Woman and Zikir

Benefits of Zikir:
1) Zikir keeps away the Satan and weakens his strength. 2) It is the cause of Almighty God's pleasure. 3) It relieves the mind of anxieties and worries. 4) It produces joy and happiness in the heart. 5) it strengthens the body and mind. 6) It brightens the face and heart. 7) It attracts one's susistence. 8) It invests with awe and sweetness the Zakirs so that the seeing eye is filled with awe and pleasure at his sight. 9) It induces love for God, which in fact is the spirit of Islam and the pivot of "Deen", and the source of success and salvation in the Hereafter. He who seeks access to the love of Almighty God should do Zikir profusely. Just as reading and repetition is the door of knowledge, so Zikir of God is the gateway to His love. 10) Zikir involves Muraqaba (deep meditation), through which one reaches the stage of "Ehsan", wherein a person worships Almighty God as if he is actually seeing Him. (The attainment of this stage of Ehsaan is the ultimate objective of the Sufis). 11) It helps realization of God so that by and by a stage is reached when he comes to regard Almighty God as his sole Cherisher, Guardian and Master, and he turns unto Him, in all afflictions. 12) It is the key to nearness to Almighty God; the greater the Zikir, the greater the nearness to God, and greater the indifference to Zikir, the greater the distance from him. 13) It opens the door of Ma'arfat (realization)of God. 14) It makes one realize the greatness and grandueur pf Almighty God, and strenghthens the consciousness of His Omni presence. 15) Zikir of God causes one's mention in the Court of God, as said in the Holy Book. (Remember Me, and I will remember you),and as stated in the Hadith (whosoever remembers Me in his heart, i remember him in My heart). it has already been explained under other verses and Ahadith that,even if there were no other good points in Zikir, except that mentioned above, this alone would have established its superiority over others. Nevertheless, there are many more virtues and benefits of Zikir. 16) It gives life to the heart. Hafiz Ibn Tamimia says that Zikir is as necessary for the herart as water for the fish. Imagine the condition of a fish out of water. 17) It is food for the heart and the soul; depriving them of Zikir is like depriving the body of its food. 18) It cleanses the heart of its rust. It has been mentioned in an earlier Hadith; everything rusts according to its nature; and heart ruts with wordly desires and indefference, to purify which Zikir is necessary. 19) It safeguards against pitfalls and lapses. 20) The heart of a neglectful person is tormented by a feeling of remotenes from God, and nothing other than Zikir can rid the heart of this feeling. 21) The words of Zikir keep on moving round the Arsh of Almighty God, as stated in a Hadith. 22) If one remembers God in hapiness, Almighty God remembers him in his afflictions. 23) It is a means to deliverance from God's punishment. 24) It causes God's peace and Mercy to descend while angels surrond the person engaged in Zikir. 25) It saves the tongue from indulging in backbiting, loose talk, lies and abuses. It is a common experience that a man whose tongue remains engaged in Zikir does not commit these absurdities. On the other hand the tongue that is not used in Zikir falls an easy prey to all kinds of useless talk. 26) the gatherings of Zikir are gathering of angels, and gatherings without Zikir are gatherings of Satan.

Why do muslim count during Dzikir?

As each door has a special key, the door of the Compassion of Almighty Allah has its special key, either. The mystery of His Clemency and Compassion is hidden under these defined numbers.

Also we count during dzikr, since our Prophet did count (after salah 33 times Sobhanallah, 33 times Alhamdulillah, 33 times Allahuakbar and etc...) and in many other prays He (pbuh) specified numbers.

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