Hadith on Dhikr: Remembering Allah is life, forgetting is death

Abu Musa reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The parable of one who remembers his Lord and one who does not remember is that of the living and the dead.”

Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6407, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 779

Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim

عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَذْكُرُ رَبَّهُ وَالَّذِي لَا يَذْكُرُ مَثَلُ الْحَيِّ وَالْمَيِّتِ

6407 صحيح البخاري كتاب الدعوات باب فضل ذكر الله عز وجل

779 صحيح مسلم كتاب صلاة المسافرين وقصرها باب استحباب صلاة النافلة في بيته وجوازها في المسجد

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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