Remembrance of Allah — Page 53
Precautions & Proper Times for Dhikr 53 Gradually, what transpired is that he became hard-hearted. Although that professor inclined himself towards evil, if you act like this to move towards virtue, then you will see that, step by step, the fear of God will actually begin to develop in you such that if one day the true fear of God develops in you even for a second, then the second day it will last a bit longer and if you try to attain this you will certainly succeed. Proper Times for Dhikr Now that it has been proven that engaging in dhikr is very impor- tant as I have said, God Almighty says: * S u rah an-Nis a ’, 4:104 — ْمُكِبْوُنُج ىٰلَع َّو اًدْوُعُق َّو اًمٰيِق َهّٰللا اوُرُكْذاَف َةوٰلَّصلا ُمُتْيَضَق اَذِاَف So it is important to know at what times one should engage in the. Of course it is clear that one should be occupied in the doing of dhikr at all times. Thus, Hadrat ‘Aishah Siddiqah ra says about the Holy Prophet s as : اَحْيَانِهٖ. ِّ كُل ی ٰ َذْكُر ُ هللا َ عَل ی َ هللا ُ عَلَيْه ِ وَسَلَّم ی َّ كَان َ رَسُوْل ُ هللا ِ صَل The Holy Prophet used to be occupied in the remembrance of God Almighty at all times ( Sunan at-Tirmidh ī , Kitābud-Da‘wāt, Bāb mā jā’ anna Da‘watal-Muslimi Mustajābatun; Hadith 3384). * Remember Allah while standing, and sitting, and lying on your sides. [Publisher]