| Effortless Rewards! All praise is for Allah who gave us the opportunity to sit for His dhikr and recite Darood upon His beloved Messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. Any gathering that is affiliated with the name of Allah , is a momentous gathering. There is no doubt in this. The blessings that can be obtained from these gatherings are countless. We should consider it a great favour from Allah that He has brought us here for this purpose. One of the reasons why we sit in the gatherings of Allah's dhikr is to obtain the reward that has been prescribed for attending them. This is usually the main reason that brings people to these gatherings. And this is because we here many Ahadeeth and verses that inform and remind us of the numerous rewards for doing Allah's dhikr. And it is a quality of such a gathering that no person who attends it can leave empty handed. No matter what intention someone attends with, whether he does or does not come with the right frame of mind (sometimes people can come to these gatherings with doubts in their minds) he will receive it's reward from Allah . In support of this there is a famous Hadeeth that I have mentioned before regarding the conversation that angels have with Allah after they return from witnessing the gatherings of Allah's dhikr. The angels inform Allah of the names of all those people that they have seen in these gatherings. It is then that Allah declares that all those who were present are forgiven their sins. On hearing this the angels say to Allah , "But such and such person just happened to be passing by, and had not come with the right intention. He just came to have look to see what was going on." Allah replies to the angels "And to him too I have given forgiveness: He who sits with such people shall not suffer." (Muslim) Allah says that the duty of the angels is to report to Him. And because the gatherings of Allah's dhikr are so great and the people who sit in these gatherings are so blessed that anyone who sits with them cannot leave empty-handed. In this Hadeeth Allah has shown the great status of those who sit regularly in His dhikr. Once Allah's beloved Messenger was sitting amongst his companions. He said to them "Is there anyone who wishes to earn rewards equivalent to that of the mountain of Uhud in a short space of time?" The reply of the humble companions (who in reality were already reaping such rewards, that cannot be compared to. And shall never be matched till the Day of Judgement. Such rewards that even Moosa alayhi wa salaam requested Allah to make him from the Ummah of Rasoolullah . And in reality, for the Companions, their greatest desire was to be in the company of Rasoolullah ) was that, "Yaa Rasoolullah , please inform us of such a thing that can give us this great amount of reward." Allah's Messenger replied " Say 'Subhanallah' you will get reward equivalent to that of the Uhud mountain, say 'Allahu akbar' you will get reward equivalent to that of the Uhud mountain and say 'Laa ilaha illallah' and you will get reward equivalent to that of Uhud mountain. From this Hadeeth you can try to image how great a reward you can get for something that is easy to do and in no way strenuous. |