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
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
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
Summary:
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
🚫 This has nothing to do with the Qur’aaniyoon (the Hadeeth rejectors), may Allaah save us from their Fitnah.
It was narrated that Anas bin Maalik رضي الله عنه
said: The Messenger of Allaah ﷺ
said: ❝Allaah has His own people among mankind.❞ They said: “O
Messenger of Allaah, who are they?” He ﷺ
said: ❝They are the people of the Qur’aan, Allaah’s own people
and those who are closest to Him.❞
📚 [Musnad Ahmad (12279, 12292), Sunan Ibn Maajah (215) and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaikh al-Albaanee]
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
📑 Narration:
Warraad, who was the scribe and a freed slave of al-Mugheerah Ibn Shu`bah رضي الله عنه, narrated that Khaleefah Mu`aawiyah Ibn Abee Sufyaan رضي الله عنهما wrote to al-Mugheerah رضي الله عنه – and he was the Ameer assigned by Mu`aawiyah رضي الله عنه over al-Koofah – asking him to write for him a Hadeeth which he had heard from the Prophet ﷺ. So, al-Mugheerah رضي الله عنه wrote to Mu`aawiyah رضي الله عنه: “Allaah’s Messenger ﷺ used to say at the end of every obligatory prayer after the Tasleem:
لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ، وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهْوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، اللَّهُمَّ لاَ مَانِعَ لِمَا أَعْطَيْتَ، وَلاَ مُعْطِيَ لِمَا مَنَعْتَ، وَلاَ يَنْفَعُ ذَا الْجَدِّ مِنْكَ الْجَدُّ
❝Laa ilaaha illa-l-laahu wahdahoo laa sharika lahoo; lahu-l-mulk wa lahu-l-hamd, wahuwa `alaa kulli shai’n Qadeer. Allaahumma laa maani`a Limaa a`taita, wa laa mu`tia Limaa mana`ta, wa laa yanfa`u dhal-jaddi minkal-jadd.
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
HADEETH #1:
The Messenger of Allaah ﷺ said: ❝When
Allaah wills good for His slave, he is honeyed by Him.❞ They asked: “What does honeying mean?” He ﷺ
said: ❝Allaah opens for him (the door towards) righteous deeds
before his death, then He (تعالى)
takes (his soul) whilst he is in that state.❞
📚 [Musnad Ahmad (17784)
and graded as “Saheeh as per the condition of Imaam Muslim” by Shaikh
al-Albaanee in al-Saheehah (1114). Also graded as “Saheeh” by al-Haakim in
al-Mustadrak]
Another translation of the above Hadeeth:
❝When Allaah wills good for His slave, He (تعالى)
sweetens him.❞
They asked: “What is this sweetening?” He ﷺ said: ❝Allaah
opens for him (the door towards) righteous deeds before his death, then He (تعالى)
takes (his soul) whilst he is in that state.❞
HADEETH #2:
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
Qataadah Ibn al-Nu`maan رضي الله عنه
narrated that the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ
said:
❝When Allaah loves a slave, He prevents him from the
world, just as one of you prevents his sick (relative) from water.❞
📚 [Sunan al-Tirmidhee (2036) and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaikh al-Albaanee. Saheeh Ibn Hibbaan (669) and graded as “Saheeh as per the condition of Imaam Muslim” by Shaikh Shu`aib al-Arnaoot]
🌴🌴🌴
📑 Explanation:
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
🌟 Perhaps, on the Day of Judgment, a slave would wish that none of his supplications would have been answered in this world after seeing the reward he would be receiving on that Day for his unanswered supplications.
👉 Abu Sa`eed al-Khudree رضي الله عنه narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: ❝There is no Muslim who offers a supplication - as long as he does not supplicate for something sinful or for severing of the ties of kinship - except that Allaah will give him one of three things in return for it: either He will hasten for him what he asked for, or He will store it [the reward for it] up for him in the Hereafter, or He will avert from him an equivalent evil.❞ They (the Companions) said: “Then we will supplicate a lot”. He ﷺ said: ❝Allaah is more generous.❞
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
Abu Hurairah رضي الله عته said that the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ said: ❝When
the first night of Ramadhaan comes, the Shayaateen are shackled and mischievous
Jinns are restrained, and the gates of the Fire are closed, and none of its
gates remain opened. The gates of Paradise are opened and none of its gates remain
closed. And a caller calls out: “O seeker of good, proceed, O seeker of evil,
stop.” And Allaah has people whom He frees (from the Fire), and that happens
every day.❞
[Sunan Ibn Maajah (1642) and the wording is his, Sunan al-Tirmidhee (682), Sunan al-Nasaa’ee (2107) and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaikh al-Albaanee]
Explanation:
❝And a caller calls out…❞, meaning a caller (Angel) sent by Allaah عز وجل.
❝O Seeker of good, proceed❞, meaning: So, O seeker of good deeds and the one seeking rewards! This is the blessed month, come forward. In this, there is encouragement to increase in doing good deeds, because this is the time in which the means to do good deeds have been made easy, the paths have been cleared, and the Shayaateen have been confined. So, come forward, proceed towards Allaah, and proceed towards good deeds. The nobility of the time and place amplifies the reward, so don’t lag behind in doing good.
❝O Seeker of evil, stop❞, meaning: refrain from doing bad deeds in this blessed month, for this is the month in which one tries to purify the heart, stives to increase his Taqwaa, and persistently seeks Forgiveness from Allaah and His Mercy. So, stop your desires from chasing evil and train your self to be patient upon the obedience of Allaah, and turn to Allaah in repentance.
[Paraphrased from “Tanweer Sharh al-Jaami`
al-Sagheer (6/272)” and Mafaateeh Fee Sharh al-Masaabeeh (3/11-12)]
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
Abu Maalik al-Ash`aree رضي الله عنه reported: The
Messenger of Allaah ﷺ said:
1. Cleanliness is half of Imaan
(Faith),
2. and al-Hamdu Lillaah
(Praise be to Allaah) fills the Scale,
