In Sahih Muslim 2689 , it is mentioned that:
> Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying Allah has mobile
> (squads) of angels, who have no other work (to attend to but) to
> follow the assemblies of Dhikr and when they find such assemblies in
> which there is Dhikr (of Allah) they sit in them and some of them
> surround the others with their wings till the space between them and
> the sky of the world is fully covered, and when they disperse (after
> the assembly of Dhikr is adjourned) they go upward to the heaven and
> Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, asks them although He is best
> informed about them: Where have you come from? They say: We come from
> Thine servants upon the earth who had been glorifying Thee (reciting
> Subhan Allah), uttering Thine Greatness (saying Allah o-Akbar) and
> uttering Thine Oneness (La ilaha ill Allah) and praising Thee
> (uttering al-Hamdu Lillah) and begging of Thee. Be would say: What do
> they beg of Me? They would say: They beg of Thee the Paradise of
> Thine. He (God) would say: Have they seen My Paradise? They said: No,
> our Lord. He would say: (What it would be then) if they were to see
> Mine Paradise? They (the angels) said: They seek Thine protection. He
> (the Lord) would say: Against what do they seek protection of Mine?
> They (the angels) would say: Our Lord, from the Hell-Fire. He (the
> Lord) would say: Have they seen My Fire? They would say: No. He (the
> Lord) would say: What it would be if they were to see My Fire? They
> would say: They beg of Thee forgiveness. He would say: I grant pardon
> to them, and confer upon them what they ask for and grant them
> protection against which they seek protection. They (the angels) would
> again say: Our Lord, there is one amongst them such and such simple
> servant who happened to pass by (that assembly) and sat there along
> with them (who had been participating in that assembly). He (the Lord)
> would say: I also grant him pardon, for they are a people the
> seat-fellows of whom are in no way unfortunate.
The word used here is مَجَالِسَ الذِّكْرِ
It is mentioned in Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3510 :
> Anas bin Malik [may Allah be pleased with him] narrated that the
> Messenger of Allah said: “When you pass by the gardens of Paradise,
> them feast.” They said: “And what are the gardens of Paradise?” He
> said: “The circles of remembrance.”
The word used here is حِلَقُ الذِّكْرِ
In al-Mu’jam al-Kabīr 6039 it is mentioned that:
> Sahl ibn Hanzalah reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and
> blessings be upon him, said, “No people sit together to remember Allah
> Almighty and stand to leave until a heavenly caller says to them:
> Stand and your sins are forgiven by Allah! Your bad deeds have been
> replaced with good deeds!”
The word used here is مَجْلِسًا يَذْكُرُونَ اللهَ
In bangla it is called জিকিরের মজলিস
In Is Group Dhikr Permissible? it is said that:
> Dhikr in general, if it involves raising the voice and reciting in
> unison, is a Bid`ah (innovation) that has been introduced into the
> religion and was not the practice of the righteous early generations.
My question is, how should we create a مَجَالِسَ الذِّكْرِ
* Is it like giving a khutbah, where one person speak and others listen. If so, then what should be the topic of the discussion.
* Is it a place where a group of people sit together and say subhanallah, alhamdulillah etc. and an imam coordinate it
Please let me know what is a مَجَالِسَ الذِّكْرِ and what to be done there and how?
* How do we sit? In circle or facing one direction.
* Do we need a coordinator? If so, then what should he (the coordinator) do?
Please give us some reference so that we know how to do it and get all these blessings.
Asked by Ahmad Ismail
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Oct 7, 2025, 07:57 PM