Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-Adhkar - Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr - (1/50)

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

Moreover, Allah—Glorified and Exalted—called His Mighty Book “the Reminder.” He says: “And this is a blessed Reminder which We have sent down. Will you then deny it?” 1 He also says: “And We have sent down to you the Reminder so that you may explain to people what has been revealed to them.” 2 He further says: “This is what We recite to you of the verses and the Wise Reminder.” 3 He also says: “Do you wonder that a reminder has come to you from your Lord through a man from among you, so that he may warn you?” 4 He further says: “Indeed, it is We who sent down the Reminder, and indeed We will preserve it.” 5 He also says: “Sād. By the Quran, full of remembrance.” 6 And He says: “Indeed, those who disbelieve in the Reminder when it comes to them—and indeed it is a mighty Book. Falsehood cannot approach it from before it or from behind it; it is a revelation from One All-Wise, Praiseworthy.” 7 There are many verses in the Noble Quran conveying this meaning.

Sufyān al-Thawrī—may Allah have mercy on him—said: “We have heard that reciting the Quran is the best form of remembrance, provided that one acts upon it.”8 Al-Tabarī narrated through his chain of transmission from Awn ibn Abd Allah, who said: We went to Umm al-Dardā to converse with her. I then said, “O Umm al-Dardā, perhaps we have wearied you?” She replied: “By Allah, you have wearied me. I have sought worship in every pursuit, but I have found nothing more healing for my soul than a gathering of remembrance.” He then continued: “She withdrew from sight, and then

1. Surah al-Anbiyā’, verse 50. 2. Surah al-Nahl, verse 44. 3. Surah Āl Imrān, verse 58. 4. Surah al-A’rāf, verse 63. 5. Surah al-Hijr, verse 9. 6. Surah Sād, verse 1. 7. Surah Fussilat, verses 41–42. 8. Al-Qurtubī cited this report and the one following it in *al-Tidhkār fī Fadl al-Adhkār*, pp. 55, 59.

وقد سمّى الله ﷾ كتابَه العزيز ذكرًا فقال: ﴿وَهَذَاذِكْرٌ مُبَارَكٌ أَنزَلْنَاهُ أَفَأَنتُمْ لَهُ مُنكِرُونَ﴾ ١، وقال تعالى: ﴿وَأَنزَلْنَا إِلَيْكَ الذِّكْرَ لِتُبيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ مَا نُزِّلَ إِلَيْهِمْ﴾ ٢، وقال تعالى: ﴿ذَلِكَ نَتْلُوهُ عَلَيْكَ مِنَ الآيَاتِ وَالذِّكْرِ الحَكِيمِ﴾ ٣، وقال تعالى: ﴿أَوَ عَجِبْتُمْ أَنْ جَاءَكُمْ ذِكْرٌ مِن رَبِّكُمْ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنكُمْ لِيُنذِرَكُمْ﴾ ٤، وقال تعالى: ﴿إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا الذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَحَافِظُونَ﴾ ٥، وقال تعالى: ﴿ص وَالقُرْآنِ ذِي الذِّكْرِ﴾ ٦، وقال تعالى: ﴿إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِالذِّكْرِ لَمَّا جَاءَهُمْ وَإِنَّهُ لَكِتَابٌ عَزِيزٌ لاَ يَأْتِيهِ البَاطِلُ مِن بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَلاَ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ تَنزِيلٌ مِنْ حَكِيمٍ حَمِيدٍ﴾ ٧.وفي هذا المعنى آيات كثيرة في القرآن الكريم. قال سفيان الثّوري ﵀: "سمعنا أنّ قراءة القرآن أفضلُ الذِّكر إذا عمل به"٨. وروى الطبري بإسناده إلى عون بن عبد الله قال: أتينا أمّ الدرداء نتحدّث إليها، قال: ثمّ قلتُ: يا أمَّ الدرداء لعلّنا أمللناكِ؟ قالت: "أمللتموني والله، لقد التمستُ العبادة في كلِّ شيء فما وجدتُ شيئاً أشفى لنفسي من مجلس ذكرٍ، قال: ثمّ اختبأت، ثمّ

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