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“The parable of a person who remembers his Lord with that of a
person who does not remember his Lord is like that of a person who

lives and a person who is dead”.
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The Messenger of Allāh  said:

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ﱐﺮﻛذ نﺈﻓ ، ِ ﰊﺮﻛذ َ ِ إ اذ ﻪﻌﻣ ﺎﻧَ َ أو ،ﰊ ِ يﺪﺒﻋ ﻦﻇﺪﻨﻋ ﺎﻧَ : أ ﱃﺎﻌـﺗ ُ َ ٰ ّ ﻠﻟا ﻪ ُ لﻮﻘـﻳ
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ﺎﻋارذ ﱄإ ﱠ ِ َ بﺮﻘـﺗ نإو ،ﺎﻋا َ ِ ِ ﻪﻴَ رذ ْ ِ ﻟإ ﺖﺑﺮﻘـﺗ اﺮـﺒﺷ ﱄإ ﱠ ِ َ بﺮﻘـﺗ نإو ،ﻢﻬـﻨﻣ
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“Allāh  decreed: ‘I am as My slave expects Me to be and I am
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with him when he remembers Me. When he remembers Me in
himself, I mention him in Myself. If he mentions Me in an
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assembly, I mention him in a better assembly than them.’ If he

53 Narrated by Al Bukhārī in Fatḥul Bārī XI/208, no. 6407. Imām Muslim narrates it with the
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. ِتﱢيملاو َ ﱢ يَحلا ُلثم َ َ ِهْيَف ُﷲ ُرَكذُي ْيذلا ِ َ لا ِتْيَبلاو َ ِهْيِف ُﷲ ُرُكذَي ْيذلا ِ ِتْيَبلا ُل َثم َ
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“The parable of a house that is used to remember Allāh and that of a house that is not used to
remember, is like that of a person who is alive compared to a person who is dead”.
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 779 (211).
54 What is meant by ‘with him’ here is that Allāh acknowledges him, and not that Allāh is one
together with His created beings/creation. (Fatḥul Bārī).
55 Reminder: This ḥadīth does not indicate or show that performing dhikr together within a
group is acceptable/permissible, because there is not one single ṣaḥīḥ narration that stipulates
the performance of dhikr within a group. The Ṣaḥābat never undertook dhikr within jamāfiah,
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