Remembrance of Allah — Page 55
Precautions & Proper Times for Dhikr 55 night and its latter part are also mentioned as being beneficial for dhikr. The sixth time is the time after every obligatory Prayer. The Holy Prophet s as always used to continue this dhikr so much so that it was as if it had become his practice [ Sunnah ]. Ibn Abbas ra relates that, ‘When we used to be at some distance we would learn that the S al a t had ended upon hearing the dhikr: َ َم ُ وَمِنْك ل َّ اللَّهُم َّ أَنْت َ الس ِ َل ِ وَالإ ِكْرَام ل َا ذَا الْجَ ی َ َم ُ تَبَارَكْت ل السَّ [ Allahumma antas-sal a mo wa minkas- sal a mo, tab a rakta y a Dhal-Jal a li wal-Ikr a m ]. ’ Translation: ‘O our Allah! You are the [Embodiment of ] Peace, and true peace comes from You. Blessed are You, O Lord of Majesty and Bounty! [ S a hih Muslim, Kit a bul-Masajid wa mawadhi‘us- S al a ta, B a b Istihbabu- dhikri ba‘das S al a t Hadith 591]. So this is one dhikr to be recited after the completion of the S al a t ; that is to say, one should recite: َ َم ُ تَبَارَكْت ل َم ُ وَمِنْك َ السَّ ل أَنْت َ السَّ َّ ِ اللَّهُم َل ِ وَالإ ِكْرَام ل َ َا ذَا الْج ی. The second is that one should recite thirty-three times each سُـبْـحَـان َ ٱهلل [ Sub ha n-All a h, i. e. ‘Holy is Allah’], الحمدهلل [ al h amdulil- l a h, i. e. ‘All praise belongs to Allah’], and thirty-four times هللا أكبر [ All a ho Akbar, i. e. ‘Allah is the Greatest’] ( Sunan at-Tirmidh ī , Kitābud-Da‘wāt, Bāb mā jā’ fit-Tasbī h i wat-Takbīri wat-Ta h m i di ‘Indal-Manām; Hadith 3412). 11 There are many methods narrated for performing these remembrances of Allah, but the most authentic way is indeed that the first two sentences should each be said separately thirty-three times and the third should be said thirty-four times. 12 The time after S al a t is a most highly esteemed period for dhikr and dhikr must be done at that time. Some people may think upon seeing me and Hadrat Maulaw i [N oo r-ud-Deen] Sahib, Khalifatul Masih I,