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 "label": {
  "ar": "الذِّكر (في الفقه)",
  "en": "Dhikr (the remembrance of God in the rulings of fiqh)",
  "ur": "ذکر (فقہی احکام میں اللہ کی یاد)"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "الذكر في الاصطلاح ذكر العبد لربه بالإخبار أو التلاوة أو الدعاء أو الثناء، وهو مستحب مطلوب في كل وقت إلا في مواضع خاصة كقضاء الحاجة والجماع وخطبة الجمعة. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8427} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8428} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8430} ويكون باللسان والقلب معا، ولا يعتد بالذكر اللساني إلا إذا تلفظ به الذاكر وأسمع نفسه عند الجمهور. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8434} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8458} وأفضله القرآن لمن عمل به، ثم الكلمات الأربع: سبحان الله والحمد لله ولا إله إلا الله والله أكبر، ويعد الجمهور زيادة الذكر المأثور على الوارد جائزة إن لم تنقص. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8443} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8444} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8447} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8448} وتعد من الذكر التهليل والتسبيح والتحميد والتكبير والحوقلة والاسترجاع والتسمية والصلاة على النبي، وتحرم صيغ شركية أو ناقصة، ويحرم الذكر في مواضع مخصوصة. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8435} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8436} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8440} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8441} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8455} واختلف الفقهاء والعلماء في الاجتماع على الذكر بصوت واحد، فأجازه بعضهم بشرط عدم التشويش وألا يعتقد واجبا، وأنكره الشاطبي إذا التزم بدعة إضافية. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8460} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8461}",
  "en": "In the rulings dhikr is the servant's remembrance of his Lord by statement, recitation, supplication or praise. It is recommended at all times, except in certain places and conditions such as relieving oneself, intercourse and the Friday sermon. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8427} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8428} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8430} It is by tongue and heart together; by the majority, the tongue's dhikr counts only when the speaker says it and hears himself. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8434} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8458} The Qur'an is the best dhikr for one who acts on it, and then the four words: glory be to God, praise be to God, there is no god but God, and God is greatest. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8443} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8444} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8447} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8448} The forms include the tahlil, tasbih, tahmid, takbir, hawqala, istirja', basmala and blessing on the Prophet; forms that imply shirk or deficiency are forbidden. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8435} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8436} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8440} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8441} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8455} Chanting in unison is disputed: some allow it when it does not disturb and is not thought obligatory, while al-Shatibi calls the unison of a fixed form an innovation. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8460} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8461}",
  "ur": "فقہی اصطلاح میں ذکر یہ ہے کہ بندہ زبان یا قلب سے اپنے رب کو یاد کرے، اور یہ ہر وقت مستحب ہے، سوائے مخصوص مواقع کے جیسے قضائے حاجت، جماع اور خطبۂ جمعہ۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8427} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8430} قرآن سب سے افضل ذکر ہے، پھر چار کلمات۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8443} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8444}"
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 "themes": [
  "spirituality-and-sufism",
  "worship-and-the-pillars"
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  "kind": "doctrine",
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "الموسوعة الفقهية الكويتية، نسخة نور بوك، مدخل «ذكر»، ص 8427-8473 من المسح (الأرقام المطبوعة للمجلد ص 221-263)",
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  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "الذكر في الاصطلاح ذكر العبد لربه بالإخبار أو التلاوة أو الدعاء أو الثناء. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8427}\nوهو مستحب في كل وقت إلا في مواضع خاصة، كقضاء الحاجة والجماع وخطبة الجمعة. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8430} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8431}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الذكر باللسان والقلب",
     "markdown": "يكون الذكر باللسان والقلب معا، وأفضل منه ما اجتمعا فيه. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8434}\nوالذكر اللساني المعتد به عند الجمهور ما تلفظ به الذاكر وأسمع نفسه. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8458}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "أفضل الذكر",
     "markdown": "أفضل الذكر القرآن لمن عمل به، ثم الكلمات الأربع: سبحان الله، والحمد لله، ولا إله إلا الله، والله أكبر. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8443} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8444}\nوالذكر المأثور في وقت أو سبب أفضل في محله من غيره، والاشتغال بالمأثور أفضل من المخترع. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8446}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الصيغ",
     "markdown": "من الذكر التهليل والتسبيح والتحميد والتكبير والحوقلة والاسترجاع والتسمية والصلاة على النبي. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8435} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8436} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8440} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8441}\nويحرم الذكر إن تضمن شركا أو نقصا في حق الله. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8455}\nويجوز في الأذكار المطلقة صيغة صحيحة المعنى وإن لم تكن مأثورة. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8446}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "العدد والتسبيح بالمسبحة",
     "markdown": "يجوز العد بالأنامل أو بالحصى والنوى، وأجاز بعض العلماء السبحة. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8466} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8467}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الاجتماع على الذكر",
     "markdown": "أجاز بعض العلماء الاجتماع على الذكر بصوت واحد بشرط ألا يشوش وألا يعتقد واجبا، وأنكره الشاطبي إذا التزم بدعة إضافية. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8460} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8461}"
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   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/dhikr-fiqh",
    "lang": "ar",
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   "updated": "2026-10-23"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "In the rulings, dhikr is the servant's remembrance of his Lord by statement, recitation, supplication or praise. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8427}\nIt is recommended at all times, except in certain places and conditions, such as relieving oneself, intercourse and the Friday sermon. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8430} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8431}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Heart and tongue",
     "markdown": "Dhikr is by tongue and heart together, and the fullest form joins them. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8434}\nBy the majority, the tongue's dhikr counts only when the speaker says it and hears himself. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8458}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "The best dhikr",
     "markdown": "The Qur'an is the best dhikr for one who acts on it, and then come the four words: glory be to God, praise be to God, there is no god but God, and God is greatest. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8443} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8444}\nA dhikr prescribed for a time or a cause is best kept to that time or cause, and following the prescribed dhikr is better than inventing one. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8446}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Forms",
     "markdown": "The forms include the tahlil, the tasbih, the tahmid, the takbir, the hawqala, the istirja', the basmala and blessing on the Prophet. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8435} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8436} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8440} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8441}\nDhikr that implies shirk, or deficiency towards God, is forbidden. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8455}\nIn general dhikr a correct form not implying deficiency may be used even if not transmitted. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8446}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Counting and beads",
     "markdown": "Counting by the fingers, by pebbles or by stones is allowed, and some scholars allowed the string of beads as well. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8466} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8467}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Gathering for dhikr",
     "markdown": "Some scholars allow gathering for dhikr in unison, if it does not disturb and no one holds it obligatory; al-Shatibi calls a fixed unison of a form an innovation. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8460} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8461}"
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     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "فقہی اصطلاح میں ذکر بندے کا اپنے رب کو زبان یا قلب سے یاد کرنا ہے، اور یہ ہر وقت مستحب ہے سوائے مخصوص مواقع کے۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8427} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8430}\nقرآن سب سے افضل ذکر ہے، پھر سبحان اللہ، الحمد للہ، لا الہ الا اللہ اور اللہ اکبر۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8443} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8444}"
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  "concept/abandoning-prayer-takfir",
  "concept/ada",
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