by Abu Muntasir and Rizwan Chughtai.
The loners have taken the lead!
Abu Hurairah said: The Messenger of Allah (saws) said: "The loners (mufarridoon)
have taken the lead." The Companions asked, "O Messenger of Allah! Who are the loners
?" He (saws) replied, "Those men and women who remember Allah in abundance." [Sahih
Muslim]
Similarly it is narrated by Abu ad-Dardaa' that the Prophet of Allah (saws) said: "Shall
I not inform you of the best of your actions, the most pure in the sight of your Master, the one
which raises your ranks highest, that which is better for you than giving gold and silver (in
charity), and better for you than your meeting your enemies, so that you strike their necks
and they strike yours?" The companions urged, "Of course, O Messenger of Allah! (Inform
us!)" He replied, "It is the Remembrance of Allah." [Sahih: Abu Dawud]
So constant rememberance of Allah is the most praise worthy of action after the
obligatory deeds and the best way to remember Allah constantly is through the Quran. Imam
Ibn al-Qayyim said in his book Madarij as-Saalikeen" [vol.3, pp.17-18] about the things that
cause Allaah to love His servant and His servant to Love Him; and in it He mentioned
"Reciting the Qur'an while pondering over its meanings and what is meant by it." as the first
act that is most desirable. Allah said in the noble Qur'aan:
"Is it not in the rememberance of Allaah, that the hearts find peace?"
And the noble Prophet would frequently pray in times of anxiety and sorrow:
"O Allaah, I am your servant, son of Your servant, son of Your maid servant, my
forelock is in your hand. Your command over me is forever executed and Your decree
over me is just. I ask you by every name belonging to you to which You named Yourself
with, or revealed in Your book, or You taught to any of your creation, or You have
preserved in the knowledge of the Unseen with You, that you make the Qur'aan the life of
my heart, and the light of my breast, and a departure from my sorrow, and a release from
my anxiety." [Ahmad 1/391 and al-Albani declared it authentic]. Allahumma innee Abdika
ibnu A'bdika ibnu amatika naaseeyati biyadik, maadin fee'ya Hukmuka, Adlun fee
Kadaauka, 'asaluka bi kulli ismin huwa laka sam-maita bihi nafsaka aow anzaltahu fee
kitaabika, aow Allamtahu aHadan min KhalKika aow-ista'starta bihi fee Eelm-il-ghaeeb
Indaka an tajAla al-Qur'aan rabiAa Kalbee, wa noora Soadree wa Jalaa'a Huznee wa
zahaaba Hammee.
So let us all hasten towards the rememberance of Allaah and make the Quran the life
of our hearts, the light of our breasts and the comfort of our eyes. And said Sheikh-ul-Islaam:
"Remembrance of Allaah is to the heart what water is to fish. What happens to a fish when it
is taken out of water?"
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