Remembrance 7 from Chapter 1
What has been narrated about the virtue of dhikr and is not restricted to a specific time
Subḥāna-llāhi wa bi-ḥamdihi, ‘adada khalqihi wa riḍā nafsihi wa zinata ‘arshihi wa midāda kalimātih.
We also relate from the Ṣaḥīḥ of Muslim from Juwayriyah
, the Mother of the Believers, that the Messenger of Allah
once left her early, after performing the ṣalāh of Ṣubḥ, while she was in her place of prayer. Then he returned at mid-morning and she was still sitting there. He asked: “Have you been in that same position since I left you?” She replied: “Yes.” The Messenger of Allah
said: “After I left you, I said four things, thrice each. If they were weighed against what you have said, they would outweigh it. They are: Glory be to Allah and with His praise, according to the number of His creations and to His pleasure and according to the weight of His throne and the ink of His words.” [9].