The Gratitude of Ayyoub

When Satan gained power over the children and servants of Ayyoub, he killed all of them sparing his wife and one child.

The child came to him and said: "O Ayyoub, all your servants and camels are dead." Ayyoub said: "Thanks for Allah who gave it and Thanks for Allah who took it."

The child came to him another time and said: "O Ayyoub, all your horses are dead." Ayyoub said: "Thanks for Allah who gave it and Thanks for Allah who took it."

The child then told him the same thing about his cows, and sheep. Then he told him that his farms and lands were also doomed. In each time Ayyoub used to say: " Thanks for Allah who gave and Thanks for Allah who took." Then he became extremely sick and yet still he stayed thanking Allah.