Remembrance of Allah — Page 125
Endnotes 125 Holy Prophet s as said: ‘What has happened to you?’ I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, when we are in your company, we are reminded of the Hellfire and Paradise as if we are see- ing them with our own eyes, but whenever we go away from you and attend to our wives, children, and business, much of these things slip out of our minds. ’ Thereupon, the Holy Prophet s as said: ‘By Him in whose hand is my life, if your state were to remain the same as it is in my presence and you are always busy in the remembrance (of Allah), the angels would shake hands with you in your beds and in your paths but, Hanzala, time should be devoted (to worldly affairs) and time (should be devoted to prayer and meditation). ’ He (the Holy Prophet) said this thrice ( S a hīh Muslim, Kitābut-Taubah, Bāb Fadli Dawāmidh- Dhikri wal-Fikri fil Umūril-Ākhirati wal-Murāqabati wa Jawāzi Tarki Dhālika fī Ba‘dil-Auqāti wal-Ishtighāli bid- Dunyā; Hadith 2750). 14 َ هللا ُ عَلَيْه ِ وَسَلَّم َ فَقَال ی رَسُوْل ِ هللا ِ صَلَّ ی حَفْصَة َ فَقَصَّتْهَا حَفْصَة ُ عَلَ ی َ فَقَصَصْتُهَا عَل َنَام ُ مِن َ اللَّيْل ِ اِل َّ قَلِيْلً. ی َ َان َ بَعْد ُ ل ک ي ْ مِن َ اللَّيْل ِ فَ ِّ ُصَل ی َ نِعْم َ الرَّجُل ُ عَبْد ُ هللا ِ لَو ْ كَان I narrated the dream to Hafsa who told it to the Holy Prophet s as. The Prophet said, ‘Abdullah is the best of men, if only he could pray at night. ’ After that Abdullah (i. e. Salim’s father) used to sleep but a little at night ( S a hīh al-Bukh ā r ī , Kitābut-Tahajjud, Bābu Fa d li Qiyāmil-Lail; Hadith 1122). 15 َ هللا ُ عَلَيْه ِ وَسَلَّم َ رَحِم َ هللا ُ رَجُل ً قَام َ مِن ی ْرَة َ قَال َ قَال َ رَسُوْل ُ هللا ِ صَلَّ ی َ ً عَن ْ أَبِي ْ هُر ْقَظ َ امْرَأَتَه ُ فَصَلَّت ْ فَإِن ْ أَبَت ْ نَضَح َ فِي وَجْهِهَا الْمَاء َ رَحِم َ هللا ُ امْرَأَة ی وَأَ ی َّ اللَّيْل ِ فَصَل