Question:
Salaam to all,
Alhamdulillah for our beautiful Prophets and our beautiful Sheikhs.
Alhamdulillah for eveything you have done for us, truly, everything you have adivsed us to do and your du’as, Alhamdulillah. Thank you all so much!! May Allah grant you the highest Jannah with Prophet s.a.w.
I have Zikr downloladed onto my phone, it is MSN doig zikr, found on http://www.sheiknazim2.com/assemblyofzikr.html I listen to it all day. I have my earphone in and listen to it all day and night. is this permissable? I simply cant get over how beautiful it sounds, Mashallah! I do attend Zikr in my local masjid also.
JazakAllah
Answer:
wa `alaykum salam,
Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani wrote in the Encyclopedia of Islamic Doctrine:
Dhikr of Allah is the most excellent act of Allah’s servants and is stressed over a hundred times in the Holy Qur’an. It is the most praiseworthy work to earn Allah’s pleasure, the most effective weapon to overcome the enemy, and the most deserving of deeds in reward. It is the flag of Islam, the polish of hearts, the essence of the science of faith, the immunization against hypocrisy, the head of worship, and the key of all success.
There are no restrictions on the modality, frequency, or timing of dhikr whatsoever. The restrictions on modality pertain to certain specific obligatory acts which are not the issue here, such as Salat. The Shari`a is clear and everyone knows what they have to do. Indeed, the Prophet said that the People of Paradise will only regret one thing: not having made enough dhikr in the world! Are not those who are making up reasons to discourage others from making dhikr afraid of Allah in this tremendous matter?
Allah says in His holy Book: {O Believers, make abundant mention of ALLAH!} (33:41) And He mentions of His servants “Those who remember their Lord standing, and sitting, and lying on their sides” (3:191), in other words at all times of the day and night. He said: {The creation of heaven and earth and the changes of night and day are signs for people who have wisdom: — consider who is described as having wisdom — Those who remember (and recite and call) Allah standing up, sitting, and lying on their sides} (3:190-191). `A’isha said, as narrated by Muslim, that the Prophet mentioned/remembered Allah at all times of the day and night.
The Prophet said: “If your hearts were always in the state that they are in during dhikr, the angels would come to see you to the point that they would greet you in the middle of the road.” Muslim narrated it. Imam Nawawi in his Sharh sahih muslim commented on this hadith saying: “This kind of sight is shown to someone who persists in meditation (muraqaba), reflection (fikr), and anticipation (iqbal) of the next world.”
See “Questions on Dhikr – remembrance of Allah” at as-Sunnah Foundation of America website.
Staff
