Hadith 62

you, so you would stay away’’. [86]
And from it, copying from the book ‘Majma Al Bayan’ –
‘Regarding Words of Mighty and Majestic: Then your hearts hardened from after that, so these were like rocks, or more intense in hardness; [2: 74] – the Verse. A Hadeeth has been referred from the Prophet-saww, he-saww said: ‘Do not frequent the talking without doing Zikr of Allah-azwj, for the frequent talking without doing Zikr of Allah-azwj hardens the hearts, and remotest of the people from Allah-azwj is the one of the hard (cruel) heart’’. [87]
And from ‘Kitab Al Zohd’, from Usman Bin Ubeydullah raising it, said, ‘Whenever it is winter, a caller calls out: “O people of the Quran! The night is long for your Salat(s), and the day is short for your fasts! If you are not able upon enduring the night, nor against fighting the enemy, and you are too stingy with the wealth from spending it, frequent in doing the Zikr of Allah-azwj! ”’[88]
And from a book, ‘Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘The Momin is not Tried with anything severer than the equalising (with brethren) for the Sake of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic, and the justice from himself, and doing Zikr of Allah-azwj a lot’. Then he-asws said: ‘But I-asws am not saying, (saying of) ‘Glory be to Allah-azwj, and the Praise is for Allah-azwj’, but remembering Him-azwj at whatever He-azwj has Prohibited’’. [89]
And from rest of the books, from the Prophet-saww having said: ‘The speech of son of Adam-as, all of it is against him, nor for him, except instructing with an act of kindness, or forbidding from evil, or doing Zikr of Allah-azwj the Exalted’’. [90]
And he-saww said: ‘My-asws Lord-azwj has Commanded me-saww that my-saww speaking should be Zikr, and my-saww silence be contemplation, and my-saww observation be taking a lesson’’. [91]
And from ‘Kitab Al Zohd’ –
‘From People-asws of the Household, from Zayd son of Ali-asws, from his forefathers-asws, from Ali-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘The speech is (of) three (types) – gainful, and safe, and harmful. As for the gainful, it is the one doing Zikr of Allah-azwj, and as for the safe, he is the silent, and as for the harmful, he is the one who engages in the falsehood’’. [92]
And from Ibn Abu Yafour, ‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Three (matters), the people cannot endure – pardoning the people, and the man equalising his brother in his wealth, and Zikr of Allah-azwj a lot’’. [93]