The speed of someone hastening [towards something] is based upon the size of the goal. So in seeking sustenance, [Allaah] says
Category: Qur.aan
The remembrance of Allaah
The remembrance of Allaah (dhikr) incorporates:
• the recitation of the Qur.aan
• reading the Prophetic ahaadeeth
• busying oneself with Islaamic knowledge
He was overcome with tears
I prayed the Fajr prayer behind al-Fudhayl ibn 'Iyaadh رحمه الله, and he recited:
The Inevitable Reality al-Haaqqah 69:1 So when he reached the aayah
He fell unconscious
I prayed [the] Maghrib [prayer] behind Fudhayl ibn 'Iyaadh رحمه الله, with his son 'Ali at my side. He (Fudhayl) recited
The true essence of khashyah
Indeed, khashyah is to have reverential fear and apprehension of Allaah, such that your fear and apprehension of Him is a cause of preventing you from sin; that there is [the true essence of]...
Victory against the oppressors
Indeed, a person will be victorious and will defeat and overcome [his enemy] by following [the guidance and example of] the messengers.
Protecting his photographic memory
Shaykh Ihsaan Ilaahee Zaheer رحمه الله informed me about our Shaykh, Muhammad al-Gondalwi رحمه الله that he would not read the newspapers or magazines - so as not to [inadvertantly] memorise them!
"Do ruqyah on me"
Don't resort to supplication like medication you use only when ill or when a catastrophe befalls.
Reading the Qur.aan with understanding
O son of Aadam, by Allaah, if you were to read the Qur.aan [with understanding] and then believed in [what] it [contains], your sadness [at what comes to pass] in this world will be lengthened, and...
Then he is not one who remembers Allaah
Indeed [true] fear is to fear Allaah until your fear [of Him] lies between you and your sins; that [there] is what fear is. And [true] remembrance is obedience to Allaah.