Dhikr

Prayer is one of the many things I feel like I talk about a lot (take a seat, appendicitis) because I feel like it has genuinely created a sense of conscientiousness for me. Instead of thinking of prayer as “bare minimum” I like to think about it as the biggest stepping stone to growing fonder of your faith. For me, praying was what let me to be curious and learn more about things from an Islamic perspective. Once I became regular in my prayers, I wondered what more I could do to please my creator and set myself up for success in the Akhirah. This curiosity led me to discover the importance of Dhikr. I’ve always known that it is important to make Dhikr because Dhikr is the remembrance of Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى) but I don’t think it was until I became regular with my prayers that I realized how easy it is to make Dhikr in my everyday life. I started off with making vey simple Dhikr after each prayer, which honestly never took more than 30 seconds. But then I started spending more time on the prayer rug after praying and started making more Dhikr because I realized the importance of remembering my Creator.
Some of the Dhikr that has become routine for me includes:
• SubhanAllah — “Glory to God” (20 times)
• Alhamdulillah — “Praise be to God” (10 times)
• Allahu-akbar — “God is the greatest” (10 times)
Now when I said I started spending more time on the prayer rug I didn’t exactly mean another 5–10 minutes, but this Dhikr takes no more than an extra minute or two and those extra minutes allows me to take some additional time out of my 1,400something-minute day and just -remember- the Almighty.
(might write more on this in a future post :D)