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In
the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
All Praises is
for Allah, and peace and blessings of Allah be upon
His beloved Messenger Muhammad (SAW). We are
grateful to Allah (SWA) for giving us the
opportunity to sit in His remembrance.
For truly it is a great favour indeed that despite
all worldly distractions He has brought us to His
House (mosque). Then sat us in His dhikr. And by
sitting in His dhikr Allah (SWA) helps us to get
closer to Him and for every Muslim the true goal in
life is to attain the pleasure of Allah (SWA). Apart
from that we all have a common interest, that we
would all like to love Allah (SWA) and we ourselves
would like to be loved by our Lord Most High. Now is
it not strange that a person has a certain desire or
goal in life but doesn't make any effort to achieve
it?
Surely it is a
basic rule in this world that when a person has a
particular interest or hobby, he does not waste any
time. He spends most of his time in an activity that
will help him achieve his goal. For example if a
person wants to be good at a particular sport, he
would play that sport very regularly and often spend
a lot of money and time on trying to achieve his
objective.
So truly if our
objective in life is to be loved by Allah, and we
also know that this can happen through doing His
dhikr in abundance, then why is it that we not make
ourselves busy in His remembrance? The formula for
achieving this is straightforward, Allah (SWA) has
stated in the Qur'an 'Fadhkurooni adhkurkum'
(Remember Me and I will remember you).
It is stated in a
Hadeeth that Allah remembers His servant as soon as
he remembers Allah (SWA), can you imagine the Lord
Most High, The creator of the Heavens and the Earth
remembering you? Indeed that is great thing. And
this method for achieving our objective is so easy
that it almost defies belief. In a Hadeeth
transmitted by Bukhari it is stated that Abu
Hurayrah (RTA) narrated that Allah's Messenger
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said "Allah Almighty
says, 'I am towards My servant as he is towards Me.
I am with him when he remembers Me. If he remembers
Me alone, I remember him alone. If he remembers Me
in a gathering, I remember him in a gathering better
than.
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