(#1) Importance of remembering Allah

فَاذْكُرُوْنِيْٓ أَذْكُرْكُمْ وَاشْكُرُوْا لِيْ وَلَا تَكْفُرُوْنِ

Therefore remember Me. I will remember you. Be grateful to Me and never show Me ingratitude.

(#2) Importance of remembering Allah

يٰٓاَيُّهَا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوا اذْكُرُوا اللّٰهَ ذِكْرًا كَثِيْرًا

O you who believe, remember Allah with much rememberance.

(#3) Importance of remembering Allah

وَالذّٰكِرِيْنَ اللّٰهَ كَثِيْرًا وَّالذّٰكِرٰتِ ۙ أَعَدَّ اللّٰهُ لَهُمْ مَّغْفِرَةً وَّأَجْرًا عَظِيْمًا

And the men and women who remember Allah frequently, Allāh has prepared for them forgiveness and great reward.

(#4) Importance of remembering Allah

The Prophet ﷺ said: “He who remembers his Lord and he who does not remember his Lord are like the living and the dead.

(#5) Importance of remembering Allah

And He ﷺ said: “Shall I not inform you of the best of your works, the purest of them with your Master (Allah), the loftiest of them in your stations, the thing that is better for you than spending gold and silver (in charity), and better for you than meeting your enemies and slaying them and being slain by them?” They (the Companions) said: “Of course!” He said: “Remembrance of Allāh, the Most high.”

(#6) Importance of remembering Allah

And He ﷺ said: “Allah the Most High says: ‘I am with my slave when he thinks of Me and I am with him when he mentions Me. For if he mentions Me to himself, I mention him to Myself; and if he mentions Me in a gathering, I mention him in a superior gathering. If he approaches Me by a hand’s width, I approach him by an arm’s length, and If he approaches Me by an arm’s length, I approach him by two arms lengths. And if he comes to me walking, I hasten to him swiftly.

(#7) Importance of remembering Allah

Abdullah bin Busr said that a man asked the Prophet ﷺ: “O Messenger of Allah! Verily, the sanctions of Islam have become too numerous for me (to perform them all). Inform me of something (simple) that I may adhere to.” The Prophet ﷺ said: “Let your tongue always be moist with the remembrance of Allah.

(#8) Importance of remembering Allah

And He ﷺ said: “Whoever sits and does not mention the Name of Allah (before he rises) will find it a cause of sorrow from Allah. Whoever lies down to sleep and does not mention the name of Allah before rising, will find it a cause of sorrow from Allah.

(#9) Importance of remembering Allah

And the Prophet ﷺ said: “No people sit in an assembly without mentioning Allah, and without asking Allah for blessings on their Prophet, except that it will be a cause of sorrow upon them. Thus if He (Allah) wishes He will punish them, and if He wishes He will forgive them.

(#10) Importance of remembering Allah

And He ﷺ said: “No people may rise from an assembly in which they have failed to mention the Name of Allah without it being as if they were getting off a dead donkey’s rotting back, and it would be a cause of grief for them.

(#11) Importance of remembering Allah

And he ﷺ said: “Whoever reads one letter from the Book of Allah, will receive one Ḥasanah (reward for a good deed), and one Ḥasanah comes with ten like it. I do not say that Alif-Lam-Mim is a letter. Indeed Alif is a letter, and Lam is a letter, and Mim is a letter.

(#12) Importance of remembering Allah

Uqbah bin ‘Amir said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out (from his house) and we were on the porch (As-ṣuffah). So he said: “Who of you would like to go out in the morning everyday to the valley of But-ḥan or Al-‘Aqiq and come back with two large she-camels without commiting any sin or severing any family ties?” We replied: “O Messenger of Allah! All of us would like this.” So he ﷺ said: “Would one of you not go to the Masjid and learn to recite two ayat from the Book of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic? That would be better than two she-camels. And three ayat would be better for him than three she-camels. And four ayat would be better than four she-camels, and whatever their number may be of camels.