Remembrance of God (dhikr)
الذكر
Remembrance of God in the fiftieth hadith — the seal of Ibn Rajab's additions — is the comprehensive gate to hold to when the laws grow many: 'keep your tongue moist with the remembrance of God', with Mu'adh's corroborant 'that you die with your tongue moist with the remembrance of God'; Ibn Rajab notes that many excellences of remembrance were scattered through the book and treats here the merit of its constancy and abundance — through the verses commanding much remembrance and praising the remembering men and women with forgiveness and a great reward — so dhikr is the easiest of works and the noblest, the nearest to God, needing no place, state, ablution, facing of the qibla or any other condition (Jami' al-Ulum wal-Hikam p. 927).
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Global / Diaspora
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People and things also explored
Abdullah ibn Busr· Mu'adh ibn Jabal· Arba'un 50 — keep your tongue moist with remembrance of God· Prophetic adab (proper conduct)· Righteousness (birr)· Ghadab (anger)· Resolve for an act (hamm)· Envy (hasad)
Sources
- Jami' al-Ulum wal-Hikam — Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali
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islam.museum contributors. “Remembrance of God (dhikr)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/dhikr/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.