Madani pearls for those who leave the Sunnahs of eating and drinking (water etc.), remain deprived of keeping the great Sunnah of beard, and feel embarrassed in tying the blessed ‘Imamah [turban] merely because of the taunts of people. They should remember that acting upon Sunnah will lead to success in this world as well as in the Hereafter. May Allah Almighty give us the passion to follow the Sunnahs of the Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.

اٰمِيۡن بِجَاهِ النَّبِيِّ الۡاَمِيۡن صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيۡهِ وَاٰلِه وَسَلَّم

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers! The eminent scholar of Hadees, Sayyiduna Hudbah Bin Khalid رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه picked up and ate bits of food fallen on the dining mat, showing respect for them. By the blessing of this and bestowment of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه received a thousand dinars from the royal court and became wealthy. Therefore, we should not only respect sustenance, but every blessing of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, and never be ungrateful towards any blessing. Remember! Showing ingratitude towards blessings is a means of a great loss.

Ingratitude towards sustenance may cause deprivation of sustenance

It is mentioned on page 543 of volume 3 of Tafseer Siraat-ul-Jinaan: When Muslims show ingratitude^[1] to Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, adopt heedlessness in remembering Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, get busy in satisfying the desires of their Nafs [i.e. inner-self], and prove themselves to be unworthy of the blessings of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ due to [committing] bad deeds abundantly, then Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ takes blessings back from them that were bestowed upon them. (Siraat-ul-Jinaan, vol. 3, pp. 543)

Explaining the significance of gratitude and the destructiveness of ingratitude, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ said in Ayah 7 of Surah Ibraheem, part 13: