WE RELATE FROM the book of Ibn as-Sunnī that Abū Hurayrah
reported that the Messenger of Allah
said: “No group of people sit in a gathering in which they fail to remember Allah
without it bringing them weakness and loss. Never does a man traverse a road on which he fails to remember Allah
without experiencing weakness and loss.” [1].
We relate in the book of Ibn as-Sunnī, as well as from Dalā’il an-Nubuwwah, that Abū Umāmah
narrated that Jibrīl
came to the Messenger of Allah
while he was at Tabūk. He said: “Muḥammad, attend the funeral of Mu‘āwiyah ibn Mu‘āwiyah al-Muzanī.” The Messenger of Allah
went out, and Jibrīl descended with seventy thousand angels. He put his right wing on the mountains and they inclined in humility; and he put his left wing on the earth and it inclined in humility until [the Prophet] could see Makkah and Madīnah. The Messenger of Allah
, Jibrīl and the angels performed the funeral ṣalāh for him. When [the Prophet
] had finished he asked: “Jibrīl, how did Mu‘āwiyah attain this status and stature?” He replied: “By his recitation of ‘Say: He is Allah, One’ [2].while standing, riding and walking.” [3].
Qul Huwa-llāhu Aḥad. . .
References
[1] Ibn as-Sunnī (178).
[2] Qur’ān 112.
[3] Ibn as-Sunnī (179).