Salaam brothers and sisters,
Yesterday's Jum'ah sermon was beautiful. Have you heard of the story?
It goes like this, Abu Hurairah RA reported: Rasulullah said: "Allah SWT, has teams of angelswho go about roaming the roads seeking those who remember Allah. When they find some people remembering Allah they call to one another and say, "Come to what you are looking for;" and they surround them until the sky is fully coveres, MashaAllah!
Allah SWT asks them (although he is Most Knowing); "What are my slave saying",
THey say:"They are glorifying Your Tasbih,Tahmid,Takbir,Tamjid( They are declaring your perfectness, praising,remembering the Greatness and Majesty of Allah)
He asks:"Have they seen me? They reply "No, indeed they have not seen you" He asks"How would they act if they were to see Me?
Thereupon they reply;"If they were to see You, they would engage more earnestly in worshipping and glorifying You and would extol you more"
He would say" What do they beg of me? They say, "They beg You for Your Jannah" Allah says"Have they seen My Jannah?" They would say, "No our Rubb" He says"How would they act if they were to see my Jannah? They reply, "Were they to see it, they would more intensely eager for it.
The angels then said, "They seek Your protection" He asks"Against what do they seek My Protection ?"
They say,Our Rubb, from the Hell fire". Allah says"Have they seen my Hell fire?" THey say: " If they were to see it, they would more earnest in being away from it and fearing it. They beg of Your forgiveness".
He says:"I call you to witness that i hereby grant pardon to them and confer upon them what they ask for; and grant them protection against what they seek protection from".
One of the angels says: "Our Rubb, there is one amongst them who does not belong to the assembly of those who are participating in Your remembrance. He passed by them and sat down with them."
He says:" I also grant him pardon, they are the people whom thei associates will not be unfortunate.[AlBukhari& Muslim]
It made me realise, i used to be real scared of attending dhikr sessions,tahlil, because i thought it was BID'AH! But what they are doing is remembering Allah in congregation. It says so in this Hadith. Remembrance of Allah does not limit to praising Him, it spans through congregational prayer, Tadarus circles and Islamic study sessions. MashaAllah, How Merciful is Allah, that even a person who just passes by and decides to sit down with them also reaps in the benefits
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