التَّحَدُّثُ بِنِعمَةِ اللّه‏ِ Proclaiming about the Bounties of Allah

22ـ رسولُ اللهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): إنَّ اللّه‏َ يُحِبُّ أن يَرى أثَرَ نِعمَتِهِ على عَبدِهِ .

22– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Allah loves to see the signs of His bounties on His servant.’[Sunan al-Tirmidhi, no. 2819]

 

23ـ عن أبي الأحوَصِ عن أبيهِ: أتَيتُ النَّبيَّ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) في ثَوبٍ دُونٍ، فقالَ: ألكَ مالٌ ؟ قالَ: نَعَم . قالَ: مِن أيِّ المالِ ؟ قالَ: قد آتانيَ اللّه‏ُ مِن الإبِلِ والغَنَمِ والخَيلِ والرَّقيقِ . قالَ: فإذا آتاكَ اللّه‏ُ مالاً فليُرَ أثَرُ نِعمَةِ اللّه‏ِ علَيكَ وكَرامَتُهُ .

23– Abu al-Ahwal! Narrating from his father said, ‘I visited the Prophet (SAWA) and he saw me with a bad appearance, so the Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Do you own anything?’ I said, ‘Yes, all the wealth that Allah has given me.’ He (SAWA) said, ‘If you have wealth then it should be seen on you.’[Sunan al-Nasa`ai, v. 8, p. 196]

 

24ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنّ اللّه‏َ جَميلٌ يُحِبُّ الجَمالَ، ويُحِبُّ أن يَرى أثَرَ النِّعمَةِ على عَبدِهِ .

24– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Allah is Beautiful and He loves beauty, and He loves to see the sign of His bounties on His servant.’[al-Kafi, v. 6, p. 438, no. 1]

 

25ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إذا أنعَمَ اللّه‏ُ على عَبدِهِ بنِعمَةٍ فظَهَرَت علَيهِ سُمِّيَ حَبيبَ اللّه‏ِ مُحَدِّثاً بنِعمَةِ اللّه‏ِ، وإذا أنعَمَ اللّه‏ُ على عَبدٍ بِنِعمَةٍ فلَم تَظهَرْ علَيهِ سُمِّيَ بَغيضَ اللّه‏ِ مُكَذِّباً بنِعمَةِ اللّه‏ِ.

25– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘When Allah blesses His servant with bounties and it is manifest about him, he is called the beloved of Allah and a proclaimer of Allah's bounties, and when Allah blesses a servant with bounties and he does not show it, he is called one despised by Allah and a denier of Allah's bounties.’[al-Kafi, v. 6, p. 438, no. 2]

 

26ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنّي لَأكرَهُ لِلرّجُلِ أن يَكونَ علَيهِ نِعمَةٌ مِن اللّه‏ِ فلا يُظهِرُها.

26– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Indeed I hate for a man to have been bestowed bounties by Allah and to not show it.’[al-Kafi, v. 6, p. 439, no. 9]