Remembrance of Allah — Page 11
Importance of the Subject 11 Muslim, Kitāb ad-Da‘wāt, Bāb Fa d lil-Ijtimā‘ ‘Alā Tilāwatil- Qurān wa ‘Aladh-dhikr; Hadith 2700). * The comparison between a person who remembers his Lord and one who does not is akin to the living and the dead. 4 That is, he who remembers Allah the Exalted is alive, while he who does not is dead. This clearly shows how important and essential the is. Then, there is a hadith reported in Tirmidh ī. ُم ْ وَاَرْفَعِهَا ک ِ ک ُم ْ وَاَزْكَاهَا عِنْد َ مَلِيْ ک ُم ْ بِخَيْر ِ اَعْمَالِ ک ُ ئ ِّ هللا ُ عَلَيْه ِ وَسَلَّم َ اَل َ اُنَب ی َّ قَال َ النَّبِي ُّ صَل ُم ْ مِن ْ اَن ْ تَلْقَوْا عَدُوَّكُم ْ فَتَضْرِبُوْا ک ُم ْ مِن ْ اِنْفَاق ِ الذَّهَب ِ وَالْوَرِق ِ وَخَيْر ٍ لَّ ک ُم ْ وَخَيْر ٍ لَّ ک ِ فِي ْ دَرَجَات. ی ٰ قَال َ ذِكْر ُ هللا ِ تَعَال ی ُمْ؟ قَالُوْا بَلٰ ک َضْرِبُوْا اَعْنَاقَ ی َ اَعْنَاقَهُم ْ و Hadrat Abi Dard a ra relates that while addressing the Companions ra , the Holy Prophet s as asked them whether he should tell them something that is the best of all and most desirable, even better than spending gold and sil- ver, and better than someone striving in the path of Allah and fighting the enemies and attaining martyrdom. The Companions ra replied in the affirmative and the Holy Prophet s as told them that it is the the Exalted ( Sunan at-Tirmidh ī , Abwābud-Da’wāti, Bābu ma jā’a fi Fa d lidh-Dhikr; Hadith 3377). In another hadith, it is narrated that the Holy Prophet s as said * Two hadith reports have been referred to here. We have provided the full text of these a ha d i th in the Publisher’s Endnotes. Please refer to Endnote no. 4 on page 119. [Publisher]