Let us listen to four blessed Hadith of the Messenger of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم and try to develop the wonderful quality of patience inside us.

1.   Whoever has the following two characteristics, Allah records him as grateful and patient. Whoever does not have them is not recorded as grateful or patient. (The first of these characteristics is for one to look at the one above him in religious matters and follow him in it, and look at the one below him in worldly matters and thank Allah for the excellence He granted him over that person; such a person will be recorded as grateful and patient by Allah. (The second characteristic is) for one to look at the one below him in religious matters and look at the one above him in worldly matters, and then grieve over being deprived; Allah does not record such a person as grateful or patient.^[1]

2.   When Allah Almighty wants goods for a nation, He lengthens their lifespans and inspires them towards thankfulness.^[2]

3.   Whoever is given a bounty by Allah and seeks to maintain it should recite لَاحَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّۃَ اِلاَّبِاللہِ abundantly.^[3]

4.   When Allah grants a bounty to His servant who then says اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰہ, this statement is greater in the sight of Allah than the bounty the servant has received.^[4]

Dear Islamic brothers, take a look at how much our beloved master, the Imam of the Prophets صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم loves us, and how beautifully he explained the ways in which we can show thankfulness for the bounties Allah Almighty has granted us.