06.07.2015 - Our brother and elder Abu Iyaadh Amjad Rafiq delivered a potent and heart warming lecture as part of Mpubs' Ramadhaan Raminders 2015 on the lofty status of the dhikr or Allah. Abu Iyaadh brought numerous evidences from the Sunnah extolling the virtues and benefits of remembering Allah, along with many different beautiful examples that the believer can adorn himself with this noble characteristic of being from those who remember Allah.

The Lofty Station of The Remembrance of Allah by Abu Iyaadh Amjad Rafiq

qāla muḥammad bin wāsiʾ, “if sins had an odour, then nobody would be able to sit with me.” (majmū rasā’il ibn rajab || 1/88) 

translated by ustādh abū ṭalḥah dāwūd burbank, raḥimahullāh

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱسْتَعِينُوا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَٱلصَّلَوٰةِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ ١٥٣

O you who have believed, seek help through patience and prayer. Indeed, Allāh is with the patient. (2:153) 

translation: Saheeh International

Qur’ān & Sunnah With the Understanding of the Salaf.