Ahadith

Abu Sa‘id Khudri and Abu Hurairah relate that the Holy Prophet said: When a company foregathers for the remembrance of Allah its members are surrounded by angels and are covered by mercy, and comfort descends upon them and Allah makes mention of them to those around Him (Muslim). (Al-A`raf 57, Al-Baqarah 188)

Harith ibn Auf relates that while the Holy Prophet was seated in the mosque surrounded by people, three men came in. While two of them approached him and the third turned away, of the two, one perceived an opening between those who were seated and took his seat there and the other sat down behind those who were seated. When the Holy Prophet finished his talk, he said: I shall tell you about these three. One of them sought refuge with Allah and Allah gave him shelter. The second felt shy and Allah forbore from him. The third turned away and Allah turned away from hiny (Bokhari and Muslim). (Al-A`raf 57, Al-Baqarah 188)

Abu Sa‘id Khudri relates that Mu‘awiah came into the mosque and saw a company seated therein. He asked them: What causes you to be seated here? They answered: We are gathered for the remembrance of Allah. He inquired: Do you call Allah to witness that that is your only purpose? They answered: That is so. He told them: I did not put you on oath out of any suspicion. No one situated like me vis-a-vis the Holy Prophet has narrated so little about him. The Holy Prophet on one occasion came upon a company of his companions and inquired: What has brought you together? They answered: We are seated together remembering Allah and praising Him for having guided us to Islam and having conferred this favour upon us. He inquired: Do you call Allah to witness that that is your only purpose? They answered: Allah is our witness that that is our only purpose. He said: I did not put you on oath out of any suspicion, but Gabriel came to me and told me that Allah takes pride in you among the angels. (Muslim). (Al-A`raf 57, )

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who recites morn and eve: Holy is Allah and all praise belongs to Him; a hundred times, will not be exceeded by any one in good works on the Day of Judgment unless by one who shall have recited the same like him or more (Muslim). (Al-A`raf 57, Al-Baqarah 188)

Abu Hurairah relates: A man came to the Holy Prophet and said: Messenger of Allah, what torment I endured last night from the sting of a scorpion. He told him: Had you said before retiring: 1] seek the protection of the perfect words of Allah from the mischief of whatever He has created; it would have done you no harm (Muslim). (Al-A`raf 57, Al-Baqarah 188)

Abu Hurairah relates that when the Holy Prophet rose in the morning he recited: Allah, with Thy favour have we arrived at the morning and with Thy favour do we live and we die and to Thee is the return; and when he retired in the evening he recited: Allah, with Thy favour have we arrived at the evening and with Thy favour do we live and we die and to Thee is the return (Abu Daud and Tirmidhi). (Al-A`raf 57, Al-Baqarah 188)

Abu Hurairah relates that Abu Bakr said to the Holy Prophet: Messenger of Allah, instruct me in that which I should recite morn and eve. He said: Recite: Allah, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, Lord of al! things and their Master, | bear witness that there is none worthy of worship save Thee, and I seek Thy protection from the evil of my mind and the evil of Satan and his incitement towards setting up Thy equals. The Holy Prophet said: Recite these morn and eve and on retiring to bed (Abu Daud and Tirmidhi). ; (Al-A`raf 57, Al-Baqarah 188)

Ibn Mas‘ud relates that the Holy Prophet would say in the evening: We have arrived at the evening and so has the land by the favour of Allah, and all praise belongs to Allah, and there is none worthy of worship save Allah, the One, Who has no associate. The narrator says: I think he would also say: His is the Kingdom and His the Praise, and He has power over all things. Lord, I ask thee for all the good of this night and the good of that which will follow it, and seek Thy protection against the evils of this night and the evil of that which will follow it. Lord. I seek Thy protection against sloth and the mischiel of dotage. and seek Thy protection against the torment of the Fire and the torment of the grave. In the morning he would substitute the word morning for the word evening (Muslim). (Al-A`raf 57, Al-Baqarah 188)

Abdullah ibn Khubaib relates that the Holy Prophet said to him:" Recite the sura Al-Ikhlas and the two chapters following it three times, morning and evening, and they will suffice thee in all respects (Abu Daud and Tirmidhi). (Al-A`raf 57, Al-Baqarah 188)

Uthman ibn Affan relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who recites three times every morning and every evening: In the name of Allah, with Whose name there is protection against every kind of harm in the earth and in the heaven, and He is the All-Hearing, All-Knowing; will not be harmed by anything (Abu Daud and Tirmidhi). (Al-A`raf 57, Al-Baqarah 188)