Juwairiyah (One of the wives of the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) reported that one day the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) left her apartment in the morning as she was busy observing her dawn prayer in her place of worship. He came back in the forenoon and she was still sitting there. The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said to her: You have been in the same place since I left you?" She said, Yes. Thereupon the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: "I recited four words three times after I left you and if these were to be weighed against what you have recited since morning these would outweigh them, and these words are: Subhanallah wa bihamdihi adada khalqihi wa rida nafsihi wa zinata arshihi wa midada kalimatihi (Glory be to Allaah and praise is due to Him to the extent of the number of His creation and to the extent of His pleasure and to the extent of the weight of His Throne and to the extent of ink used in recording words for His Praise)." ( Muslim, Abu Dawud )
Do not Sit in a Company Where Allaah is Not Remembered
Abu Hurairah reported that the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, "If people sit in an assembly in which they do not remember Allaah nor invoke a blessing on the Prophet, it will be a cause of grief for them on the Day of Judgment." (Tirmidhee ) In the version of Ahmad, however, we read, "If people sit in an assembly in which they do not remember Allaah, it will be a cause of sorrow for them, and if a man is walking and does not remember Allaah, it will be a cause of sorrow for him, and if a man lies down on his bed and does not remember Allaah, it will be a cause of sorrow for him." Another version says, "It will be a sorrow for them, even if they are given Paradise in reward."
Remember Allaah at all Times
The author of Fath al-Allam says, "This hadeeth proves that it is incumbent on one to remember Allaah and invoke blessings on the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) while sitting in an assembly, for whether we take the words cause of grief or sorrow to mean torment of fire or any other chastisement, obviously a punishment is incurred only when an obligatory act is neglected or a forbidden act is cornrnitted, and here it is both the remembrance of Allaah and the invoking of blessings on His Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) that are apparently incumbent."
This article was culled from the publications of Deen Communication Limited