Imām Ibn Qudāmah -rahimahullāh- said:
Know verily that, if a servant should look deeply, he will see that everyone has been blessed and singled out with some certain blessings Which are not found with others. Though, some may share with him in that regard like the intellect. Therefore, no one except he is pleased with Allāh Ta’āla regarding the blessing of intellect, and servant sees himself as the most sensible person. And hardly would one find people asking Allāh for intellect, and if that is the case, then it is compulsory for a servant to show gratitude to Allāh on the grace of intellect.
And of it is the creation, for there is no servant except he views errors and imperfections regarding others which he dislikes, and some manners which he detests, and he considers himself free from those shortcomings. Therefore, he should be grateful to Allāh Ta’āla for bestowing upon him good manners.
And of it is that, everyone knows his hidden affairs, errors and weakness. If those errors were to be known by others, he will certainly be ashamed of them. Then why should one not show gratitude to Allāh for keeping one’s defects in secret and unveiling the good qualities?.
In addition, let’s take a wider example. No one except Allāh Has blessed him in his stature, manners, family, children, household, land, friends, relatives, position. If he were to be deprived of those blessings and given to someone else, he would surely not be pleased with it.
For example, For Allāh to make a believer not a kāfir, a living being not an object, a human not an animal, a man not a woman or a woman not a man, a healthy person not a sick one, a complete one not a defect one, and the likes.
Allāhu A’alam! Bārakallāhu fīkum!
*15th Jumāda Ūla, 1440H.*
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