The man asked, “What is the gratitude of the stomach?”

He said, “The gratitude of the stomach is that food be in its lower portion whereas its upper portion be replete with knowledge.”

The man enquired, “What is the gratitude of the private parts?”

In reply, he recited a noble verse of the holy Qur’an:

وَ الَّذِیْنَ هُمْ لِفُرُوْجِهِمْ حٰفِظُوْنَۙ(۵) اِلَّا عَلٰۤى اَزْوَاجِهِمْ اَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ اَیْمَانُهُمْ فَاِنَّهُمْ غَیْرُ مَلُوْمِیْنَۚ(۶) فَمَنِ ابْتَغٰى وَرَآءَ ذٰلِكَ فَاُولٰٓىٕكَ هُمُ الْعٰدُوْنَۚ(۷)   

And those who protect their private parts. Except from their wives or the lawful handmaids whom they possess; that there is no blame upon them. So, whoever desires anything more than these two, only they are the transgressors.^[1]

The man asked, “What is the gratitude of the feet?”

He answered, “If you see such a living person whom you long to be like, use your feet in acting like him (i.e. do pious deeds), and if you see such a deceased person that you are repulsed by, then prevent your feet from acts like his (i.e. do not raise your feet towards acts of evil). In this way, you will become a person who expresses gratitude to Allah Almighty. The similitude of a person who merely expresses gratitude on his tongue without the rest of his limbs is like that of a person who has a garment; he holds one corner of it but does not wear it; that garment will not benefit as a protection against heat, cold, snow and rain.”^[2]

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد