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dhikr
Oct 17, 2007 22:28:58 GMT
Post by naqshbandisister on Oct 17, 2007 22:28:58 GMT
Aoa Please could someone give me evidence of the permissibility of loud dhikr. Jazakallah
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dhikr
Oct 20, 2007 23:02:44 GMT
Post by Imam on Oct 20, 2007 23:02:44 GMT
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem Wa'alaykum 'Assalam wa Rahmatullahi wa BarakatuhuAll Praise be to Allah who is the Lord of the Worlds, and may Endless Blessings be showered upon His Most Beloved, and Final Messenger of Islam, Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa 'aalihi wa Sallam The permissability of loud dhikr can be given from the Qur'an Sharif, the hadith, and the sayings of the a'immah-e-kiram. First we shall look at the Qur'an Sharif. The Qur'an states: 'Oh you who are the believers, perform the dhikr of Allah the Almighty in abundance'(Qur'an; 33:41) In this verse, there is no mention of reciting the dhikr of Allah the Almighty, silently, but rather abundantly, regardless of whether the dhikr, is silent or loud. There is no prohibition. Similarly, there are over a hundred verses in the Qur'an, which do not have any sort, or form of prohibition for reciting the dhikr aloud. In fact, there are many verses which encourage the dhikr which is to be recited aloud. For example, the verse: 'And those who recite the dhikr of Allah whilst standing, sitting, and upon their sides (lying down).'(Qur'an, 191:3) Notice here how the Qur'an mentions those people who stand, while performing dhikr, sit, and lie on their sides while performing dhikr. Since reciting dhikr aloud is also done standing, and sitting, there is no harm in performing dhikr whilst lying down. One such dhikr that can be thought of, is the performing of salah when ill, that can be performed whilst lying down. In the encyclopedia of Islamic doctorine, by Shaykh Hisham, it is related that: 'The Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam praised a man who was awwah (one who says ah! ah!), that is loud in his dhikr, even when others censured him. Ahmad narrates from a good chain from 'Uqbah ibn-e-Amir:
'The Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam said of a man named Dhu al Bijadayn 'innahu awwahunn' (he is a man who says ah! a lot). This is because he was a man abundant in his dhikr of Allah with the recitation of the Qur'an, and he would raise his voice high, when supplicating'(Musnad Ahmad) Allah the Almighty said of the Prophet Abraham alayhis 'salam: 'Inahu awaahun halim' 'Indeed he is the one who calls out loud, and the gentle'(Qur'an 9:114, 11:75). According to Tafsir-al-Jalalayn 'crying out loud and suffering much, out of fear and dread of his lord'.The Messenger of Allah Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam prayed to be awwah in the following invocation: 'Rabbij 'alni awwahann'
'Oh Allah make me the one who often cries out ah! to you'(Tirmidhi, Ibn-e-Majah, Ahmad). Bukhari also relates a narration in a chapter entitled 'Dhikr after salah', as the hadith states: 'Hadrat Ibn-e-'Abbas Radi Allahu anhu has informed us that after performing the fard salah , it was the tradition in the time of the Messenger of Allah Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam to recite the dhikr aloud. He also states that I would realise that the salah had been performed when I could hear the loudness of the dhikr being recited'.(Bukhari, 527) Here there is clearly the statement of a poweful authority that there was recitation of dhikr which was aloud, and that was after salah. In summary of all of the above there is no question or doubt left, in claiming that the dhikr of Allah the Almighty is not allowed, whilst reciting it aloud. Jazak'allah for your question. Wallahu A'lamu BiththawaabM. Waseem Ashrafi
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