Question 1589: What does it mean that remembering Allah has been recommended in all situations?

173 13 Jan 2023
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✅ Answer: Please pay attention to the following narrations:

1 عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ الصَّادِقِ عَنْ آبَائِهِ علیهم السلام قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلی الله علیه و آله: سَیِّدُ الْأَعْمَالِ ثَلَاثَةٌ إِنْصَافُ النَّاسِ مِنْ نَفْسِکَ وَ مُوَاسَاةُ الْأَخِ فِی اللَّهِ وَ ذِکْرُ اللَّهِ عَلَی کُلِّ حَالٍ

📚 Amali al-Tusi, vol. 2, page 190

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) narrated from his forefathers that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) said: 'The chief of deeds are three things: giving people justice on your part, sharing with your brother for the sake of Allah, and remembering Allah in every situation!'

2 عَنْ عَبْدالْأَعْلَی بْنِ أَعْیَنَ قَالَ: کَتَبَ أَصْحَابُنَا یَسْأَلُونَ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ علیه السلام عَنْ أَشْیَاءَ وَ أَمَرُونِی أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ عَنْ حَقِّ الْمُسْلِمِ عَلَی أَخِیهِ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَلَمْ یُجِبْنِی فَلَمَّا جِئْتُ لِأُوَدِّعَهُ فَقُلْتُ سَأَلْتُکَ فَلَمْ تُجِبْنِی فَقَالَ إِنِّی أَخَافُ أَنْ تَکْفُرُوا إِنَّ مِنْ أَشَدِّ مَا افْتَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَلَی خَلْقِهِ ثَلَاثاً إِنْصَافُ الْمَرْءِ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ حَتَّی لَا یَرْضَی لِأَخِیهِ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ إِلَّا بِمَا یَرْضَی لِنَفْسِهِ مِنْهُ وَ مُوَاسَاةُ الْأَخِ فِی الْمَالِ وَ ذِکْرُ اللَّهِ عَلَی کُلِّ حَالٍ لَیْسَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَکِنْ عِنْدَ مَا حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ عَلَیْهِ فَیَدَعُهُ

📚 Al-Kafi, vol. 2, page 170

Abd al-A'la said: The companions wrote a letter and asked questions to Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him), and they commanded me to ask him about the right of a brother over his brother. I asked the Imam, but he did not answer me! When I came to bid him farewell, I said: 'I asked you, but you did not answer me!' The Imam said: 'I fear you will disbelieve (and not act)! Indeed, among the hardest things that Allah has made obligatory upon His creation are three things: a person giving justice on his part so that he does not approve for himself from his brother except what he approves for his brother from himself, financial sharing with a religious brother, and remembering Allah in every situation! And the remembrance of Allah is not (just) saying 'Subhan Allah wal-hamdu lillah,' but rather, the remembrance of Allah is when you are near the prohibitions of Allah, so you abandon them!'

3 عن أبی بصیر عن أبی جعفر قال: ثَلَاثٌ مِنْ أَشَدِّ مَا عَمِلَ الْعِبَادُ إِنْصَافُ الْمَرْءِ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ وَ مُوَاسَاةُ الْمَرْءِ أَخَاهُ وَ ذِکْرُ اللَّهِ عَلَی کُلِّ حَالٍ و هُوَ أَنْ یَذْکُرَ اللَّهَ عَزَّوَجَلَّ عِنْدَ الْمَعْصِیَةِ یَهُمُّ بِهَا فَیَحُولُ ذِکْرُ اللَّهِ بَیْنَهُ و بَیْنَ تِلْکَ الْمَعْصِیَةِ و هُوَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّوَجَلَ إِنَّ الَّذِینَ اتَّقَوْا إِذا مَسَّهُمْ طائِفٌ مِنَ الشَّیْطانِ تَذَکَّرُوا فَإِذا هُمْ مُبْصِرُون

📚 Khisal, vol. 1, page 65

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) said: 'Three things are among the hardest things that servants do: a person giving justice on his part, a person sharing with his brother, and the remembrance of Allah in every situation, and that is that he remembers Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, when he intends a sin, and this remembrance of Allah becomes a barrier between him and that sin, and this is the saying of Allah, the Exalted and Glorious (in Surah al-A'raf, verse 201): 'Indeed, those who are righteous, when a temptation from Satan touches them, they remember, and then they suddenly see clearly!'

4 عن أَبی عبداللَّه قال: أَشَدُّ الْأَعْمَالِ ثَلَاثَةٌ إِنْصَافُ النَّاسِ مِنْ نَفْسِکَ حَتَّی لَا تَرْضَی لَهَا مِنْهُمْ بِشَیْءٍ إِلَّا رَضِیتَ لَهُمْ مِنْهَا بِمِثْلِهِ و مُوَاسَاتُکَ الْأَخَ فِی الْمَالِ و ذِکْرُ اللَّهِ عَلَی کُلِّ حَالٍ لَیْسَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ و اللَّهُ أَکْبَرُ فَقَطْ وَ لَکِنْ إِذَا وَرَدَ عَلَیْکَ شَیْءٌ مِنْ أَمْرِ اللَّهِ أَخَذْتَ بِهِ و إِذَا وَرَدَ عَلَیْکَ شَیْءٌ نَهَی اللَّهُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ عَنْهُ تَرَکْتَه

📚 Khisal, vol. 1, page 65

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: 'The hardest of deeds are three things: giving people justice on your part, to the point that you do not approve for yourself something from them unless you approve the same from yourself for them, sharing wealth with a brother, and the remembrance of Allah in every situation. And the remembrance of Allah is not just saying 'Subhan Allah wa al-hamdu lillah wa la ilaha illa Allah wa Allahu akbar,' but rather, when something from the command of Allah comes to you, you act upon it, and if something from the prohibition of Allah comes to you, you abandon it!'

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ و عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ و النَّصْر

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