The Most Profitable Trade

Posted by Firdaws on August 17th, 2019

 

The Most Profitable Trade

Dhikrul-lah (Remembrance of Allah)

 

By: Learning Quran online

 

Allah made humans superior to all other creatures and gave man the special

endowment of speech, making his tongue nimble. Man can use this blessing for good

or evil. If he chooses to use it for good, it will take him to happiness in this world and

to the higher chambers of Paradise. If he chooses to use it for other than that, it will

lead him to destruction in both this life and the Hereafter. Remembering Allah is the

second best thing (after reciting the Qur’an) that a man can spend his time in.

 

The virtues of Dhikrul-lah (Remembrance of Allah):

 

There are many hadith mentioning the virtues of dhikr. Among them is the

saying of the Prophet #%, “Shall I tell you about the best among all your deeds,

the purest in the estimation of your King, the highest of your deeds in status,

which is better for you than spending gold and silver, and is better for you than

encountering your enemies and striking their necks and them striking yours?”

The Companions said, ‘“‘Yes, indeed inform us, O Messenger of Allah!’ The

Prophet ge said, “(It is) the remembrance of Allah.” (at-Tirmidhi).

 

He #% also said, “The similitude of the one who remembers his Lord and the

one who does not remember his Lord is like the living and the dead

respectively.” (al-Bukhari).

 

He # said as well, “Allah (3 says, ‘I am as My servant thinks of Me, and I

am with him when he remembers Me. If he remembers Me in himself, I

remember him in Myself. If he remembers Me in a company, I remember him in

a company better than his company. If he comes one handspan nearer to Me, I

come one cubit nearer to him. If he comes one cubit nearer to me, I come a

distance of two arm-lengths nearer to him. If he comes to Me walking, I come to

him running.” (al-Bukhari).

 

He # also said, “The mufarridoon have come ahead of other people.” The

Companions said, “Who are the mufarridoon, O Messenger of Allah?” He #2:

said, “Those men and women that remember Allah with much rememrbrance.”

(Muslim).

 

He also gave the following advice to one of the companions saying, “Let your

tongue remain moist constantly in the remembrance of Allah.” (at-Tirmidhi).

 

And there are many more hadith encouraging the remembrance of Allah, (3%).

 

Multiplication of the rewards:

 

The rewards of good deeds are multiplied just as the reward of reciting the

Qur’an is multiplied, and this occurs according to: 1) What is in the heart of a

person, his faith and sincerity, love for Allah and what flows from this; 2) The

contemplation of the heart in remembering Allah and preoccupation with this,

making the remembrance not simply by the tongue alone. Whoever fulfills these

two conditions, will have Allah expiate his sins and give him his full reward. As for

he who is deficient in these matters, then the expiation of sins and the reward will

be in accordance with his deficiency.

 

 

 

 

 

The benefits of remembering Allah:

* It repels, weakens, humiliates, and debases the Satan while pleasing Allah.

# It develops the love, nearness, awareness and fear of Allah. It results in returning

and repenting to Allah and it helps the believer to obey Allah.

* It removes depression and anxiety from the heart and brings happiness, giving

the heart liveliness, strength and purity. The human heart has a void and emptiness

that can only be filled by the remembrance of Allah. It has a hardness that can only

be softened by remembrance of Allah.

# Remembrance of Allah is a cure and treatment to the heart. It provides it with

strength and pleasure that no other pleasure can compare to. Forgetfulness in

remembrance of Allah, on the other hand, causes sickness and is a disease in itself.

# Lack of remembrance of Allah is a sign of hypocrisy, whereas remembering

Allah very often is the sign of the strength of faith and true love for Allah, since

when a person loves something, he recalls it often.

* If the believer gets to know Allah in good times by frequently remembering Him,

then Allah will be with him in the difficult times, especially at the time of death and

its stupor.

# Remembrance of Allah is the means of salvation from the punishment of Allah,

the descent of tranquility upon a person, the encompassing of mercy of Allah, and

of the angels seeking forgiveness from Allah for the person.

# Occupation of the tongue in remembrance of Allah prevents it from foolishness,

backbiting, spreading dissention, falsehoods, and other prohibited and obnoxious acts.

# Remembrance of Allah is the easiest yet the best and most virtuous among all

acts of worship. It is also the means for sowing the seeds of Paradise.

# The person who remembers Allah becomes brighter in his face with a sweetness

and light that inspires respect and awe. Remembrance of Allah is a light in the life

of this world, in the grave and in the Hereafter.

# Remembrance of Allah entails that Allah and the angels will send peace and

blessing on the worshipper and Allah expresses His pride to the angels for those

who remember Him.

*® The best of worshippers are those who remember Allah with much

rememrbrance, (3%). Similarly, the best of those who fast are the ones that

remember Allah more while fasting.

*% The remembrance of Allah makes the difficult things easier, the complicated

things simpler and the harsh softer. It brings to the worshipper sustenance and

strengthens his physique.

Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taimiyyah (4%) said, “The remembrance of Allah is like water

to the fish. What would happen to the fish if 1t were separated from the water?”

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