: Remembering Allah and
permanent contemplation
Man should keep to
permanent remembrance, this is the fifth mean, some heart doctors (righteous
people) may make it two means or two medicines, that is ok as remembrance and
contemplation are connected together, your tongue should be wet by remembering
Allah and your unseen or hidden facts occupied by contemplation and thinking in
what you remember and noticing its meanings, lights and secrets.
The prophet (May the
blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) used to remember Allah all over his
life and permanently think and contemplate in the bounties and signs of Allah.
Oh you follower who strives his soul and seeks satisfaction of his Lord, you
should permanently remember, think and contemplate in the signs and creatures
of Allah until the follower is guided by the power of Allah to the light of
Allah spread in the universe of Allah and be as Allah says:
"We will show
them our proofs in the horizons, and within themselves, until they realize that
this is the truth."
(Surat Fos'selat, verse 53)
Nothing can help a
servant to be near Allah like keeping to remembering Allah, of course this is
after duties, duties is unquestionable matter, we must do them as ordered by
Allah and explained by His apostle.
Those who ask for
more from Allah; the Praiseworthy and the Glorious, like that who went to the
apostle of Allah (May the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) asking for
some kind of Nawafel (optional deeds) that can suffice him. When the man asked
the prophet to mention something that he can keep to, he said:
"Oh apostle of
Allah, legislations (orders) of Islam are so much for me, tell me something I
keep to, he said: Keep your tongue wet by remembering Allah."[1]
Someone may say that
he sometimes remembers Allah while he is occupied or heedless, we say to him
that he should train himself gradually but never stop it, remember Allah
because my sir Ahmed Ibn-Ataa' Allah said:
"Don't stop
remembrance owing to inadvertence, remembrance with inadvertence may lead to
remembrance with presence (thinking) and remembrance with presence can lead you
to hear remembrance from whom you remember (Allah)."
Allah says boding and
preaching those who remember Allah, what a great grant! It is greater than eyes
and necks (life), Allah says:
"You shall
remember Me, that I may remember you." (Surat Al-Bakarah, verse 152)
So it was narrated
after the prophet (May the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) in the
rewards of those who remember Allah and remembered by Allah the Lord of Mankind,
he (May the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said:
"Nothing man can
do to protect him from the torture of Allah better than remembering Allah, they
said: Nor Jihad (fighting in the cause of Allah)? He said: Nor Jihad except that
who hit by his sword until it is broken three times."[2]
Who oh apostle of
Allah amongst your companions has the highest degrees? It was narrated after
him (May the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him):
"The apostle of
Allah was walking in Mecca
Some young men who
joined Khawarej (extremists) at the time of companions, they were concerned
with reciting Koran, fasting and staying up praying at night, they asked about
the acts of worship of the companions of our sir the apostle of Allah, they went
to our sir Abu-Dardaa's wife, he was called Owaymer, the apostle of Allah (May
the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said about him: "Owaymer is
the prudent (wise man) of my nation."[4] She
said to them:
"His worship was
not like yours, but he used to sit and think."
If he lessened his
talk with people and not talked with Allah the King and the Knower, he occupied
himself by thinking and contemplation, the prophet (May the blessings and peace
of Allah be upon him) said in this respect:
"Contemplation
for sa'ah (a moment) equals worshipping for a year."[5]
He also said:
"There is no
worship equals contemplation."[6]
Sa'ah here means a
moment, i.e. if he contemplates for a moment, he takes rewards from Allah as if
he worshipped for a year fasting in days and staying up nights, Imam
Abul-Aza'em said:
"Contemplating
for a moment with certainty is better than worshipping for years."
Because it removes
the veils and stains from the heart and gets bounties from Allah, it is the
only worship that causes the hearts to submit and get nearer to Allah and the
noble prophet (May the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him). You never
reach the highest degrees from the beginning of the way, but you need to be
patient and work hard to reach your goal, whoever prays and find submission
from the first prayer? He should prays first and strive his soul to reach the
degree of submission, this is the prayer Allah likes. A believer should always
remember Allah and always contemplate if he is standing, sitting or whatever he
is.
How you remember
Allah oh brother who wants to seek His support by remembering Him?
You remember Him by reciting
the Koran, repentance, keeping to Awrad (certain amount of Koran or remembrance
recited every day) and Azkar (different types of remembrance), you remember him
by praying upon the noble prophet, we'll mention this in details by the help of
Allah:
[1] After Amr Ibn-Kays Al-Kendy after Abdullah Ibn-Beshr
in Mosnad Al-Imam Ahmed and Sonan Al-Bayhaky Al-Kobra.
[2] After Mo'az Ibn-Jabal, narrated by At'tabarany, his
men are the men of Saheeh, Majma' Az'zawa'ed.
[3] After Abi-Horayrah in At'targheeb Wat'tarheeb and lots
of others, Al-Mofredoon and Al-Mostahteroon are those who are fond of
remembrance, those who keep to it, they don’t care what is said about them or
what is done to them.
[4] Al-Ha'res after Abel-Mothana Al-Maleeky Morsalan.
[5] Narrated by Ibn-Hebban in the part of Al-Azamah (the
greatness) from the Hadeeth of Abu-Horayrah verbally: sixty years, by weak
authentication.
[6] By Abu-Bakr Ibn-Kamel in his Mo'jam and Ibn-An'najjar
after Al-Ha'res Ibn Ali.
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