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Virtues of Dhikr
By Sheikh ul Islam Ibn Taymiyah
1. Abu as-Darda (RA) said: Allah’s Messenger (SAW) said, “Shall I not inform you of the best of your actions, the purest in the sight of your Lord, which raises your rank to the highest, which is better for you than spending gold and silver, better than meeting your enemy so that you strike at their necks and they strike at yours?” They replied: “Yes, indeed,” and he said: “It is the remembrance of Allah.” (At-Tirmidhi)
2. Abu Huraira (RA) said: Allah’s Messenger (SAW) said, “The mufarridun have gone ahead and excelled”. They asked, “Who are the mufarridun, Messenger of Allah”? He replied, “Those men and women who remember Allah much.” (Muslim)
3. Abdullah ibn Busr (RA) mentioned that a man said: “O Messenger of Allah! the ordinances of iman have become too many for me, so tell me something to which I can cling.” He replied, “Let your tongue not cease to be moist with the remembrance of Allah, exalted is He.” (At-Tirmidhi)
4. Abu Musa Al-Ashari (RA) reported that the Prophet (SAW) as saying, “The examples of one who remembers his Lord and one who does not are like the living and the dead.” (Bukhari)
5. Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah’s Messenger (SAW) as saying, “If one sits in a place where he does not remember Allah, exalted is He, there will be deprivation for him from Allah; and if one lies down in a place where he does not remember Allah, exalted is He, there will be deprivation for him from Allah.” (Abu Dawud)
Source: The Noble Words (Book)
Umm Sahl, your sister in Islam, a wife and mother of 3 beautiful blessed babies
assalaamualaikum
i would like to share a hadith wit u all.
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (RadhiAllaho anho) reports
that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam)
in a Hadith Qudsi narrated that
Allah the Almighty and Majestic says:
I am with My slave when he remembers Me
and till his lips move while remembering Me.
{ Ibne-Majah }
mashaallah very good article..
may we all follow virtues of dhikr…Aameen
Abu Hurairah Radiyallahu anhu narrates that
once some poor emigrants came to
Rasulullah Sallallahu alaihi wasallam and said:
The rich have attained the highest ranks
and eternal bounties of Allah.
Rasulullah Sallallahu alaihi wasallam said:
How is that?
They replied:
They offer Salat like we offer Salat,
and they fast like we fast,
and they give charity and we cannot give charity,
and they set slaves free and we cannot set slaves free.
Rasulullah Sallallahu alaihi wasallam said:
Should I not teach you something through which
you would jointhose who surpassed you;
and keep ahead of those who are after you,
and nobody can be better than you
unless he also does the same?
The Sahabah said:
Do tell us.
So, Rasulullah Sallallahu alaihi wasallam said:
Recite
Subhanallah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahuakbar
thirty three times each, after every obligatory Salat.
Abu Salih said: The poor emigrants returned to
Rasulullah Sallallahu alaihi wasallam and said:
Our rich brothers have heard what we did,
and have done the same.
Rasulullah Sallallahu alaihi wasallam then said:
This is Allah’s blessing which He
bestows on whosoever He wills.
(Sahih Muslim)
(Book #004, Hadith #1239)