
Sa‘īd ibn Jubayr رحمه الله said: “Indeed [true] Khashiyyah (reverence of Allāh) is that you revere Him such that your revering Him prevents you from His disobedience, that is true Khashiyyah. And Dhikr (remembrance of Allāh) is obedience to Allāh; whoever obeys Allāh has remembered Him, and whoever does not obey Him, he is not a…
‘Umar رضي الله عنه said: “Beware of mentioning others [in your conversations, i.e. backbiting], for it is an illness, and hold fast to the remembrance of Allāh, for it is indeed a cure.” [1] [1] Al-Qurṭubī قال عمرُ رضي الله عنه: “إيّاكم وذكرَ النّاس فإنّه داء، وعليكم بذكر الله فإنّه شفاء.”