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The purpose of dhikr is to purify hearts and souls and awaken the human conscience. The Qur'an says, "And establish
regular prayer, for prayer restrains from shameful and unjust deeds, and remembrance of Allah is the greatest thing in life,
without doubt.'' Qur'an 29.45 In other words, the remembrance of Allah has a greater impact in restraining one from shameful
and unjust deeds than just the formal regular prayer. This is so because when a servant opens up his soul to his Lord,
extolling His praise, Allah strengthens him with His light, increasing thereby his faith and conviction, and reassuring his mind
and heart. This refers to "those who believe, and whose hearts find satisfaction in the remembrance of Allah, for without
doubt in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find satisfaction.'' Qur'an 13.28
And when hearts are satisfied with the Truth, they turn to the highest ideals without being deflected by impulses of desire or
lust. This underscores the importance of dhikr in man's life. Obviously it would be unreasonable to expect these results just
by uttering certain words, for words of the tongue unsupported by a willing heart are of no consequence. Allah Himself has
taught us the manner in which a person should remember Him, saying, "And do bring your Lord to remembrance in your very
soul, with humility and in reverence, without loudness in words, in the mornings and evening, and be not of those who are
unheedful.'' Qur'an 7.205
This verse indicates that doing dhikr in silence and without raising one's voice is better. Once during a journey the Prophet,
peace be upon him, heard a group of Muslims supplicating aloud. Thereupon the Prophet, peace be upon him, said, "Give
yourselves a respite, you are not calling upon someone deaf or absent. Surely He Whom you are calling upon is near you
and He listens to all. He is nearer to you than the neck of your mount." This hadith underlines the love and awe a person
should feel while engaged in dhikr.
A part of this etiquette is the requirement that a person wishing to do dhikr be clean in body and dress, and smell sweet and
fragrant. This will give him a fresh zeal and he will feel invigorated. One should face the qiblah during dhikr, for the best
assemblies are those that face the Ka'bah.
Fiqh-us-Sunnah
Fiqh 2.137
Ruling concerning khutbah
The majority of the people of knowledge are of the opinion that khutbahtul Jumu'ah is obligatory and they support this by the
confirmed hadith which state that the Prophet always made the khutbah with the Jumu'ah. In their support they also quote the
saying of the Prophet: "Pray as you see me pray," and the Qur'anic verse: "O you who believe, when the call is proclaimed for
salatul jumu'ah, hasten unto the remembrance of Allah." This verse contains an order to hasten unto the remembrance,
which implies it is obligatory, and (the scholars) interpret the remembrance of Allah to include the khutbatul Jumu'ah. …..
Fiqh-us-Sunnah
Fiqh 5.71
Reciting the Qur'an in Tawaf
A person may recite the Qur'an while performing tawaf, because the purpose of tawaf is to remember Allah and the Qur'an is
a reminder and a remembrance of Allah. 'Aishah reported that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "Tawaf
(circumambulation) around the House of Allah, walking between Safa and Marwah, and throwing the pebbles at the
Jamarahs are instituted for the remembrance of Allah." (Reported by Abu Daw'ud and Tirrnidhi who considers it a sound
hadith)
Al-Muwatta Hadith
Hadith 15.24
Dhikr (Remembrance) ofAllah, the Blessed and Exalted
Yahya related to me from Malik that Ziyad ibn Abi Ziyad said that Abu'd-Darda had said, "Shall I not tell you the best of your
deeds, and those that give you the highest rank, and those that are the purest with your King, and are better for you than
giving gold and silver, and better for you than meeting your enemy and striking their necks?" They said, "Of course." He said,
"Remembrance (dhikr) of Allah ta ala."
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith
Hadith 478 Narrated by
AbuHurayrah
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: This world is cursed and so are all the things in it except the remembrance of Allah
and that which He likes, and the scholars and the students.
Transmitted by Tirmidhi.
ISL Quran Subjectsin
57.16
5. Forgetting
58.19
6. Hastening to at the time of the congregational salaat on Friday
62.9, 62.10, 62.11
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