Chapter 262

The disapproval of rising or leaving a gathering without remembering Allah

Remembrance 1
WE RELATE FROM the Sunans of Abū Dāwūd and others, with ṣaḥīḥ isnāds, that Abū Hurayrah Honorific symbol reported that the Messenger of Allah Honorific symbol said: “No group of people stand up from a gathering in which they failed to remember Allah Honorific symbol without them standing up as if from the carcass of a donkey and it being a source of loss to them.” [1].
We relate from [the Sunan of Abū Dāwūd] that Abū Hurayrah Honorific symbol narrated that the Messenger of Allah Honorific symbol said: “The sitting of anyone who sits without remembering Allah Honorific symbol in it will bring him weakness and loss; and the reclining of anyone who lies down without remembering Allah Honorific symbol in it will bring him weakness and loss.” [2].
I say that tirah, ‘weakness and loss’, with a kasrah on the tā’ and with an undoubled rā’, means a ‘diminution’ or a ‘right due (tabi‘ah)’; and it is valid that it should mean a ‘source of loss’, as in the other narration.
We relate in the book of at-Tirmidhī that Abū Hurayrah Honorific symbol also related that the Messenger of Allah Honorific symbol said: “No group of people sit in a gathering in which they do not remember Allah Honorific symbol and do not pray for blessings on their Prophet without it bringing them weakness and loss. If [Allah] wishes He will punish them, and if He wishes He will forgive them.” [3].At-Tirmidhī says that this is a ḥasan hadith.

References

[1] Abū Dāwūd (4855) and an-Nasā’ī (408).
[2] Abū Dāwūd (4856) and an-Nasā’ī in ‘Amal al-yawm wa al-laylah (404).
[3] At-Tirmidhī (3377) .