Nadim Bashir – Hadith of the Day #08 – Thanking People, Especially our First Responders

			Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh Welcome to another segment of Hadith of the day, where we
take a quote of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and we explore, expand upon it and learn its
implications in our current context. Today I want to share with you a very, very beloved Hadith the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, a hadith that I think you and I, especially in these days,
should really take to heart. And before I go any further in this talk, I do want to mention that
Please do stay till the end of the talk because I have a very important thing I want to say for all
of our first responders around the world. The hadith I want to share it with you today is a Hadith
		

			Narrated by Abu Hurayrah Ravi Allah Quran who, where the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said
and this is a Hadith mentioned in Abu Dawood, where he says it has Salam lair, yes, Guru la mala
Yash korunas that he has not thanked Allah subhanho wa taala, who has not thanked people meaning
that a person who is not a person has not thanked Allah subhanaw taala who has not thanked people,
so Allah Subhana Allah so here the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is saying that if a person
does not have this ability, or this nature of appreciating and saying thank you, or does akmola hate
to other people who have done something good for them, then eventually they will not have this
		

			ability to think Allah subhanho wa taala, they will not think Allah subhanho wa taala. Now on the
flip side, the other way is also very valid to look at this hadith, where a person who does not
think Allah, He cannot appreciate and think other people too. So when we talk about sugar to begin
with, we usually talk about it in the context of Allah subhanho wa Taala that Allah has given us so
many blessings and so many near misses. For example, Allah says in the Quran, we're in terror dunya
met Allah healer to sue her. If you were to count all the blessings or Annette or to create an
attempt or make an attempt to, to count the blessings of Allah subhanho wa taala, you will not be
		

			able to do so what Allah subhanaw taala wants us to do is to appreciate him. And that's why Allah
says in that same idea in Santa love or lumen kuffaar Like, you know, when we talk about sugar in
the content in the context of being thankful, but in that same context, if you see the word Cofer
now a lot of times we think Cofer means disbelief, and it does. But when you see the word Cofer in
the Quran, in the same area or in the same context of the word Shaka, then journey that means that
you are ungrateful to Allah subhanho wa taala. That's why Allah says that if you try to count the
blessings of Allah, you will not be able to. And then he says that very the human being is he's
		

			usually in the state where he is an oppressor. He does not appreciate and also he rejects and he
does not appreciate what Allah subhanaw taala has given him. So this is why it's very, very
important to think Allah subhanho wa Taala Surah Rahman is a Surah where Allah subhana wa Taala
wants us to reflect upon where he keeps on saying for be a Euro become Africa, the band, The
Witcher, the name of Allah subhanho wa Taala will you reject. And the whole idea is, once again,
Allah wants us to understand his blessings. And he wants us to be thankful to him now. But going
back to this hadith, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, where he talks about the importance of
		

			appreciating other people see, once again, if a person cannot and he does not have the ability to
appreciate people, eventually he will not appreciate Allah subhanho wa taala. Anyone who does not
appreciate Allah, He will not appreciate people mean that if it's not in your nature to appreciate
anyone, and you simply want everyone to do things for you, and you don't care about how they feel.
But on the other hand, you are always looking for other people to appreciate you, then this is not
what we find in the life of the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam the Prophet Adi son was always
the very first person to appreciate other people. So this is why it's very important that we learn
		

			how to say at least thank you to other someone else. Now, even a you mentioned that there are three
different conditions of showing our gratitude, gratitude to Allah or to people in general, the very
first way that we can do that is to our actions. Another way is that we can do we can show our
gratitude through our verbal use of words. And the third way is to our heart. So once again, is that
imagine if you don't want to show your gratitude. Let's just say you have an employee, and you want
to show him that you know, he's done such a great job. And you go to him and you say
		

			He, you know what, thank you so much. Now, verbally you have express your gratitude. But since this
is your style of showing him your gratitude, that person can see your employer, your employee can
see right away that even though you have done it verbally, but your heart was on Intuit, it was like
as if you were stepping on your heart and doing something so against her nature, and thinking
someone that instead of that person, instead of that employee, taking that as a gratitude, he's
going to be even more offended, he's going to be even more hurt. So this is why it's always very
important that we show our gratitude to people verbally, through our actions and with our full
		

			heart. I want to give you an example of this. Go back to the life of the prophet sallallahu alayhi
wa sallam and how you would treat first of all the the friends and the their relatives and the
founding members of Hadith Rhodiola Tirana. First of all, let's actually talk about who Khadija was.
Her teacher was the wife of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and as one time I shall be
allowed that on her. She even asked the Prophet SAW Allah Salam about Hadiya because I just says
that there was only one person I was jealous about. And that was Hadith God Allah Tirana, because as
soon as the name and the mention of Hadiya will come, the province of Sun will change. And you can
		

			see that in his tone, you can see that in his actions. And this is why one time when I Isha asked,
the Prophet SAW Allah Azza about a hadith. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said that she was
a woman that she believed in me when everyone rejected my message. She gave me that confidence. She
was the one who consoled me. And she was always there as internal support photos, who also Allahu
alayhi wa sallam, every time every day when the Prophet alayhi salam will come back after giving
Dawa all day long and dealing with the foolishness and the ignorance of the Quraysh. And when the
person would come back home and he was almost like, you know, like in terms of a spirit, he was like
		

			defeated.
		

			Hadiya was the one who always consoled the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, she always gave that
comfort to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, And subhanAllah the one thing that we learned
also about Khadija was that never in her life did she ever say to the Prophet, that I've done so
much for you, like even when it came to his finances, the province was taken care of by Khadija in
that case, but never did Khadija ever say, I've done so much for you. And this is why and this is
why the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam throughout his entire life as long as he lived on he
always showed that gratitude to Hadith, viola, Tirana, how by treating her friends well, like
		

			whenever he was sacrifice an animal he was sent her family members or friends some part and some
portion of that animal whenever the sister of IJA would come and she was simply just knock on the
door that's a just knock on the door because she would knock like Khadija that's why the Prophet saw
some he will get excited and he knew that Khadija is gone, he knew that. But this is the sister of
Khadija, Ravi Allah Quran ha and the person would get up from his place. And this was him showing
that gratitude and that think that you know, the thinking ability to Hadith even though she's not
alive. But this is how the person he was showing his gratitude towards her. This is his way of
		

			thinking of saying thank you, to her. So this is why it's very important that we always learn how to
show our gratitude towards other people. Now, having said that, I want you all to take this as an
action item for yourself. First of all, is that I want you to remember every single person who
played a role in your life to make you who you are today. Think about every single person starting
from your parents, your siblings, your teachers, think about everyone who played a role in your
life, and they made you who you are today. And make dua for them. Say thank you to them, you know
Subhanallah first of all, when it comes to our parents always say thank you to our parents. And I
		

			say thank you to all the parents out there. That you know being a parent is not easy. It takes a lot
of you know, sacrifice, it takes a lot of dedication, commitment. And to all the parents out there
especially in these days, when you are at home 24/7 with your children. And you know, all parents
they need a sometimes a break from their own children. But we are in the situation where we are.
Always say thank you to your parents. Look, you know, a lot of times, especially when it comes to
teenage teenagers and so forth. You know, we feel like that we know everything. We may feel like
that. We know what's better for ourselves, and we don't realize how much it takes to be a parent. So
		

			always cut your parents some slack. Always try to be gentle with your parents and always to your
parents. Say thank you to you
		

			For parents, to our teachers, I want to say thank you, all of our teachers who have taught our
children, whether today. Now, you know whether today in the past in the future, you know, nowadays,
especially when our children are at home, and we have to homeschool them. Now we're starting to
realize how much does it take to be a teacher, to all of our teachers around the world, I say thank
you to, you know, our family members always think our family members, our our wife, our husband, our
children, always thank them for everything they do. Yes, we all have deficiencies, we all have
weaknesses. But once again, look aside and put those differences or those weaknesses aside, look at
		

			the positive, and always say thank you to each other. And once again, we have learned how to
appreciate other people in every other person who does exist. And not only that, especially in light
of this pandemic that we're going through, I want to simply from my own heart, I want to say thank
you to several people, first of all, is to our clergy, members of all different faiths. These are
times that are very difficult, that you have to lead the entire community, you are under immense
amount of pressure, you have to always make the right decision. And sometimes making the right
decision is not the easiest thing. But you do that because you are a leader and you are going
		

			through some challenges at that time. To all of our clergy members across the world, it does not
matter what religion you belong to thank you for what you do. You are You know, you are going
through some struggles to every single city official who is meeting day and night, making difficult
decisions for their citizens. And for the people living in their city or in their county, I say
thank you, because you are making difficult decisions and you're putting, you know, you're taking
time away from your family, to make decisions for your for your city members. So thank you to all
those who are donating in times of these in times of difficulty, and they are tiny, and there are
		

			people who are going through hardship and they are still donating and they're still giving and
charity. Thank you. And there are people who are also they live in prosperity. They have been they
have been given and blessed by Allah subhanho wa taala. And if you're giving, I say thank you to
you. I also want to thank every person who is delivering aid to people who are in need, there are so
many people who are at home, we have our elderly, our sick. And there are people who are putting
their life on the line. And they are you know, they're going outside. And they're working hard just
to ensure that aid and supplies, basic Daily Necessity supplies are delivered to their homes, it
		

			does not matter what organization it is, I just want to say thank you. And may Allah subhanaw taala
bless you. And finally, to our first responders. You know, usually when we talk about first
responders, it is like you know, the the emergency medical services.
		

			And not only that, we were talking about police officers, we're talking about firefighters, we're
talking about paramedics, and so forth. They are usually the first responders. So thank you to them,
no doubt. But I want to give a very big thank you. Finally, to all of our doctors and nurses, you
are nowadays putting your life on the line, you're working, you know, hours and hours on end, you're
working with a shortage of medical gear and medical supplies. You know, there's a shortage of beds.
And there are so many odds that you are overcoming, I just want to say to you all doctors and nurses
who are battling this pandemic, and this virus, thank you so much, you are doing something that only
		

			Allah can repay you. And not only that, but I've seen stories where doctors and nurses are not just
going to the hospital go into the hospitals and working hard. But it's sad to see cases that they
when they come back home, they cannot even unite with their families, they have to live in a
separate place inside the house. I've seen videos where they cannot even hug their own children,
which really, it breaks my heart. But all these doctors are doing whatever they can to help save
lives. And for that I say thank you to all those doctors who have come out of retirement and
understanding the situation at hand and putting your life on the line. knowing very well what our
		

			medic or what our American medical infrastructure is or wherever you may be around the world. You
understand the situation you know that when you go in you can also be infected. And there are people
who have passed away and you are putting your life on the line. Finally, I want to say to all those
people, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I don't know what else to say to you.
		

			Um, this is a big thank you from my heart. And I'm sure that all of you please, if you're watching
this video, do also send a thank you note to other people too.
		

			And once again, the Prophet saw some has taught us to the to do this. And the Hadith once again, he
says a nurse, thanking people he never mentioned anything about religion, he just said, think other
people. And you know, lastly, I will say this, how many of us we all love when someone comes to us
and say thank you. So if we love the fact that someone comes to us and appreciates us for our
efforts, that how much would they like if we were to appreciate them? So to everyone who is
contributing and helping out in any capacity to everyone once again, thank you does that Kamala had
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