Allah the All-Mighty has said:
"Therefore remember Me. I will remember you. Be grateful to Me and never show Me ingratitude."
(Al-Baqarah,2:152)
"O you who believe, remember Allah with much rememberance." (Al-Ahzab,33:41)
"And the men and women who remember Allah frequently, Allah has prepared for them forgiveness and a great reward." (Al-Ahzab,33:35)
"And remember your Lord by your tongue and within yourself, humbly and in awe without loudness, by words in the morning and in the afternoon, and be not among those who are neglectful." (Al-A'raf,7:20)
The Prophet peace be upon him(p.b.u.h) said:
"He who remember his Lord and he who does not remeber the Lord, are like the living and the dead." (Al-Bukhari)
"Shall I not inform you all of the best of your works, the purest of them with your Master, the loftiest of them in your station, 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?"
(The companions) said, "Of course!" He said " rememberance of Allah, the Most High"." (At-Tarmizi,Ibnu Majah)
And he said:
"Allah the Most High says, " I am with my slve when he thinks of Me and I am with him when he mentions Me. For if he mention 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 twm arm's length. And if he comes to Me walking, I hasten to him swiftly." (Al-Bukhari, Muslim)
Abdullah bin Busr (rhodiallahu 'anhu) said that a man asked the Prohet p.b.u.h,
"oh 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 aleays adhere to." The Prophet p.b.u.h. said, "Let your tongue always be moist with the rememberance of Allah." (At-Tarmizi)
And he said:
"Whoever reads one letter from the Book of Allah, will receive one Hasanah( reward for good deeds), and one Hasanah 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." (At-Tarmizi)
'Uqbah bin 'Amir (rhodiallahu 'anhum) said:
The Messenger of Allah p.b.u.h. came out (from his house) and we were on the porch (As-Suffah). So he said, "Who of you would like to go out in the morning everyday to the Valley of Buthan or Al-'Aqeeq and come back with two large she-camels without commiting any sin or severing family ties?" We replied, " Oh Messenger of Allah! All of us would like this. So he said, " Would one of you not go to the Masjid and learn or recite two verses from tha Book of Allah, the Mighty and the Majestic. That would be better for him than two she-camels. And three verses wolud be better for him than theree she-camels. And four verses would be better than four she-camels, and whatever their number may be of camels." (Muslim)
And he 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." (Abu Dawud
And the Prophet p.b.u.h. said:
"No people sit in an assembly without mentionong Allah and without mentioning Allah and withou 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." (At-Tarmizi)
And he 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." (Abu Dawud)
