08/08/2023
''Remembrance of Allaah (Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala)'' [2]
The Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) also said:
''Allaah (Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala) says: ''Indeed I am as My servant presumes Me to be, and I am with him when he remembers Me, so if he remembers Me to himself I remember him to Myself, and if he remembers Me amongst a company I remember him amongst a company greater than it, and if he draws near to Me the span of a hand I draw near to him the span of an arm, and if he draws near to Me the span of an arm I draw near to him the span of two outstretched arms, and if he takes a step towards Me I hastily step towards him'''' [3]
On the authority of 'Abdullaah Ibn Busr (radhi-yallaahu 'anhu): ''A man said to the Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam): ''O Messenger of Allaah, the rites of Islaam are much for me, so tell me of something that I might hold fast to''
He (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) said:
''Let not your tongue cease from the remembrance of Allaah'' [4]
The Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) also said:
''Whoever recites a letter of Allaah's Book has for it, a merit and ten more like it, not to say that alif, laam, meem are one letter but rather alif is a letter, laam is a letter and meem is a letter'' [5]
'Uqbah Ibn 'Aamir (radhi-yallaahu 'anhu) relates that Allaah's Messenger (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) came out when we were in as-Suffah and said:
''Are there any of you who would wish to go every day to Buthaan or al-'Aeeq [i.e., the name of two ditches in al-Madeenah] in the early morning and return from it with two she-camels without incurring any sin or severing relations?''
We [the companions] said: ''We would indeed love that, O Messenger of Allaah''
He (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) said:
''Then you should go to the mosque and acquire some knowledge, or recite two aayaat from the Book of Allaah, that would be better for you than two she-camels, and three aayaat are better than three she