Virtues of Zikr 3

Rasulullah (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) once said to his companions, "Shall I tell you of something that is the best of all deeds, constitutes the best act of piety in the eyes of your Lord, will elevate your status in the Hereafter, and carries more virtue than the spending of gold and silver in the service of Allah or taking part in jihaad and slaying or being slain in the path of Allah."
The Companions begged to be informed of such an act. The Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) replied, "It is the zikr of Almighty Allah."
[Tirimzi]

Virtues of Zikr 2

Rasulullah (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) said,
"The contrast between a person who glorifies Almighty Allah and one who does not remember Him is like that between the living and the dead."
[Bukhari, Muslim]

Virtues of Zikr 1

Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allaho anho) narrated that Rasulullah (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) has said,
 "Almighty Allah says, 'I treat my slave (man) according to his expectations from Me, and I am with him when he remembers Me, If he remembers Me in his heart, I remember him in My heart; if he remembers Me in a gathering, I remember him in a better and nobler gathering (i.e. of angels). If he comes closer to Me by one span, I go towards him a cubit's length, if he comes towards Me by a cubit's length, I go towards him an arm's length, and if he walks towards Me, I run unto him."
 [Bukhari, Muslim, Tirimzi]

Virtues of Salaat 4

Hadhrat Abu Usman (Radhi Allaho anho) says:

"I was once sitting under a tree with Hadhrat Salmaan (Radhi Allaho anho). He caught hold of a dry branch of the tree and shook it till all its leaves fell off. He then said to me, "0, Abu Uthman! (Radhi Allaho anho) Will you not ask me why I am doing this?" "Do tell me," I entreated. He said, "The Apostle of Allah had done exactly like this before me, while I was with him under a tree. He caught a dry branch of it and shook it, till all its leaves fell off". At this he said:

'0, Salmaan! (Radhi Allaho anho) will you not ask me why I am doing this?' I replied: 'Do tell me why you are doing this?' He remarked: "Verily when a Muslim takes wudhu properly and then observes his salaat five times a day, his sins fall off just as these leaves have fallen off. He (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) then recited the following verse of the Holy Qur'an:

[Meaning] "Establish salaat at the two ends of the day, and at the approaches of the night. Verily, good deeds annul ill deeds. This is a reminder for the mindful. (XI: 114)"

[Ahmad, Nisai, Tibrani]

Virtues of Quran 5

Ibn-e-Umar (Radhi Allaho anho) narrates that Rasulullah (sallallaho alaihe wasallam) said, “Hasad (jealousy) is not permitted except of two persons- one whom Allah blesses with recitation of Quran and he remains engaged in it day and night, and the other who is given a lot of wealth by Allah and he spends it day and night.”
[Bukhari, Tirimzi]

Virtue of Quran 4

Aisha (Radhi Allaho anha) narrates that Rasulullah (sallallaho alaihe wasallam) once said,”One who is well versed in the Quran will be in the company of those angels who are scribes, noble and righteous; and one who falters in reading the Quran and has to exert hard learning, gets double the reward. ”
[Bukhari, Muslim]

Virtues of Salaat 3

Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allaho anho) narrates that once Rasulullah (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) asked his companions, ‘Do you believe that dirt can remain on a person bathing five times a day in a brook running in front of his door?’ ‘No’, replied the companions,’ No dirt can remain on his body.’ Rasulullah (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) remarked : ‘So, exactly similar is the effect of sallat offered five times a day. With the Grace of Allah, it washes away all the sins’. 

 [Bukhari, Muslim]

Virtues of Quran 3

Hadrat Uqbah ibn-e-Aamir (Radhi Allaho anho) has said :
 “Rasulullah (sallallaho alaihe wasallam) came to us while we were sitting on the ‘Suffah’ and asked if anyone of us would like to go to the market of ‘Buthan’ or ‘Aqiq’ and fetch from there two she-camels of the finest breed without committing any sin or severing a tie of kinship. We replied that everyone of us would love to do so. Rasulullah (sallallaho alaihe wasallam) then said going to the Masjid and reciting or teaching two ayaat of Quran is more precious than two she-camels, three ayaat are more precious than three she-camels, and that similarly recitiing or teaching of four ayaat is better than four she-camels and an equal number of she-camels ”

 [Muslim, Abu daood]

Virtues of Quran 2

Hadrat Usman (Radhi Allaho anho) narrates that Rasulullah (sallallaho alaihe wasallam) said :
“ The best amongst you is he who learns Quran and teaches it.”
[Bukhari, Abu daood, Tirimzi]

Virtues of Salaat 2

Abu Zar (Radhi Allaho anho) narrates that once the Holy Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) came out of his house. It was Autumn and the leaves were falling off the trees. He caught hold of a branch of a tree and its leaves began to drop in large number. At this he remarked, ‘O, Abu Zar! (Radhi Allaho anho) when a Muslim offers his Salaat to please Allah, his sins are shed away from him just as these leaves are falling of this tree’.

 [Faza’il-e-A’maal]

Virtues of Quran 1

Hadrat Saeed (Radhi Allaho anho) narrates that Rasulullah (sallallaho alaihe wasallam) said :

“Almighty Allah says, “if anybody finds no time for My remebrance and for begging favours of Me, because of his remaining busy with the Holy Quran, I shall give more than what i give to all those who beg favours of Me ”. The superiority of the word of Allah over all other words is like superiority of Allah over the entire creation.”
[Tirimzi, Baheqi]

Virtues of Salaat 1

Abdullah-bin-Umar (Radhi Allaho anho) narrates that he heard Rasulullah (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) saying :

“Islam is founded oon five pillars : bearing witness that there is no god but Allah, and Muhammad (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) is His apostle; establishment of Salaat; paying of Zakaat; performance of Hajj; and fasting in Ramadhan” 

[Bukhari, Muslim]

Why Prayers Unanswered?

Ibrahim ibn adham (R.A), a third century scholar, teacher, and a companion of sufyan al-thawri, was asked about the saying of Allah (SWT): “And your Lord say: Call on Me, I will answer your prayer prayer...”(40:60) People complained to him, saying: we supplicate, yet we are not answered.” Ibrahim ibn adham answered them, saying: 

“You know Allah, yet you do not obey Him, You recite Quran, yet you do not act according to it, You know shaitan, yet you have always agreed with him, You proclaim that you love the messenger of Allah (S), yet you abandon his sunnah.

You proclaim your love for paradise, yet you do not act to gain it, You proclaim your fear of hellfire, yet you do not prevent yourselves from sins, You say “Indeed death is true”, yet you have not prepared for it, You engage yourselves with finding faults with others, yet you do not look at your (own) faults,

You eat of that which Allah (SWT) has provided for you, yet you do not thank Him, You bury your dead, yet you do not take a lesson from it.”

(Khushu fi – Salat of Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali)