Residence with God always is the path of the people of God and it receives general praise, and therefore it is accompanied by praise to God in every situation, which is the remembrance of adversity, which is the most general and complete remembrance. If the servant praises Him for adversity, how can it be with good times, for good times are among the general conditions of the servant, and it is included under the general meaning of his saying? Every situation is the two extremes and what is between them, and praise for good times is restricted.

The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, used to say in good times, Praise be to God, the Favorite Benefactor.

So he restricts it, and this is also praise, more general than the first, even if the restriction appears in it. But not everyone realizes this, for one of God’s blessings and blessings upon His servant is that He has enabled him to say in times of adversity, “Praise be to God in every circumstance,” for