From the Terrible Harms of Boredom

Imām Ibn Al-Qayyim, may Allāh have mercy on him, said:

Nothing is more harmful to a slave-worshiper than his becoming bored of Allāh’s blessings [and favors], for then he will really not see them as blessings, nor express his gratitude to Him for them, nor feel any happiness about them; rather, he will feel angry and resentful about them, complain about them, and consider them calamities–[all] this, while they [might] be from among the greatest of Allāh’s blessings upon him.

So most people are enemies to the blessings of Allāh upon them, and they don’t realize it.

Al-Fawāʾid, p. 263, as quoted by Shaikh ʿAbdullāh Al-Bukhārī.

قال الإمام ابنُ القيّم رحمه اللّه
:"ليس على العبد أضرُّ مِن مَلَلِه لِنِعَم الله؛ فإنّه لا يراها نِعمةً، ولا يشكرُه عليها، ولا يفرح بها، بل يَسخَطها ويشكوها ويعدُّها مصيبةً، هذا وهي من أعظم نِعَم اللّه عليه. فأكثرُ النّاس أعداءُ نِعَمِ اللّه عليهم ولا يَشْعُرون"
(الفوائد)(ص٢٦٣).

— أ.د. عبدالله البخاري (@dr_albukhary) October 11, 2020

Translated by Mikail ibn Mahboob Ariff