Fatwa ID: 08806

 

 

Answered by: Maulana Yusuf Badshah

 

Question:

 

How does one be grateful to Allah? Once Allah answers du’a does one need to be grateful for lifetime?

So my supplication got answered last year, do I need to thank Allah everyday onwards for it?

 

 

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

 

 

Answer:

 

One shows gratitude to Allah s.w.t by saying ‘Alhamdulillah’, thanking him, doing good deeds and adhering to his commands. One needs to be grateful for everything they have in life, even being alive in the first place. One needs to be thankful for every day they wake up alive, for being guided to Islam and being able to do good deeds. One even needs to be thankful to Allah s.w.t for granting them the Taufeeq to be thankful to Allah s.w.t. Thus, there is no moment in one’s life where they no longer need to thank Allah s.w.t or have thanked him sufficiently for all that he has granted them. One should therefore be constantly thankful to Allah s.w.t throughout their life, from the day they are born until the day they die, not just after a Du’a has been answered [1].

 

Nevertheless, to have one’s Du’a be responded to should be used as an opportunity to express increased gratitude, on top of all the other blessings one receives daily. One should take this opportunity to educate themselves in knowledge and understanding regarding Allah s.w.t and Islam and to introduce a habit of regular daily gratitude towards Allah s.w.t into their lives for all that he has given them.

 

 

References:

 

[1] Surah Al-Isra’ 111:

{ وَقُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَدًا وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ شَرِيكٌ فِي الْمُلْكِ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ وَلِيٌّ مِّنَ الذُّلِّ ۖ وَكَبِّرْهُ تَكْبِيرًا ۞}

 

Surah Al-A’raf 43:

{ وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِي صُدُورِهِم مِّنْ غِلٍّ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهِمُ الْأَنْهَارُ ۖ وَقَالُوا الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي هَدَانَا لِهَٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لِنَهْتَدِيَ لَوْلَا أَنْ هَدَانَا اللَّهُ ۖ لَقَدْ جَاءَتْ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِالْحَقِّ ۖ وَنُودُوا أَن تِلْكُمُ الْجَنَّةُ أُورِثْتُمُوهَا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ۞}

 

Surah Luqman 12:

{ وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا لُقْمَانَ الْحِكْمَةَ أَنِ اشْكُرْ لِلَّهِ ۚ وَمَن يَشْكُرْ فَإِنَّمَا يَشْكُرُ لِنَفْسِهِ ۖ وَمَن كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَنِيٌّ حَمِيدٌ ۞}

 

Surah Ibrahim 7:

{ وَإِذْ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكُمْ لَئِن شَكَرْتُمْ لَأَزِيدَنَّكُمْ ۖ وَلَئِن كَفَرْتُمْ إِنَّ عَذَابِي لَشَدِيدٌ ۞}

 

Surah An-Naml 19:

{ فَتَبَسَّمَ ضَاحِكًا مِّن قَوْلِهَا وَقَالَ رَبِّ أَوْزِعْنِي أَنْ أَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ الَّتِي أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَالِدَيَّ وَأَنْ أَعْمَلَ صَالِحًا تَرْضَاهُ وَأَدْخِلْنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ فِي عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِينَ ۞}

 

Surah An-Nahl 18:

{ وَإِن تَعُدُّوا نِعْمَةَ اللَّهِ لَا تُحْصُوهَا ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ۞}

 

Sahih Al-Bukhari 2989:

حَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ هَمَّامٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏”‏ كُلُّ سُلاَمَى مِنَ النَّاسِ عَلَيْهِ صَدَقَةٌ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ تَطْلُعُ فِيهِ الشَّمْسُ، يَعْدِلُ بَيْنَ الاِثْنَيْنِ صَدَقَةٌ، وَيُعِينُ الرَّجُلَ عَلَى دَابَّتِهِ، فَيَحْمِلُ عَلَيْهَا، أَوْ يَرْفَعُ عَلَيْهَا مَتَاعَهُ صَدَقَةٌ، وَالْكَلِمَةُ الطَّيِّبَةُ صَدَقَةٌ، وَكُلُّ خَطْوَةٍ يَخْطُوهَا إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ صَدَقَةٌ، وَيُمِيطُ الأَذَى عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ صَدَقَةٌ ‏”

 

Tafsir Ibn Katheer, vol. 4, pg. 626, Dar Ibn Al-Jawzi:

وقد روي في الأثر أن داود ﵇ قال: يا رب كيف أشكرك وشكري لك نعمة منك عليّ؟ فقال الله تعالى: الآن شكرتني يا داود، أي: حين اعترفت بالتقصير عن أداء شكر المنعم

 

 

And only Allah s.w.t knows best.

Written by Maulana Yusuf Badshah

Checked and approved by Mufti Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham