بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
The Virtues Of Gatherings Where Allaah Is Remembered And The Study Circles Where The Religion Is Taught:
Many Aḥaadeeth mention the virtues of such gatherings where Allaah is remembered. The following are seven such narrations:
19 (First) - Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه
narrated: Allaah’s Messenger ﷺ said: ❝Allaah
has Angels who go about on the roads and paths seeking those who remember
Allaah. When they find some people who remember Allaah (and praise Him), they
call each other, saying: “Come to the object of your pursuit.” Then the Angels surround
them with their wings (till the space between them and) the lowest heaven (is
fully covered). (After these people disperse and the Angels go back), their
Lord asks them (those Angels) - though He knows better than them - {What do My slaves say?}
The Angels reply: “They are glorifying Your praise by saying: the Tasbeeḥ (Sub-ḥaan
Allaah), the Takbeer (Allaahu Akbar), the Taḥmeed (Alḥamdulillaah), the Tamjeed,
(i.e., they were declaring Your Perfectness, praising, remembering Your
Greatness and Majesty).” Allaah then asks: {Did
they see Me?} The Angels reply: “No! By
Allaah, they have not seen You.” Allaah asks: {How
would they act if they were to see Me?} The Angels
reply: “If they were to see You, they would worship You more devoutly, and
glorify You more deeply, and extol You (and declare Your freedom from any
resemblance to anything) much more.” Allaah says (to the Angels): {What do they seek from Me?} The Angels reply: “They beg You for Paradise.” Allaah
says (to the Angels): {Have they seen it?} The Angels say: “No! By Allaah, O Lord! They have not
seen it.” Allaah says: {How would it have
been if they saw it?} The Angels say: “Were
they to see it, they would have been more intensely eager for it, would have
asked more earnestly for it, and would have had a greater desire for it.” Allaah
says: {From what do they seek protection?} The Angels reply: “They seek protection from the (Hell)
Fire.” Allaah says: {Have they seen it?} The Angels say: “No By Allaah, O Lord! They did not see
it.” Allaah says: {How would they act if
they were to see it?} The Angels say: “If
they were to see it, they would be more earnest in fleeing from it and would
have extreme fear from it.” Then Allaah says: {I
make you witnesses that I have forgiven them.}❞ Allaah’s Messenger ﷺ further said: ❝One of the Angels
would say: “There was so-and-so amongst them, and he was not one of them, but
he had just come for some need (and he sat with them).” Allaah would say: {They are people who are seated together, and he who sits
with them will not be miserable.}❞ [1]
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
9- The Prophet ﷺ
said:
مَا مِنْ قَوْمٍ يَقُومُونَ مِنْ مَجْلِسٍ لَا يَذْكُرُونَ
اللَّهَ فِيهِ، إِلَّا قَامُوا عَنْ مِثْلِ جِيفَةِ حِمَارٍ وَكَانَ لَهُمْ
حَسْرَةً
❝Those people who get up from a gathering in which they did not remember Allaah will be just as if they had got up from (a gathering) similar to that of the carcass of a donkey, and it will be a cause of grief to them.❞ [1]
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
8- The Prophet ﷺ said:
مَا جَلَسَ قَوْمٌ مَجْلِسًا لَمْ يَذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ
فِيهِ، وَلَمْ يُصَلُّوا عَلَى نَبِيِّهِمْ، إِلَّا كَانَ عَلَيْهِمْ تِرَةً،
فَإِنْ شَاءَ عَذَّبَهُمْ وَإِنْ شَاءَ غَفَرَ لَهُمْ
❝No group sits in a gathering in which they do not remember Allaah nor send Ṣalaah upon their Prophet, except it will be a source of remorse for them. If He تعالى wills, He will punish them, and if He wills, He will forgive them .❞ [1]
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
7- The Prophet ﷺ
said:
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
Indeed, prayers are a time-bounded obligation upon Muslims. The times of prayers are fixed hours, and the best deed a Muslim does is to offer the prayers at the beginning of their stated fixed times.
Allaah تعالى says:
إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ كَانَتْ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كِتَابًا
مَّوْقُوتًا
`Abdullaah Ibn Mas`ood رضي الله عنه said: I asked the Prophet ﷺ:
“Which deed is most loved by Allaah?” He ﷺ replied: ❝(To offer) the prayer at its
proper time.❞
[Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (527, 5970, 7534) and Saheeh Muslim. In al-Adab al-Mufrad, the very first Hadeeth that Imaam al-Bukhaaree reported is this one. As if to say that the foundation of all good manners begins with having good manners with Allaah]
In another narration, the wording is: ❝To
offer the prayers at their stated fixed times.❞
[Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (2782)]
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
6- The Prophet ﷺ said:
❝Does not one of you go out in the morning to the Masjid
and learn or recite two Aayaat (verses) from the Book of Allaah عز وجل?
That is better for him than two she-camels, and three Aayaat (verses) are
better (than three she-camels), and four verses are better for him than four
(she-camels), and so on their number in camels.❞ [1]
Explanation:
First: The wordings of the Ḥadeeth:
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
5- The Prophet ﷺ said:
مَنْ قَرَأَ حَرْفًا مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَلَهُ بِهِ
حَسَنَةٌ، وَالحَسَنَةُ بِعَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهَا، لَا أَقُولُ الم حَرْفٌ، وَلَكِنْ
أَلِفٌ حَرْفٌ وَلَامٌ حَرْفٌ وَمِيمٌ حَرْفٌ
❝Whoever recites a letter from Allaah’s Book (the Qur’aan), he will be credited with a good deed, and a good deed gets a tenfold reward. I do not say that Alif-Laam-Meem (الـــم) is (one) letter, but Alif (أ) is a letter, Laam (ل) is a letter and Meem (م) is a letter.❞ [1]
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
4- The Prophet ﷺ
said:
لَا يَزَالُ لِسَانُكَ رَطْبًا مِنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ
وَجَلَّ
❝Let not your tongue cease to be moist with the remembrance of Allaah عز وجل❞
The complete narration is as follows:
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُسْرٍ، أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا قَالَ لِرَسُولِ
اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: إِنَّ شَرَائِعَ الْإِسْلَامِ قَدْ
كَثُرَتْ عَلَيَّ، فَأَنْبِئْنِي مِنْهَا بِشَيْءٍ أَتَشَبَّثُ بِهِ قَالَ: لَا يَزَالُ لِسَانُكَ رَطْبًا مِنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ
وَجَلَّ
`Abdullaah Ibn Busr رضي الله عنهما narrated that a Bedouin said to the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ said: “The laws of Islaam have become burdensome for me. Tell me of something that I will be (easily) able to adhere to. He ﷺ said: ❝Always keep your tongue moist with the remembrance of Allaah عز وجل❞ [1]
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
3- The Prophet ﷺ
said:
يَقُولُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي
بِي، وَأَنَا مَعَهُ إِذَا ذَكَرَنِي، فَإِنْ ذَكَرَنِي فِي نَفْسِهِ ذَكَرْتُهُ
فِي نَفْسِي، وَإِنْ ذَكَرَنِي فِي مَلَإٍ ذَكَرْتُهُ فِي مَلَإٍ خَيْرٍ مِنْهُمْ،
وَإِنْ تَقَرَّبَ إِلَيَّ بِشِبْرٍ تَقَرَّبْتُ إِلَيْهِ ذِرَاعًا، وَإِنْ
تَقَرَّبَ إِلَيَّ ذِرَاعًا تَقَرَّبْتُ إِلَيْهِ بَاعًا، وَإِنْ أَتَانِي يَمْشِي
أَتَيْتُهُ هَرْوَلَةً
❝Allaah تعالى says: {I am just as My slave thinks I am, (i.e., I am able to do for him what he thinks I can do for him) and I am with him if He remembers Me. If he remembers Me in himself, I too, remember him in Myself; and if he remembers Me in a group of people, I remember him in a group that is better than them; and if he draws nearer to Me by a hand span, I go one cubit nearer to him; and if he draws nearer to me by one cubit, I go a distance of two outstretched arms nearer to him; and if he comes to Me walking, I go to him running.}❞ [1]
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
As a Muslim, don't say: Karma
But say:
قدر الله وما شاء فعل
Qadr of Allaah, and He does what
He intends.
PART 1:
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
By: Shaikh Sa`eed Ibn `Alee Ibn Wahf al-Qahtaanee رحمه الله
The Merits Of Dhikr (Remembering Allaah) (Part 6):
2- The Prophet ﷺ said:
أَلَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ أَعْمَالِكُمْ، وَأَزْكَاهَا
عِنْدَ مَلِيكِكُمْ، وَأَرْفَعِهَا فِي دَرَجَاتِكُمْ وَخَيْرٌ
لَكُمْ مِنْ إِنْفَاقِ الذَّهَبِ وَالوَرِقِ، وَخَيْرٌ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَنْ تَلْقَوْا
عَدُوَّكُمْ فَتَضْرِبُوا أَعْنَاقَهُمْ وَيَضْرِبُوا أَعْنَاقَكُمْ؟ قَالُوا: بَلَى.
قَالَ: ذِكْرُ
اللَّهِ تَعَالَى
❝Should I not inform you of the best of your deed, and the purest of them with your Master, and the highest of them in your ranks, and what is better for you than spending gold and silver, and better for you than meeting your enemy, and you striking their necks, and they strike your necks?❞ They said: “Of course.” He ﷺ said: ❝The remembrance of Allaah تعالى.❞ [Then] Mu`aadh Ibn Jabal رضي الله عنه said: ❝There is nothing that brings one more salvation from the punishment of Allaah than the remembrance of Allaah.❞ [1]
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
By: Shaikh Sa`eed Ibn `Alee Ibn Wahf al-Qahtaanee رحمه الله
The Merits Of Dhikr (Remembering Allaah) (Part 5):
1- The Prophet ﷺ
said:
مَثَلُ
الَّذِي يَذْكُرُ رَبَّهُ وَالَّذِي لاَ يَذْكُرُ رَبَّهُ، مَثَلُ الحَيِّ
وَالمَيِّتِ
❝The similitude of one who remembers his Rabb (Lord) and one who does not remember Him, is like that of the living and the dead.❞ [1]
Explanation:
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
By: Shaikh Sa`eed Ibn `Alee Ibn Wahf al-Qahtaanee رحمه الله
The Merits Of Dhikr (Remembering Allaah) (Part 4):
Fourth: Allaah تعالى said:
وَاذْكُر رَّبَّكَ فِي نَفْسِكَ تَضَرُّعًا وَخِيفَةً
وَدُونَ الْجَهْرِ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالْآصَالِ وَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ
الْغَافِلِينَ
{And remember your Lord within yourself in humility and in fear without being apparent in speech - in the mornings and the evenings. And do not be among the heedless.} [1]
Explanation:
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
By: Shaikh Sa`eed Ibn `Alee Ibn Wahf al-Qahtaanee رحمه الله
The Merits Of Dhikr (Remembering Allaah) (Part 3):
Third: Allaah تعالى
said:
﴿وَالذَّاكِرِينَ اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا
وَالذَّاكِرَاتِ أَعَدَّ اللَّهُ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةً وَأَجْرًا عَظِيمًا﴾
{and the men and the women who remember Allaah much, Allaah has prepared for them forgiveness and a great reward (i.e. Paradise)} [1]
Explanation:
1. al-Haafidh al-Baghawee رحمه الله reported that Mujaahid said: “A slave (of Allaah) cannot be considered among those who remember Allaah much till he remembers Allaah while standing, sitting, and laying down.” [2]
2. Tafseer al-Muyassar: “The men and women who remember Allaah much with their hearts and tongues, for all of them (i.e., the ten categories mentioned in the Aayah), Allaah has prepared forgiveness for their sins and a great reward, i.e., Paradise.” [3]
3. Shaikh al-Sa`dee رحمه الله
said: {for them}, that is, for these
people who are described in these glowing terms as possessing these noble
characteristics, which include beliefs, deeds of the heart, physical deeds,
spoken words, and doing acts that may benefit oneself or others, as well as
doing good deeds and refraining from evil deeds, for the one who does these
things has established the religion in the fullest sense, both outwardly and
inwardly, and has attained Islaam, Imaan (Faith) and Ihsaan (highest level of God-consciousness).”
[4]
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
By: Shaikh Sa`eed Ibn `Alee Ibn Wahf al-Qahtaanee رحمه الله
Second: Allaah تعالى said:
﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اذْكُرُوا
اللَّهَ ذِكْرًا كَثِيرًا * وَسَبِّحُوهُ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا﴾
{O you who believe! Remember Allaah with much remembrance. And glorify His Praises morning and afternoon [the early morning (Fajr) and `Asr prayers]} [1]
Explanation:
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
By: Shaikh Sa`eed Ibn `Alee Ibn Wahf al-Qahtaanee رحمه الله
The Merits Of Dhikr (Remembering Allaah) (Part 1):
First: Allaah تعالى
said:
﴿فَاذْكُرُونِي أَذْكُرْكُمْ وَاشْكُرُوا لِي
وَلَا تَكْفُرُونِ﴾
{Therefore, remember Me, I will remember you. And be grateful to
Me, and do not be ungrateful} [1]
Explanation:
