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7:69 - "Do ye wonder that there hath come to you a message from your Lord through a man of your
own people to warn you? call in remembrance that he made you inheritors after the people of
Noah and gave you a stature tall among the nations. Call in remembrance the benefits (ye
have received) from Allah: that so Ye may prosper."
2:63 - And remember We took your covenant and We raised above you (the towering height) of
Mount (Sinai) (saying): "Hold firmly to what We have given you and bring (ever) to
remembrance what is therein perchance ye may fear Allah." 78
4:142 - The Hypocrites they think they are over-reaching Allah but He will over-reach them: when
they stand up to prayer they stand without earnestness to be seen of men but little do they
hold Allah in remembrance.
73:8 - But keep in remembrance the name of the Lord and devote thyself to Him wholeheartedly.
7:74 And remember how He made you inheritors after the Ad people and gave you habitations in
the land: ye build for yourselves palaces and castles in (open) plains and carve out homes in
the mountains; so bring to remembrance the benefits (ye have received) from Allah and refrain
from evil and mischief on the earth."
5:91 - Satan's plan is (but) to excite enmity and hatred between you with intoxicants and gambling
and hinder you from the remembrance of Allah and from prayer: will ye not then abstain?
4:142 - The Hypocrites they think they are over-reaching Allah but He will over-reach them: when
they stand up to prayer they stand without earnestness to be seen of men but little do they
hold Allah in remembrance.
Fiqh-us-Sunnah
ADH-DHIKR
ADH-DHIKR
All words of praise and glory to Allah, extolling His Perfect Attributes of Power and Majesty, Beauty and Sublimeness,
whether one utters them by tongue or says them silently in one's heart, are known as dhikr or remembrance of Allah. He has
commanded us to remember Him always and ever. The Qur'an says: O you who believe! Celebrate the praises of Allah, and
do so often; and glorify Him morning and evening. Qur'an 33.41
If anyone remembers Allah, He remembers that person: "Remember me, I shall remember you." Qur'an 2.152 In a hadith
qudsi, the Prophet, peace be upon him, narrated: "Allah says: 'I am to my servant as he expects of Me, I am with him when
he remembers Me. If he remembers Me in his heart, I remember him to Myself, and if he remembers me in an assembly, I
mention him in an assembly better than his, and if he draws nearer to Me a hand's span, I draw nearer to him an arm's
length, and if he draws nearer to Me an arm's length, I draw nearer to him a fathom length, and if he comes to me walking, I
rush to him at [great] speed. (Bukhari and Muslim)
Allah has bestowed a special distinction upon those who remember Him. The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, "The
devotees have surpassed all." They asked, "Who are these exceptional people (Mufarridun), O Prophet of Allah?" He replied,
"Those men and women who remember Allah unceasingly." (Muslim) These are the people who are really alive. Abu Musa
reported, "The likeness of the one who remembers his Lord and the one who does not remember Him is like that of a living to
a dead person.'' (Bukhari)
Remembrance of Allah is the foundation of good deeds. Whoever succeeds in it is blessed with the close friendship of Allah.
That is why the Prophet, peace be upon him, used to make remembrance of Allah at all times. When a man complained, "The
laws of Islam are too heavy for me, so tell me something that I can easily follow," the Prophet, peace be upon him, told him,
"Let your tongue be always busy with the remembrance of Allah." The Prophet, peace be upon him, would often tell his
Companions, "Shall I tell you about the best of deeds, the most pure in the sight of your Lord, about the one that is of the
highest order and is far better for you than spending gold and silver, even better for you than meeting your enemies in the
battlefield where you strike at their necks and they at yours?" The Companions replied, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah!" The
Prophet, peace be upon him, said, "Remembrance of Allah.'' (Reported by Tirmidhi, Ahmad, and Al-Hakim, who considers its
chain of narrators sound)
Remembrance of Allah is also a means of deliverance from Hell Fire. Mu'adh reported, "The Prophet, peace be upon him,
said, 'No other act of man is a more effective means for his deliverance from the chastisement of Allah than the remembrance
of Allah.'' (Ahmad) Ahmad reports that the Prophet, peace be upon him, said, "Whatever you say in celebration of Allah's
Glory, Majesty, and Oneness, and all your words of Praise for Him gather around the Throne of Allah. These words resound
like the buzzing of bees, and call attention to the person who uttered them to Allah. Don't you wish to have someone there in
the presence of Allah who would call attention to you?"
Fiqh-us-Sunnah
Fiqh 4.101a
Etiquette of Dhikr
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