The Sunnah of the Congregtional Dzikr

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ 

Imam Abu Zakariya Yahya ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi (r.a.) wrote, in al-Adzkar. “Know that just as the remembrance is deemed desirable, so too is sitting in the circle of its practitioners.  The evidence of this is clearly apparent.” 

He mentioned some of the ahadits, then mentioned this hadits, in Swahih Muslim, narrated by Sayyidina Mu’awiyah ibn al-Hakam (r.a.): “Rasulullah (s.a.w.) came out to a circle of his swahabah, and asked them, ‘What has caused you to gather together?’ 

They replied, ‘We have come together to remember Allah (s.w.t.) , and to praise Him for having Guided us Islam, and for the Gracious Favour He has Bestowed upon us.’ 

Then he said, ‘By Allah , nothing else caused you to meet together?  I will surely not extract an oath from you, implying suspicion of You, but Gabriel came to me, and said that Allah (s.w.t.) Takes Pride in you before His angels.’” 

This is also reported by Imam Abu Dawud Sulayman ibn al-Ash’ats as-Sijistani (r.a.) in his Sunan; Imam Abu ‘Abdullah Muhammad ibn Yazid ibn Majah (r.a.) in his Sunan; and Imam Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Hanbal (r.a.) in his Musnad. 

Imam an-Nawawi (r.a.) also mentioned the hadits, in Swahih Muslim, in which Sayyidina Abu Sa’id Sa’id ibn Malik al-Khazraji al-Khudri (r.a.), and Sayyidina Abu Hurayrah ‘Abd ar-Rahman ibn Sakhr ad-Dawsi az-Zahrani al-Azdi (r.a.), both testified that the Prophet (s.a.w.) said, “Whenever a group of people are seated together remembering Allah (s.w.t.), the angels surround them, Mercy Envelops them, Tranquility Descends upon them, and Allah (s.w.t.) Mentions them to those who are in His Presence.” 

Imam Ahmad ibn Ahmad az-Zarruq (q.s.) wrote, in Ta’sis al-Qawa’id, “The Granting of general wisdom does not require specific substantiation for its application.  This is the case for the public recital of the remembrance and supplications, for its proof is the hadits qudsi in which Allah (s.w.t.) Says, ‘If someone remembers Me in a congregation, I will Remember him in a better congregation.’  And its proof also includes the verse of the Quran ‘Remember Allah as you remember your fathers, or with an even more intense remembrance.’” 

سُوۡرَةُ البَقَرَة

فَٱذۡڪُرُواْ ٱللَّهَ كَذِكۡرِكُمۡ ءَابَآءَڪُمۡ أَوۡ أَشَدَّ ذِڪۡرً۬ا‌ۗ (٢٠٠) 

… celebrate the Praises of Allah, as ye used to celebrate the praises of your fathers; ― yea, with far more heart and soul ... (Surah al-Baqarah:200)



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