It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the Day of Resurrection, Allah Almighty will call the believing servant until He makes him stand before Him. Then He will say: O My servant, I commanded you to supplicate to Me, and I promised you that I would answer you; so did you supplicate to Me? He will say: Yes, O my Lord. Then Allah Almighty will say: Whatever supplication you made (in the world), I answered it in your favour. Did you not supplicate to Me on such-and-such a day over a distress that had befallen you, that I remove it, and I removed it? He will say: Yes, O my Lord. Then Allah will say: That I fulfilled for you quickly in the world. And you supplicated on such-and-such a day over a hardship, that I remove it, but you did not see any effect of it in the world? He will say: Yes, O my Lord. Then Allah will say: In return for it I stored up for you in Paradise such-and-such blessings. And on such a day you supplicated to Me for a need to be fulfilled, and I fulfilled it? He will say: Yes, O my Lord. Then Allah will say: That I fulfilled for you quickly in the world. And on such-and-such a day you supplicated to Me for a need of yours, but you did not see it fulfilled in the world? He will say: Yes, O my Lord. Then Allah will say: In return for it I have reserved for you in Paradise such-and-such ranks." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty will make clear to His believing servant the reality of every supplication he made: either it was fulfilled quickly in the world, or it was stored up for him for the Hereafter." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "At that station, (seeing the reward,) the believer will wish: If only none of my supplications had been fulfilled quickly in the world!" Al-Fadl bin Isa al-Raqashi is alone in narrating this hadith from Muhammad bin al-Munkadir, and the standing of al-Fadl bin Isa is such that he cannot be suspected of fabricating hadith.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to us and said: "O people, indeed Allah Almighty has detachments of angels who descend upon the gatherings of remembrance on the earth and stay there, so graze in the gardens of Paradise." The Companions said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), where are the gardens of Paradise? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The gatherings of remembrance are the gardens of Paradise. So occupy yourselves with the remembrance of Allah morning and evening, and remind yourselves of Him. Whoever wishes to know what his standing is with Allah, let him look at what standing Allah has in his own heart, for Allah Almighty gives the servant the same standing with Him that the servant gives Allah in his own self." This hadith is sahih al-isnad (its chain is authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Allah Almighty has some angels who travel about the earth and are assigned in addition (to seek out remembrance), who search for gatherings of remembrance on the earth. When they come upon a gathering of remembrance, they cover one another with their wings until they reach the heaven. Then Allah, Glorified and Exalted, asks them, while He is the most knowing of their condition: Where have you come from? They say: O our Lord, we have come from those servants of Yours who were glorifying You, 'Subhan Allah' (Allah is free of all imperfection); magnifying You, 'Allahu Akbar' (Allah is the Greatest); praising You, 'Al-hamdu lillah' (All praise is for Allah); declaring Your oneness, 'La ilaha illallah' (There is no god but Allah); asking of You and seeking Your protection. Allah Almighty says: What do they ask of Me? while He Himself is the most knowing. They say: O our Lord, they ask You for Paradise. Allah says: Have they seen it? They say: No, O Lord. Allah says: Then what would their state be if they had seen it? Then Allah says: From what do they seek My protection? while He Himself is the most knowing. They say: From the Fire (Hell). Allah says: Have they seen it? They say: No. Allah says: Then what would their state be if they had seen it? Then Allah Almighty says: Bear witness that I have forgiven them all, I have given them what they were asking for, and I have granted them protection from what they were seeking protection from. Then the angels say: O our Lord, among them was a very sinful servant who (came for some purpose and) sat with them, and he was not one of them (those remembering Allah)! Allah Almighty says: I have forgiven him too. These are the people whose companion (the one who sits with them) is not left wretched and deprived." This hadith is sahih (authentic), and Imam Muslim bin al-Hajjaj alone recorded it, in abridged form, from the narration of Wuhayb bin Khalid from Suhayl.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Busr (may Allah be pleased with him) that a Bedouin said to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): (O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him),) the injunctions of Islam (voluntary acts of worship and obligations) have become too many for me, so tell me of some (comprehensive) thing that I may hold on to firmly. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Let your tongue always remain moist with the remembrance of Allah." This hadith is sahih al-isnad (its chain is authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The mufarridun (those who have outstripped others) have gone ahead." The Companions said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and who are the mufarridun? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Those who are devoted to the remembrance of Allah (and are absorbed in remembering Him)." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs, but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Indeed, Allah Almighty says: I am with My servant when he remembers Me and his lips move with (the remembrance of) Me." This hadith is sahih al-isnad (its chain is authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Shall I not tell you of a deed that is the best of your deeds, the purest in the sight of your Master, the highest in raising your ranks, better for you than giving away gold and silver (in the path of Allah), and better than meeting your enemy (on the battlefield) so that you strike their necks and they strike your necks?" The Companions said: And what is that, O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The remembrance of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic." And Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) said: There is no deed that saves a person from the punishment of Allah more than the remembrance of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic. This hadith is sahih al-isnad (its chain is authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that Abu al-Qasim (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Any people who sit in a gathering and stay there for a long time, then disperse from it without remembering Allah and without sending blessings upon their Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), there will be upon them from Allah a tirah (loss, regret and the burden of shortcoming); then if Allah wills He will punish them, and if He wills He will forgive them." This hadith is sahih al-isnad (its chain is authentic), but the two Shaykhs did not record it, and its narrator Salih (the freed slave of al-Taw'amah) is not to be discarded.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that whenever the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) got up from a gathering, he would certainly say these words: 'Subhanaka Allahumma rabbi wa bihamdika, la ilaha illa anta, astaghfiruka wa atubu ilayk' (Glory be to You, O Allah, my Lord, and with Your praise; there is no true god but You; I seek Your forgiveness and I turn to You in repentance). I said to him: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), how often you say these words when you get up! He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever says them when he gets up from his gathering, whatever (fault or slip) occurred from him in that gathering (during the conversation) is forgiven." This hadith is sahih al-isnad (its chain is authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, says: O My servant, I am as you think of Me, and I am with you when you remember Me." (Imam al-Hakim says:) The mention of thinking is recorded in the "Sahih" (Bukhari and Muslim), while the mention of supplication, though gharib (singular), is sahih, because Muhammad bin al-Qasim is a reliable (thiqah) narrator.