Book 35. KITAB AL-DHIKR
(Book pertaining to the remembrance of Allah, supplication, repentance and
seeking of forgiveness)
Chapter
- Exhortation for the remembrance of Allah, the Exalted
- The names of Allah, the Exalted, and the merit of
one who enumerates them
- Supplication should be made with conviction and will
- It is not something appreciable to make request for
death from the Lord when one is in trouble
- He who loves to meet Allah, Allah also loves to meet
him, and he who dislikes to meet Allah. Allah also
abhors to meet him
- Merit of remembrance of Allah and calling Him, and
nearness to Allah, the Exalted
- The disapproval of supplication in which a request is
made to Allah for punishment of one's (misdeeds) in the world
- Merits of the assemblies in which Allah is remembered
- The merit of this (supplication) : "O Allah, grant us
the good in the world and good in the hereafter and
save us from the torment of hell"
- The merit of pronouncing Tablil, Tasbib and supplication
- The merit of an assembly for the recitation of the
Qur'an or for the Dhikr (Remembrance of Allah)
- Excellence of seeking forgiveness from Allah and seeking
that very much
- Excellence of remembering Allah in a low voice
- Supplication for the safeguard of one's self against the
evil of the turmoil
- Seeking of rufuge in Allah from the evil of destiny and
from the severity of calamity
- Supplication at the time of sleeping and going to bed
- Refuge from the evil of what one has done, and what one
has not done
- The reciting of Subbin Allah in the morning and at the
time of sleeping
- The excellence of supplicating at the time of the
crowing of the cock in the morning
- Supplication during the time of trouble
- The merit of Subhan Allah Wa Bi Hamdihi
- Excellence of supplicating for the Muslims behind their
back (in their absence)
- Excellence of reciting Al-Hamdu Li-Allah after eating
and drinking
- Supplication is granted if the supplicant does not
show impatience