What is Dhikr?

Dhikr, most simply is the remembrance of Allah SWT.   It encompasses all good deeds, that which carried out with the right intention is a form of Dhikr. It can include:

• Practical Dhikr, performing one’s obedient actions;
  • Following Allah’s commandments, such as:
    • Salah
    • Zakat
    • Hajj etc
  • Acts of kindness

• Sunnah, following Muhammad SAW actions;
  • Eating
  • Sleeping
  • Etiquette and manners etc

• Verbal Dhikr, observed with one’s tongue;
  • Saying: Bismillah, Alhumdulillah
  • Greetings: As-salaamu-alaikum
  • Tasbih: Subhan Allah, Astaghfir’ullah, Allahu Akbar
  • Allah SWT’s names and attributes: invoking through supplications and dua
  • Quran recitation
  • Acquiring knowledge

• Silent Dhikr, known as Dhikr of the heart
  • Performed within oneself: reflection, pondering and application of oneself