12 Jan
Zikr of Allah
Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri (RA) reported: Mu’awiyah (RA) came to an assembly in the mosque and asked them: “What has made you sit together?” They replied, “We are sitting here to remember Allah.” He said, “I adjure you by Allah to tell me whether nothing else has made you sit together.” They replied: ” By Allah! We are sitting only to remember Allah.” Then he said, “I did not adjure because I suspected you. No one of my rank in the eyes of Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) is the narrator of so few traditions as I am. The fact is that Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) went out to a circle of his Companions and said, ‘What has made you sit there?’ When they replied that they are sitting together to remember Allah and to praise Him for guiding them to Islam and bestowing favors on them, he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, ‘I adjure you by Allah to tell me that nothing else has made you sit together.’ On their reply that there was no other purpose, he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, ‘I did not adjure you because I suspected you, but Jibril ((Gabriel) peace be upon him) came to me and told me that Allah was talking proudly of you to the angels.'” (Muslim)
Note: This Hadith mentions the merits of the meetings which are held for the remembrance of Allah as well as the distinction of those who participate in them, so much so, that Allah mentions them to the angels. Shouldn’t we strive to be so blessed that Allah remembers us to the angels?
