Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 3 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 307

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وَيَقُولُ مَثَلًا: لَوِ اجْتَمَعَ الْخَلْقُ عَلَى أَنْ يَدْفِنُوا الْجَوَّ هَذَا الدِّفْءَ فِي هَذِهِ الْأَيَّامِ الَّتِي جَرَتِ الْعَادَةُ أَنْ تَكُونَ بَارِدَةً مَا اسْتَطَاعُوا إِلَى ذَلِكَ سَبِيلًا، وَمَا أَشْبَهَ ذَلِكَ، أَوْ مَثَلًا يَذْكُرُ حَالًا مِنْ أَحْوَالِ النَّبِيِّ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ مِثْلَ أَنْ يَقُولَ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ أَخْشَى النَّاسِ لِلَّهِ وَأَتْقَاهُمْ لِلَّهِ، فَيَذْكُرُ الرَّسُولَ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ، ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِ، وَالْحَاضِرُونَ يَكُونُونَ إِذَا اسْتَمَعُوا إِلَيْهِ مِثْلَهُ فِي الْأَجْرِ. هَكَذَا يَكُونُ ذِكْرُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَالصَّلَاةُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ، وَإِنْ شَاءَ ذَكَرَ اللَّهَ مِنَ الْأَصْلِ، إِذَا جَلَسَ قَالَ: مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، وَمَا أَشْبَهَ ذَلِكَ.

(from previous page) ⟵ Abu Dawud narrated it in the Book of Adab, Chapter on the Dislike of a Man Standing Up from His Gathering Without Remembering Allah, number [missing number in original text], and for example, he says: If creation were to gather to bury this warmth in these days when it is customary for them to be cold, they would not be able to do so, and similar to that, or for example, he mentions a state of the Prophet, peace be upon him, such as saying: The Prophet, peace be upon him, was the most fearful of people of Allah and the most pious of them towards Allah, so he mentions the Messenger, peace be upon him, then he prays for him, and those present, if they listen to him, will have a similar reward. This is how the remembrance of Allah Almighty and the prayer upon His Messenger should be, and if he wishes, he can remember Allah from the beginning, when he sits down he says: What Allah wills, there is no power except with Allah, there is no god but Allah, and similar to that.

أَوْ مَثَلًا يَذْكُرُ حَالًا مِنْ أَحْوَالِ النَّبِيِّ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ مِثْلَ أَنْ يَقُولَ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ أَخْشَى النَّاسِ لِلَّهِ وَأَتْقَاهُمْ لِلَّهِ، فَيَذْكُرُ الرَّسُولَ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ، ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِ، وَالْحَاضِرُونَ يَكُونُونَ إِذَا اسْتَمَعُوا إِلَيْهِ مِثْلَهُ فِي الْأَجْرِ.

Or, for example, he mentions a state of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), such as saying: 'The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was the most fearful of people of Allah and the most pious of them to Allah.' He mentions the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), then prays upon him, and those present, if they listen to him, are like him in reward.

هَكَذَا يَكُونُ ذِكْرُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَالصَّلَاةُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ، وَإِنْ شَاءَ ذَكَرَ اللَّهَ مِنَ الْأَصْلِ، إِذَا جَلَسَ قَالَ: مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، وَمَا أَشْبَهَ ذَلِكَ.

This is how the remembrance of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and the prayer upon His Messenger should be. If he wishes, he may remember Allah from the start; when he sits, he says: 'What Allah wills, there is no power except by Allah, there is no god but Allah,' and similar things.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (25 verbs · 40 nouns)

• قَالَ — to say
• اجْتَمَعَ — to gather
• دَفَنَ — to bury
• بَابٌ — chapter
• أَدَبٌ — etiquette
• مَجْلِسٌ — gathering