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Please explain the following hadith and give examples of what it means.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “God loves to see the effect of His blessings upon His servant.” (Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 70, p. 207)
Letting God’s blessings show in our clothing, food, and devotion to the Qur’an and the Prophet’s Household is a sign of gratitude that deepens our worship and strengthens our faith. Wearing one’s best clothes for prayer and keeping one’s home pleasant are examples of the hadith’s teaching that God loves to see the effect of His blessings in His servants.
The blessings God grants us should be reflected in our lives when we enjoy them in a lawful way. For example, clothing and adornments should be used in a manner free of what is forbidden and in keeping with what is lawful.
Among the greatest of God’s blessings are the Qur’an and the Prophet’s Family. Their outward and inward effects should be evident in our thoughts, aspirations, actions and conduct. Otherwise, we would be denying these blessings and allowing them to go to waste.
The beauty of God’s blessings should shine through us like the radiant sun.
God’s blessings should deepen our devotion to Him and increase our faith and God-consciousness.
Offering abundant and heartfelt thanks and praise for God’s blessings should be part of the way of life of His servants.
Al-Aʿrāf 7:32: قل من حرم زینه الله التی أخرج لعباده و الطیبات من الرزق قل هی للذین آمنوا فی الحیاه الدنیا خالصه یوم القیامه کذلک نفصل الآیات لقوم یعلمون
Say: “Who has forbidden the adornment God has brought forth for His servants, and the good things He has provided?” Say: “They are for those who believe in the life of this world—though others share in them—and will be theirs alone on the Day of Resurrection.” Thus do We make the signs clear for people who know.
It is narrated from Khaythama that whenever Imam Hasan stood for prayer, he would put on his finest clothes. He was asked, “O son of the Messenger of God, why do you wear your finest clothes?” He replied, “God Most High is beautiful and loves beauty, so I adorn myself for my Lord. He says: ‘O children of Adam, wear your finest clothes at every place of worship.’” I too love to wear my finest clothes.
*Guidance for the Community on the Rulings of the Imams, vol. 2, p. 96*
«ألبس و أتجمل، فإن الله جمیل یحب الجمال- و لیکن من حلال»
“Wear fine clothes and adorn yourself, for God is beautiful and loves beauty—but let it be with what is lawful.”
إن الله لم یحرم طعاما و لا شرابا من حلال، و إنما حرم الحرام قل أو کثر،
“God has not forbidden any lawful food or drink; He has forbidden only what is unlawful, whether little or much.”
*Tafsīr al-ʿAyyāshī, vol. 2, p. 16*
قال أمیر المؤمنین ع إن الله جمیل یحب الجمال و یحب أن یرى أثر النعمه على عبده.
Imam ʿAlī said: “God is beautiful and loves beauty, and He loves to see the effects of His blessings upon His servant.”
عن أبی عبد الله ع قال: إذا أنعم الله على عبده بنعمه فظهرت علیه سمی حبیب الله محدثا بنعمه الله و إذا أنعم الله على عبد بنعمه فلم تظهر علیه سمی بغیض الله مکذبا بنعمه الله.
Imam al-Ṣādiq said: “When God bestows a blessing upon His servant and it is evident in him, he is called a beloved of God and one who speaks of God’s blessing. But when God bestows a blessing upon a servant and it is not evident in him, he is called an enemy of God and one who denies His blessing.”
عن برید بن معاویه قال: قال أبو عبد الله ع لعبید بن زیاد إظهار النعمه أحب إلى الله من صیانتها فإیاک أن تتزین إلا فی أحسن زی قومک قال فما رئی عبید إلا فی أحسن زی قومه حتى مات.
Burayd ibn Muʿāwiya relates that Imam al-Ṣādiq said to ʿUbayd ibn Ziyād: “God loves the display of a blessing more than its concealment. So be sure to adorn yourself in the finest style customary among your people.” The narrator says that from then on, until his death, ʿUbayd was seen only in the finest clothing and style of his people.
*Al-Kāfī (Islamic edition), vol. 6, pp. 438–440*
الإمام الصادق «ع»: إن الله یحب الجمال و التجمل، و یبغض البؤس و التباؤس، فإن الله إذا أنعم على عبده بنعمه أحب أن یرى علیه أثرها. قیل:
کیف ذلک؟ قال: ینظف ثوبه، و یطیب ریحه، و یجصص دراه، و یکنس أفنیته، حتى أن السراج قبل مغیب الشمس ینفی الفقر و یزید فی الرزق.
Imam al-Ṣādiq said: “God loves beauty and adornment, and dislikes squalor and affectations of poverty. When God bestows a blessing upon His servant, He loves to see its effects upon him.” He was asked, “How so?” He replied: “By keeping his clothes clean, wearing perfume, plastering and beautifying his home, and sweeping and keeping his courtyard clean. Indeed, lighting a lamp before sunset dispels poverty and increases provision.”
*Al-Ḥayāt, translated by Aḥmad Ārām, vol. 5, p. 90*