Introduction of Tasawuf ( continue )
III. Meanings of Dhikr
The word dhikr has many meanings. It means:
- Allah's Book and its recitation;
- Prayer;
- Learning and teaching: The author of Fiqh al-sunna said:
Sa'id ibn Jubayr said, "Anyone engaged in obeying Allah is in fact engaged in the
remembrance of Allah." Some of the earlier scholars tied it to some more specified form.
`Ata said, "The gatherings of dhikr are the gatherings where the lawful and the prohibited
things are discussed, for instance, selling, buying, prayers, fasting, marriage, divorce,
and pilgrimage."
Qurtubi said, "Gatherings of dhikr are the gatherings for knowledge and admonition,
those
in which the Word of Allah and the sunnah of His Messenger, accounts of our righteous
predecessors, and sayings of the righteous scholars are learned and practised without any
addition or innovation, and without any ulterior motives or greed."
- Invocation of Allah with the tongue according to one of the formulas taught
by the Prophet or
any other formula;
- Remembrance of Allah in the heart, or in both the heart and the tongue.
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