"This article was written originally in arabic, and below is an automated translation".
The Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, says: “He who does not thank people does not thank God,” which means that he who is not grateful to people for their kindness will be in the same situation with the blessings of God Almighty. The nature of people, no matter how different they are, their love for their efforts and work to be appreciated, even after a while, and ignoring that with the passage of time may generate boredom, hatred, and worse things than that, but the most important question here is how is the appreciation?
In one of the ancient cities, a strange hero saved the inhabitants from their invasions, so they were confused about how they could thank him for his great bounty, as the reward for this work exceeds money, wife, and prestige, according to their estimation, so they agreed that the greatest way to thank him is to kill him, bury him in the sacred cemetery of the temple, and install him as one of the righteous saints. Praying and supplicating in his name, in honor of him, and to maintain security in the city, in addition to the construction of a monument outside the temple to perpetuate the memory of this gallant hero forever.
People did not intend to offend the man, but rather thanked him and appreciated him, but the poor or the “deceased” was not concerned with these beliefs. Rather, he was like other mercenary roaming fighters looking for money, and when he happened to pass by that rich city and found out to him the possibility of saving it, and collecting the wealth of its inhabitants He decided to intervene, and his imagination was far away, counting the piles of gold that might align him in the event of his victory, which he seemed confident of. Either erecting a memorial in his name or praying for him was, as it is said, “his last concern.”
Let us imagine another example in our time, and let us agree that some workers are simple, low-income, an additional dirham is sufficient for them to express their sincere gratitude and thanks to you, while on the other hand, some ambitious employees are happy with motivating phrases from their officials or direct meetings that bring them together with the leaders of their institutions from time to time, and let us imagine what It might happen if the ways of gratitude were reversed in both cases!
So what if one day a simple worker came to congratulate him on obtaining a certificate of appreciation of the first degree, which was handed to him by one of the managers of the company whose name the worker does not even mention, and who promised him to put his picture on the board of honor for this month in the management office of the company that he had never seen in his life! On the other hand, how is it possible to imagine the disappointment of that diligent employee who will be rewarded with a few dirhams that will be placed for him in a modest envelope, delivered to him through one of the assistant workers in the company, without any noise or applause from those around him!
Choosing a way of gratitude is important as well as its tools. Gifting a comb to a bald person may mean ridicule, alcohol to a Muslim may indicate disrespect, a box of sweets to a diabetic patient with indifference, and even gifting a luxurious car may be considered a joke if we know that the gifted person is permanently paralyzed!
Let us strive to thank people and appreciate them in a way that suits them, in the size they deserve, and in the way they see fit, and sometimes there is nothing wrong with a lot of it.
As for the story of our hero, it is mentioned that during the subsequent years, his true identity became revealed to the people, so everyone who passed through that city and saw the memorial recalled his horrific crimes against the innocent, which stirred the residents and made them reconsider their “good guardian”, and they began to gradually exclude him from the list Righteous saints, then broke his memorial, until he reached the list of misguided villains angry at them. So the “poor” did not reap proper thanks from them for his way as he wanted from them in this world, nor proper thanks for their way after his death.
