Tag: zikr
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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…
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‘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.”
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Muʿādh ibn Jabal رضي الله عنه narrates that the Prophet ﷺ once took hold of his hand and said: “O Muʿādh! By Allāh, I love you, by Allāh, I love you! O Muʿādh! I advise you: never forget to say after each Ṣalāh: اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنِّي عَلَى ذِكْرِكَ، وَشُكْرِكَ، وَحُسْنِ عِبَادَتِكَ Allā-hum-ma a‘in-nī ʿlā dhik-rika wa…
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Whilst commenting on the final ḥadīth in Ṣaḥīḥ Al-Bukhārī, Al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Ḥajar has quoted Ibn Baṭṭāl رحمهما الله in his famed ‘Fatḥ-Al-Bārī’, as saying: ‘The virtues of dhikr (remembrance of Allāh) which appear in the aḥādīth are only for those who have a standing and are [somewhat] perfect in Dīn, like being free from ḥarām…