Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-Adhkar - Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr - (1/23)

Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-AdhkarAbd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr

3/ Further Benefits of Remembrance

We continue our discussion by enumerating some of the benefits of remembrance and mentioning some of the good it brings those who remember Allah, both in this world and the Hereafter. We shall do so on the basis of what the eminent scholar Imam Ibn al-Qayyim—may Allah have mercy on him—mentioned in his book al-Wābil al-Sayyib1.

— One of its benefits is that remembrance causes the Lord, Glorious and Exalted, to affirm His servant’s truthfulness. The one who remembers Allah speaks of Him by describing His perfect attributes and majestic qualities. When the servant does so, his Lord declares him truthful. Anyone whom Allah Most High declares truthful will not be resurrected among the liars, and it may be hoped that he will be resurrected among the truthful.

Ibn Mājah, al-Tirmidhī, Ibn Hibbān, al-Hākim, and others narrated from Abu Ishāq, from al-Agharr Abu Muslim, who testified that Abu Hurayrah and Abu Saīd al-Khudrī—may Allah be pleased with them both—testified that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:

“When the servant says, ‘There is no deity except Allah, and Allah is the Greatest,’ Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says, ‘My servant has spoken the truth: there is no deity except Me, and I am the Greatest.’ When he says, ‘There is no deity except Allah alone,’ He says, ‘My servant has spoken the truth: there is no deity except Me alone.’ When he says, ‘There is no deity except Allah, with no partner,’ He says, ‘My servant has spoken the truth: there is no deity except Me, and I have no partner.’ When he says, ‘There is no deity except Allah; to Him belong all sovereignty and all praise,’ He says, ‘My servant has spoken the truth: there is no deity except Me; to Me belong all sovereignty and all praise.’ When he says, ‘There is no deity except Allah, and there is no might or power except through Allah,’ He says, ‘My servant has spoken the truth: there is no deity except Me, and there is no might or power except through Me.’”

Then al-Agharr said something that I did not understand. I asked Abu Jafar, “What did he say?” He replied:

1. See: *al-Wābil al-Sayyib*, pp. 160, 164, 142, 143, 144, 132, 153, 154.

٣/ فوائدُ أخرى للذكر نواصل الحديثَ في عدِّ بعض فوائد الذِّكر، وذكر شيءٍ من منافعه وعوائده على الذَّاكرين في الدنيا والآخرة؛ وذلك من خلال ما ذكره الإمام العلاّمة ابن القيِّم ﵀ في كتابه الوابل الصيِّب١. ـ فمِن فوائده: أنّ الذِّكر سببٌ لتصديق الرّبِّ ﷿ عبدَه، فإنّ الذَّاكرَ يُخبرُ عن الله تعالى بأوصاف كماله ونُعوت جلاله، فإذا أخبر بها العبدُ صدَّقه ربُّه، ومن صدّقه اللهُ تعالى لم يُحشَر مع الكاذبين، ورُجي له أن يُحشر مع الصّادقين. روى ابن ماجه، والترمذي، وابن حبّان، والحاكم، وغيرُهم عن أبي إسحاق، عن الأغرّ أبي مسلم، أنّه شهد على أبي هريرة وأبي سعيد الخدري ﵄ أنّهما شهدا على رسول الله ﷺ أنّه قال: "إذا قال العبدُ: لا إله إلاّ الله والله أكبر، قال: يقول الله ﵎: صَدَقَ عبدي لا إله إلاّ أنا وأنا أكبر، وإذا قال: لا إله إلا الله وحده، قال: صدق عبدي لا إله إلاّ أنا وحدي، وإذا قال: لا إله إلا الله لا شريك له، قال: صدق عبدي لا إله إلاّ أنا لا شريك لي، وإذا قال: لا إله إلا الله له الملكُ وله الحمدُ، قال: صدق عبدي، لا إله إلا أنا لي الملكُ ولي الحمدُ، وإذا قال: لا إله إلا الله ولا حول ولا قوَّة إلاّ بالله، قال: صدق عبدي لا إله إلا أنا ولا حول ولا قوَّة إلاّ بي". ثمّ قال الأغرُّ شيئًا لم أفهمه، قلتُ لأبي جعفر: ما قال؟ قال:

١ انظر: الوابل الصيب (ص:١٦٠،١٦٤،١٤٢،١٤٣،١٤٤،١٣٢،١٥٣،١٥٤)