The one who eats and is grateful is like the status of the one who fasts and is patient.

                                                    
                                                     الطَّاعِمُ الشَّاكِرُ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الصَّائِمِ الصَّابِرِ

            “The one who eats and is grateful is like the status of the one who fasts and is patient.”
                                                             (Al-Thirmidhi  #2486)


Being grateful is not to consider yourself worthy of all your blessings but it is to see by whom you have been provided these blessings. How can we be ungrateful to Allah?! To Whom belongs everything that we possess including our health, wealth, status ,intellectual abilities and everything in life.          
Really so many of us take our blessings big or small for granted and we do not recognise the virtues Allah gives us. If we could sincerely appreciate everything even including what we have for eating ,our life can be more beautiful in this Dunya and Hereafter as well in sha Allah.
Let’s all together say today and always,  Alhamdullilah 🤲☺️

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