Virtues of the Remembrance Of Allah [swt]
“So remember Me; I will remember you. And be grateful to Me and do not deny Me.”
[Al-Baqarah 2:152]
"The believers are only those who, when Allah is mentioned, they feel a tremor in their hearts..."
[Al-Anfal 8:2]
“…then woe to those whose hearts are hardened against the remembrance of Allah. Those are in manifest t error.”
[az-Zumar 39:22]
In the Qur’an, Allah [swt] names human beings as Insan. One of the meanings of the word Insan is ‘forgetful’ – we are constantly forgetting – when one is ill, one forgets how it felt like being healthy, when one is rich one forgets how it was like when they were poor, when one is happy one forgets how it felt like when they were sad – by the evening one has even forgotten what they had to eat for breakfast. Hence, we are constantly forgetting.
However, in all instances, as soon as something is mentioned of a previous [forgotten] state – the memories will come rushing back to someone. In the world of many distractions the Believer uses the various acts of worship to remind him/her of Allah [swt]. Indeed if all the acts of worship in Islam were analyzed, one will see that one of the underlying pillars of these acts is the remembrance of Allah [swt].
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Following is a collection of Ahadith which illustrate the virtues of the Remembrance of Allah [swt];
The Prophet [saw] said that Allah [swt] says: “I am near to the thought of My servant as he thinks about Me, and I am with him as he remembers Me. And if he remembers Me in his heart, I also remember him in My Heart, and if he remembers Me in assembly I remember him in assembly, better than his [remembrance], and if he draws near Me by the span of a palm, I draw near him by the cubit, and if he draws near Me by the cubit I draw near him by the space [covered by] two hands. And if he walks towards Me, I rush towards him.”
[Hadith Qudsi]
The Prophet [saw] said: “The example of one who remembers Allah and someone who does not, is like the example between the living and the dead.”
[Bukhari]
The Prophet [saw] said: “Shall I inform you of the best of your actions and the purest of your property and the highest of your degrees and what is better for you than spending gold and silver and better for you than encountering the enemy and striking their necks and their striking your necks?" They said, "Yes, indeed!" He said, "Remembrance of Allah Almighty.”
[Ahmad, Ibn Abi'd-Dunya, at-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah]
The Prophet [saw] said: “There is no time in which the son of Adam does not remember Allah in it, except that
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it will be a source of regret for him on the Day of Judgement.”
[Bayhaqi]
Ibn Abbas [ra] narrated: “Paradise has eight gates, one of which is exclusively reserved for those engaged in dhikr.
“So remember Me; I will remember you. And be grateful to Me and do not deny Me.”
[Al-Baqarah 2:152]
"The believers are only those who, when Allah is mentioned, they feel a tremor in their hearts..."
[Al-Anfal 8:2]
“…then woe to those whose hearts are hardened against the remembrance of Allah. Those are in manifest t error.”
[az-Zumar 39:22]
In the Qur’an, Allah [swt] names human beings as Insan. One of the meanings of the word Insan is ‘forgetful’ – we are constantly forgetting – when one is ill, one forgets how it felt like being healthy, when one is rich one forgets how it was like when they were poor, when one is happy one forgets how it felt like when they were sad – by the evening one has even forgotten what they had to eat for breakfast. Hence, we are constantly forgetting.
However, in all instances, as soon as something is mentioned of a previous [forgotten] state – the memories will come rushing back to someone. In the world of many distractions the Believer uses the various acts of worship to remind him/her of Allah [swt]. Indeed if all the acts of worship in Islam were analyzed, one will see that one of the underlying pillars of these acts is the remembrance of Allah [swt].
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Following is a collection of Ahadith which illustrate the virtues of the Remembrance of Allah [swt];
The Prophet [saw] said that Allah [swt] says: “I am near to the thought of My servant as he thinks about Me, and I am with him as he remembers Me. And if he remembers Me in his heart, I also remember him in My Heart, and if he remembers Me in assembly I remember him in assembly, better than his [remembrance], and if he draws near Me by the span of a palm, I draw near him by the cubit, and if he draws near Me by the cubit I draw near him by the space [covered by] two hands. And if he walks towards Me, I rush towards him.”
[Hadith Qudsi]
The Prophet [saw] said: “The example of one who remembers Allah and someone who does not, is like the example between the living and the dead.”
[Bukhari]
The Prophet [saw] said: “Shall I inform you of the best of your actions and the purest of your property and the highest of your degrees and what is better for you than spending gold and silver and better for you than encountering the enemy and striking their necks and their striking your necks?" They said, "Yes, indeed!" He said, "Remembrance of Allah Almighty.”
[Ahmad, Ibn Abi'd-Dunya, at-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah]
The Prophet [saw] said: “There is no time in which the son of Adam does not remember Allah in it, except that
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it will be a source of regret for him on the Day of Judgement.”
[Bayhaqi]
Ibn Abbas [ra] narrated: “Paradise has eight gates, one of which is exclusively reserved for those engaged in dhikr.
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