مَن لَم يَشكُرِ المَخلوقَ لَم يَشكُرِ الخالِقَ One Who Has Not Thanked the Creature Has Not Thanked The Creator

22ـ الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): يقولُ اللّه‏ُ تباركَ وتعالى لِعبدٍ مِن عَبِيدِهِ يَومَ القِيامَةِ: أشَكَرتَ فُلانا ؟ فيقولُ: بَل شَكَرتُكَ يا ربِّ ، فيقولُ: لَم تَشكُرْني إذ لَم تَشكُرْهُ .

22– 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.’[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 99, no. 30]
 

23ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لَعَنَ اللّه‏ُ قاطِعِي سَبيلِ المَعروفِ ، وهُو الرجُلُ يُصنَعُ إلَيهِ المَعروفُ فَيَكفُرُهُ ، فَيَمنَعُ صاحِبَهُ مِن أن يَصنَعَ ذلكَ إلى غَيرِهِ.

23– 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.’[al-Ikhtisas, p. 241]
 

24ـ الإمامُ الرِّضا (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن لَم يَشكُرِ المُنعِمَ مِنَ المَخلوقينَ لَم يَشكُرِ اللّه‏َ عَزَّوجلَّ .

24– Imam al-Rida (AS) said, ‘Whoever does not thank the one who does him a favor from among Allah’s creatures has not thanked Allah either.’[`Uyoun Akhbar al-Ridha (AS), v. 2, p. 24, no. 2]