The Dhikr Book of Kashmir

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“The Prophet (SAW) said: ‘He who remembers God much (man akthara dhikr Allah), God loves him (aHabbahu Allah),’ and he said: ‘The night that I was enraptured to my Lord (laylata usra bi), I passed by a man extinguished within the light of God’s Throne (mugheeb fi nur al-arsh). I asked, who is this, and is he an angel? I was told No. I asked again, Is it a Prophet? I was told No, and I said, Who then? It was said: ‘This is a man who, while he was in the world, his tongue was constantly moist with the mention of God and his heart was attached to the mosques.’
It is related that a servant of God will join the gatherings of dhikr with sins the size of mountains, and then rise and leave one such gathering with nothing left of them to his name. This is why the Prophet called it one of the groves of Paradise when he said: ‘If you pass by the groves of Paradise, be sure to graze in them.’ Someone asked, ‘What are the groves of Paradise?’ to which he replied: ‘the circles of dhikr.’
On the authority of Hazrat Ali (RAA) – may God be well pleased with him – it is related that God manifests Himself (yatajalla) to the ones remembering during dhikr and the recitation of Qur’an. The Prophet said: ‘No group gathers and remembers God seeking nothing other than Him except a caller from heaven calls out to them: ‘Arise forgiven, for your bad deeds have been turned into good ones!’
Abu al-Darda’ narrated that the Prophet said: ‘God verily will raise on the Day of Resurrection people bearing light on their faces, carried aloft on pulpits of pearl, whom the people will envy. They are neither prophets nor martyrs.’ Upon hearing this, a Bedouin Arab fell to his knees and said: ‘Show them to us (ajlihim), O Prophet of God!’ – that is: ‘describe them for us.’ He replied: ‘They are those who love one another for God’s sake alone. They come from many different tribes, countries, and cities. They gather together for the remembrance of God the Exalted, remembering Him.'”

The books presented in this compilation feature some of the most revered prayers from Kashmir’s Islamic traditions. This collection has been meticulously compiled with the hope that it will bestow spiritual benefits upon its readers, becoming a wellspring of peace and solace. May the almighty Allah support this endeavor and reward all sincere intentions.

The Forty Hadith of Imam Al Nawawi

Kashmir Pages — Sat, 28 Nov 2015 07:44:38 +0000

In the introduction to his compilation the Imam writes, “To proceed: It has been transmitted to us on the authority of `Ali ibn Abi Talib, `Abdullah ibn Mas`ud, Mu`adh ibn Jabal, Abu`d-Darda’, Ibn `Umar, Ibn `Abbas, Anas ibn Malik, Abu Huraira and Abu Sa`id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with them), through many chains of authorities and in various versions, that the Messenger of Allah (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: ‘Whosoever memorises and preserves for my People forty Hadith relating to their religion, Allah will resurrect him on the Day of Judgment in the company of jurists and religious scholars’. In another version it reads: ‘Allah will resurrect him as a jurists and religious scholar’. In the version of Abu`d-Darda’, it reads: ‘On the Day of Judgment I shall be an intercessor and a witness for him’. In the version of Ibn Mas`ud it reads: ‘It will be said to him: Enter by whichever of the doors of Paradise you wish’. In the version of Ibn `Umar it reads: ‘He will be written down in the company of religious scholars and will be resurrected in the company of martyrs’. Scholars of Hadith are in agreement that it is a weak Hadith despite its many lines of transmission.”

Imam An-Nawawi shows us the great rewards promised for transmitting of 40 Hadith in light of the above Hadith though he also points out that the Hadith is zaeef (or weak); nonetheless he asserts that any transmission of the Hadith is still a noble deed.

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The Dhikr Book of Kashmir

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