Imam Sadiq (a.s) reported the following on the authority of Ameer al-Momineen (a.s): No one shall experience real faith unless he realizes that he shall suffer from whatever he is to suffer, and he shall be safe from whatever he should be saved from. It is Allah who brings forth loss or gain. (Mishkat al-Anwar, ch. 10, #161)
Imam Baqir (a.s) said: The steady increase of Allah’s blessings will not be interrupted unless the gratefulness* of the people stops. (Attributed in Mishkat Al-Anwar, ch. 6, h. 126)
*Allama Tabatabai in Al Mizan (tafseer of the Qur’an) mentions the following hadith of Imam Jafer Sadeq (AS), where he describes ingratitude as a form of kufr:
az-Zubayri says that he said to as-Sadiq (a.s.): “Tell me how many ways of al-kufr are there according to the Book of Allah? Mighty and Great is He! He (the lmam) said: ‘Disbelief’ (al-kufr), according to the Book of Allah, is of five types. There is the disbelief of denial (and denial is of two kinds), the disbelief by neglecting what Allah has ordered, the disbelief of disavowal, and the ingratitude.
And … disbelief (kufr) is ingratitude to the bounties (of Allah); and it is as Allah says quoting (the Prophet) Sulayman: “This is of my Lord’s bounty that He may try me whether I am grateful or ungrateful; and whoever gives thanks, gives thanks only for his own soul’s good, and whoever is ungrateful- then surely my Lord is All-Sufficient (ghaniyyun) , All-generous (kareemun )” (27:40);
If you are grateful, I would certainly give you more, and if you are ungrateful, My chastisement is truly severe (14:7).
Therefore remember Me, I will remember you, and be thankful to Me, and do not be ungrateful to Me (2:152).
(In all these verses Allah has used the word al-kufr = disbelief, to denote ungratefulness, and ingratitude.)
Tawheed
He is One but not as number, and He is Manifest but not by way of associating; He is Evident but not by way of being visible. He is intrinsic but not by separation, and He is apart but not by distance. And He is near but not by proximity. (Imam Al-Ridha, attributed in Al-Amali, ch. 13, #4)
The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings upon him and his Family): “The people will live in prosperity as long as they cooperate with each other in enjoining the right and forbidding the wrong. However, once they stop doing so, their blessings will be taken away from them, and some will rule over others, and they will have no helpers in the heavens or on the Earth.” (Mishkat al-Anwar, # 243)
