The Benefits & Fruits of Dhikr

Book excerpt: The Dhikr of Allāh is the soul and the life of the hearts and the cause of its development and strength; and abundant rewards and immense good in this world and the next-whose count cannot be enumerated except by Allāh are a direct result of it (i.e., Dhikr).Indeed, the Dhikr of Allāh (The Majestic & Sublime) is the symbol of happiness and the path to success in this life and the next; rather all good, happiness, delight, pleasure and tranquility in this world and the hereafter is dependent on the actualization of the Dhikr of Allāh (The Majestic & Sublime). Indeed, all of the legislation and acts of obedience in totality were legislated to establish the Dhikr of Allāh. Hence what Allāh (The Mighty & Majestic) has legislated for his servants from Ṣalāh, fasting, Hajj and other than that from the acts of obedience is solely for establishing the remembrance of Allāh.