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2512. 'Amr bin Shu'āib narrated from his grandfather 'Abdullāh bin 'Amr, that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “There are two traits, whoever has them in him, Allāh writes him down as grateful and patient. And whoever does not have them, Allāh does not write him down as grateful, nor patient. Whoever looks to one above him for his religion, and follows him in it, and whoever looks to one who is below him in worldly matters, and praises Allāh for the blessings He has favored the one who is above him with, then Allāh writes him down as grateful and patient. And whoever looks to one who is below him for his religion, and looks to one who is above him for worldly
matters, and grieves over what missed him of it, Allāh does not write him down as grateful nor as patient."
(Another chain reaching to) 'Amr bin Shu'āib, from his father, from his grandfather from the Prophet ﷺ with similar narration. (Da'if)
[He said:] This Hadith is [Hasan] Gharib. Suwaid [bin Naṣr] did not mention: "From his father" in his narration.
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Gratitude and patience are virtues of the order that, whichever man they combine in, make him a perfect believer and his heart brimful of the wealth of faith. The recipe to cultivate these qualities in religious matters is that man tries to adapt himself to looking at those servants of Allāh who are above him in faith, piety and moral virtues and he makes a pledge to follow their example. In matters of the world, he must make a pledge that as a matter of principle, he will only look at those who are below him in wealth and prosperity, and commit himself to considering that whatever superiority in worldly comforts and prosperity he enjoys are but the gifts of Allāh, for which he has to be grateful to Him and praise Him.
