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It is said that Dhikr Allah has great importance in Islam.
Remembrance of Allah is extremely important for many reasons, one of them is to remind us of our status (that we are merely a lowly creature), another is as a shield and barrier from evil doing (that we may do if we didnt remember Allah).
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1. How frequently do you engage in Dhikr Allah?
an absolute minimum of 5 + 1 times a day (5 times after shalah, and before sleeping)
There are many ahadeeth that extolled the great rewards and blessings of dhikr after every shalah fard. One of those is when Fatimah (r.a.) the daughter of prophet SAW felt extremely tired from doing all kinds of domestic work and she asked her father to give her a domestic help, and Rasulullah replied, "I will give you something which is much greater than any domestic help? Recite Subhanallah (Exalted is Allah/Glory be to Allah, the Most Pure) 33x, Alhamdulillah (praise and thanks be to Allah), Allahu Akbar 33x (allah is the greatest) after each shalah and before retiring to bed.
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2. Are you consistent with it or do you face difficulties being consistent?
In Islam, we are prescribed to say du'a (with a minimum of bismillahirrohmanirrohim) before we do everything because everything we do in this world should be done for the sake of Allah SWT, and yes, even before we enter toilet to do our business, so alhamdulillah these days I dont find difficulty consistency in terms of not doing dhikrullah at all. But in some days I do dhikrullah a lot more than in other days. You can always do dhikrullah any time and anywhere. Even when you sit in a public transport waiting to arrive at your destination, you can always whisper all those simple dhikr (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Kalimas)
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3. What are the words of remembrance you use?
The easiest and the most frequent I utter is
Subhāna-llāhi, wa-l-hamdu li-llāhi, wa lā ilāha illā-llāhu, wa-llāhu akbar. Wa lā hawla wa lā quwwata illā bi-llāhi-l-ʿaliyyi-l-ʿazīm (Glory be to Allah and Praise to Allah, and there is none worthy of worship but Allah, and Allah is the Greatest. And there is no might or power except with Allah, the Exalted, the Great One.)
But there are many others. We are also encouraged to send salam and shalawat to the prophet Muhammad SAW and his family as much and as frequent as we can. The prophet SAW said that the most stingy person is those that do not send salam and shalawat to him.
The longer version is the one that we read when we are doing the last sitting (tahiyyat akhir) during our shalat:
Allahumma salli ‘ala sayyidina Muhammadin O Allah please shower your blessings upon our Master Muhammad
wa ‘ala ali Muhammadin and upon the family of Muhammad
kama sallayta ‘ala Ibrahim as you have showered your blessings upon Abraham
wa ‘ala ali Ibrahim and the family of Abraham,
innaka hamidun majid indeed You are Most Praiseworthy and Glorious
Wa barik ‘ala sayyidina Muhammadin O Allah shower Your grace upon our master Muhammad
wa ‘ala ali Muhammadin and upon the family of Muhammad
kama barakta ‘ala Ibrahim as you have showered Your grace upon Abraham
wa ‘ala ali Ibrahim and the family of Abraham,
innaka hamidun majid indeed You are Most Praiseworthy and Glorious.
But during other times whenever I remember, I would send salam and salawat like this:
Allahumma salli ‘ala sayyidina Muhammadin O Allah shower blessings and peace upon our master Muhammad
wa ‘ala ali Muhammadan wa sahbihi wa sallim and upon the family of Muhammad and his companions
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4. Which words of Dhikr fetch great rewards? Please share your knowledge!
You may want to read this past thread
http://www.islamicboard.com/manners-...vy-scales.html
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5. Do you agree with the statement that Dhikr Allah is the hardest thing to do? If yes, why?
I agree and disagree. It depends on our eeman. Dhikr Allah is the most natural and easiest thing you can do.
The more you do dhikr Allah the easiest and the sweeter you experience it.