CHAPTER
3
Remembrance of Allah
Son! Always, every moment,
remember Allah. Remembrance of Allah increases your life span and wealth, saves
you from calamities, distances you from shaitan and brings you near to Allah.Masoom (a.s.) has stated: "The
identity of our shia is that he always remembers Allah in solitude. Whosoever
remembers Allah, Allah befriends him. He is saved from "Nifaq" and hell and
is rewarded with a place in paradise. Those in paradise will never repent,
except for the moments which they had passed without remembering Allah
otherwise their position in paradise would have been more exalted.Son! Not sitting (meeting) should
be without the remembrance of Allah, Imam (a.s) has said: If there is no
remembrance of ours and Allah in any meeting, then those attending the meeting
are liable to befall calamities.(Usul-e-Kafi
- 2, p. 980)Here, it is essential to
understand, that remembrance' does not mean uttering Allah's name by
tongue but it means remembrance' through heart which begins with the
tongue. Allah made Hazrat Ibrahim (a.s.) his "Khalil" because he used to
remember Allah very much. Remembrance of Allah sincerely through heart earns
seventy times more "Sawab" than by tongue only.(Usul-e-Kafi
- 2)