Blessings of Islamic Gatherings

Even those who sit with them do not remain unfortunate

The noble Companion, Sayyidunā ꜤAbdullāh b. ꜤAbbās رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ عَنْهُمَا, narrates:

One day, the noble Prophet, the dignified leader of Makkah and Madinah صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, passed by Sayyidunā ꜤAbdullāh b Rawāḥah رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ, who was delivering a sermon to the Companions رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ عَنْهُم, Seeing this, the noble Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم joyfully said, “When your group sits together, an equal number of angels also sit with you. If your group says, “سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه”, the angels also say “سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه”. If you say “اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه”, the angels also say “اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه”. If you say “اَللّٰہُ اَکْبَر”, the angels also say “اَللّٰہُ اَکْبَر”.

Then, these angels go back to present themselves before their Lord, although Allah Almighty knows better than them. The angels say, “O our Lord! Your servants were glorifying You, so we also glorified You. They declared Your greatness, so we too declared Your greatness. They praised You, so we too praised You.”

Allah Almighty then says, “O My angels! Be witnesses that I have forgiven them.”

The angels then say, “But there was a certain individual among them who was a great wrongdoer.”

Allah Almighty responds, “This is such a group that even those who sit among them do not remain unfortunate.^{^[1]}

سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه! Dear Islamic brothers! Just imagine how blessed religious gatherings are! Whoever participates in these gatherings what can be said of their virtue! Even those who sit for a short while with such

[1] MajmaꜤ al-Baḥrayn, vol. 4, p. 192, Hadith 4520, selected

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