Hadith 61

in Your-azwj Covering on the Day there will be no covering except Your-azwj Covering? ’
He-azwj Said: “Those who are doing My-azwj Zikr, so I-azwj shall Remember them, and they are loving each other for My-azwj Sake, so I shall Love them. They are those, whenever I-azwj want to Hit inhabitants of the earth with evil, I-azwj Remember them, so I-azwj Push it away from them, due to them! ”’[76]
And from the Prophet-saww: ‘No group will sit to do Zikr of Allah-azwj except a caller will call out to them from the sky: “Arise, for your evil deeds have been replaced by good deeds, and there is Forgiveness for you all! ”
And no number of people of the earth would sit to do Zikr of Allah-azwj except a (similar) number of Angels would sit with them’’. [77]
And it is reported that Rasool-Allah-saww came out to his-saww companions. He-saww said: ‘Roam in the gardens of Paradise! ’
They said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww, and what are the gardens of Paradise? ’
He-saww said: ‘The gatherings of Zikr! Go forth, attend and do Zikr, and the one who loves to know his status in the Presence of Allah-azwj, let him look at how (what) is the status of Allah-azwj with him, for Allah-azwj the Exalted would accord status of the servant where the servant would accord the status of Allah-azwj from himself. And know that best of your deeds in presence of your kings, and their purest, and their loftiest in your ranks, and best of what the sun emerges upon, is Zikr of Allah-azwj the Exalted, for the Exalted has Informed about Himself-azwj. He-azwj Said: “I-azwj am a sitting Companion of the one doing My-azwj Zikr! ”
And the Glorious Said: Therefore, remember Me, I will remember you, [2: 152], meaning, ‘Remember Me-azwj with the acts of obedience and the worship, I-azwj will Remember you with the bounties, and the Favours, and the Mercy, and the Satisfaction’’. [78]
And from me-asws: ‘In the Paradise there is a plateau. Whenever the Zakir (doer of Zikr) takes in doing the Zikr, the Angels take in planting the trees. Sometimes one of the Angels stops, so it is said to him, ‘Why did you stop? ’ He says, ‘My companion has taken a break’, meaning from doing the Zikr’’. [79]
And from Al-Sadiq-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘A Zakir (doer of Zikr) of Allah-azwj among the heedless ones, is like the fighter among the fleeing ones, and the fighter among the fleeing ones, the Paradise is for him’’. [80]