Remembrance of Allah — Page 3
Introductory Remarks 3 these things already. I say to such people that if this statement of theirs is correct—that what has been heard before should not be listened to again—then they should also not read the Holy Quran again and again and abandon it after reciting it once. They should also do the same in regard to the five daily Prayers and Fasting, but this is not right. Thus, even if something that is being narrated has been heard before, it should still be listened to with full zeal and heartfelt attention; for, even this will beget great benefit, and that concept will become more deeply impressed upon the heart. Then, if one person gets up from a gathering, a second one also stands up upon seeing the first, and then a third, and so a number of people begin to leave and this is a very unpleasant situation. But yes, if someone has an urgent need to leave; for example, to go to the washroom, such a one may get up and leave. However, the individual should quickly return upon fulfilment of the need so that he may be able to attain the purpose and objective for which he has come and to acquire the gain and benefit for which he is participating in the Jalsa. The Holy Prophet s as has said that when a person sits in any gathering of virtuous people, he benefits even without listening to the things being said there or acting upon them. It is narrated in the hadith that some men were sitting in a gathering and God Almighty inquired from the angels as to what such and such of His servants were doing. (The Holy Prophet s as says that Allah the Exalted did not ask about them because He did not know; actually, God Almighty knew the whole story all too well. ) They said that they were engaged in the. God Almighty replied that whatever they had asked for, He had bestowed it upon them. The angels said that there was also a man sitting with them