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The Virtue of Remembering Allah
Allah the All-Mighty has said:
"فَاذْكُرُونِي أَذْكُرْكُمْ وَاشْكُرُوا
لِي وَلَا تَكْفُرُونِ". البقرة 152
"Therefore remember Me. I will
remember you. Be grateful to Me and never show Me ingratitude" - Al-Baqarah
2:152
And He said:
"يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اذْكُرُوا
اللهَ ذِكْرًا كَثِيراً". الأحزاب 41
"O you who believe, remember Allah
with much rememberance." - Al-Ahzab 33:41
And He said:
"وَالذَّاكِرِينَ اللهَ كَثِيرًا وَالذَّاكِرَاتِ أَعَدَّ
اللهُ لَهُمْ مَغْفِرَةً وَأَجْرًا عَظِيمًا".
الأحزاب 35
"And the men and women who remember
Allah frequently, Allah has prepared for them forgiveness and great
reward." - Al-Ahzab 33:35
And He said:
"وَاذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ فِي نَفْسِكَ تَضَرُّعًا
وَخِيفَةً وَدُونَ الْجَهْرِ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالْآصَالِ
وَلَا تَكُنْ مِنَ الْغَافِلِينَ". الأعراف 205
"And remember your Lord by your
tongue and within yourself, humbly and in awe, without loudness, by
words in the morning and in the afternoon, and be not among those who
are neglectful." - Al-Araf 7:205
The Prophet (pbuh) said:
"He who
remembers his Lord and he who does not remember his Lord are like the
living and the dead." - Al-Bukhari, cf., Al-Asqalani, Fathul-Bari
11/208; Muslim 1/539 with the wording "The house in which Allah is
remembered and the house in which Allah is not remembered is like the
living and the dead."
And he said,
"Shall i not inform
you of the best of your works, the purest of them with your Master
(Allah), the loftiest of them in your stations, the thing that is better
for you than spending gold and silver (in charity), and better for you
than meeting your enemies and slaying them and being slain by them?"
They (the Companions) said, "Of course!" He said, "Rememberance of
Allah, the Most high." - At-Tirmithi 5/459, Ibn Majah 2/1245. See Al-Albani,
Sahih Ibn Majah 2/316 and Sahih At-Tirmithi 3/139.
And he said,
"Allah the Most High
says, 'I amd with my slave when he thinks of Me and I am with him when
he mentions Me. For if he mentions Me to himself, I mention him to
Myself; and if he mentions Me in a gathering, I mention him in superior
gathering. If he approaches Me by a hand's width, I approach him by an
arm's length, I approach him by two arms length. And if he comes to me
walking, I hasten to him swiftly.'" - Al-ukhari 8/171, Muslim 4/2061;
this wording is from Al-Bukhari.
Abdullah bin Busr (raa) said that a
man asked the Prophet (pbuh), "O Messenger of Allah! Verily, the
sanctions of Islam have become too numerous for me (to perform them
all). Inform me of something (simple) that I may adhere to." The Prophet
(pbuh) said, "Let your tongue always be moist with the rememberance of
Allah." - At-0tirmithi 5/458, Ibn Majah 2/1246. See Al-Albani, Sahih At-Tirmithi
3/139 and Sahih Ibn Majah 2/317.
And he said,
"Whoever reads one
letter from the Book of Allah, will receive one Hasanah (reward for a
good deed), and one Hasanah comes with ten like it. I do not say that
Alif-Lam-Mim is a letter. Indeed Alif is a letter, and Lam is a letter,
and Mim is a letter." - At-Tirmithi 5/175. See Al-Albani, Sahih At-Tirmithi
3/9 and Sahihul-Jami' As-Saghir 5/340.
Uqbah bin Amir (raa) said: The
Messenger of Allah (pbuh) came out (from his house) and we were of the
porch (As-Suffah). So he said, "Who of you would like to go out in the
morning everyday to the valley of Buthan or Al-'Aqeeq and come back with
two large she camels without commiting any sin or severing any family
ties?" We replied, "O Messenger of Allah! All of us would like this." So
he said, "Would one of you not go to the Masjid and learn to recite two
Verses from the Book of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic? That would be
better than two she camels. And three Verses would be better for him
than three she-camels. And four Verses would be better than four
she-camels, and whatever their number may be of camels." - Muslim 1/553
And he said,
"Whoever sits and does
not mention the Name of Allah (before he rises) will find it a cause of sorrowfrom Allah. Whoever lies down to sleep and does npt mention the
name of Allah before rising, will find it a cause of sorrow from Allah."
- Abu Dawud 4/264. See Al-Albani, Sahihul-Jami' As-Saghir 5/342.
And the Prophet (saw) said: "No
people sit in an assembly without mentioning Allah, and without asking
Allah for blessings on their Prophet, except that it will be a cause of
sorrow upon them. Thus if He (Allah) wishes He will punish them, and if
He wishes He will forgive them." - At-Tirmithi. See Al-Albani, Sahih At-Tirmithi
3/140.
And he said:
"No people may rise
from an assembly in which they have failed to mention the Name of Allah
without it being as if they were getting off a dead donkeys rotting
back, and it would be a cause of grief for them." - Abu Dawud 4/264,
Ahmad 2/389. See Al-Albani, Sahihul-Jami' 5/176.
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The
Holy Quran Quotes
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“Prayer (Salat) is the most important practice in Islam. Allah has ordered the Muslims to be mindful of it. The Holy Qur'an says:"Guard strictly your prayers, especially the Middle Prayer, and stand before Allah with all devotion.”
(Al-Baqarah, 2:238)
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