What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "Remember Allah with much remembrance"?

The questioner : And this question asks: What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted ? Does it mean that I should say "Allah, Allah" or "He, He"? This is the intent of the verse. What is the evidence for this?

The Shaykh : Yes. Allah the Exalted said: The remembrance of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, is done with the heart, with the tongue, and with the limbs. Pay attention: it is done with the heart, with the tongue, and with the limbs. It can be done with the heart alone, with the tongue alone, or with the limbs alone.
As for remembrance with the heart, it is understanding the names of Allah, His attributes, and His cosmic and legislative signs. This is remembrance. As for remembrance with the tongue, it is tasbih (glorification), tahlil (declaring the oneness of Allah), tahmid (praising Allah), takbir (declaring the greatness of Allah), and reciting the Qur'an, and every word that brings one closer to Allah, even enjoining good and forbidding evil is considered remembrance of Allah. Remembrance of Allah with the tongue is every word that... what?
...brings one closer to Allah. And if we say every word that brings one closer to Allah, then it must be that this word is transmitted, meaning it came in the Shari'ah. And on this basis, the remembrance of the Sufis, who say "Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah," is not remembrance. And what is better than that? What? Do you understand? "He, He, He, He," I testify. Yes. In any case, this is an innovator and it is not remembrance; it is not remembrance. Allah the Exalted said: And "He" came because it is a pronoun referring back to what came before; it is not an independent thing. So remembrance with the word "He, He" or "Allah, Allah, Allah" is a mistake. Remembrance must contain a meaningful phrase: tasbih, tahmid, takbir, or in the general sense, every word by which one draws near to Allah. Remembrance with the limbs is every action by which a person draws near to Allah. So ruku' (bowing) is remembrance, sujud (prostration) is remembrance, standing in prayer is remembrance, and sitting in prayer is remembrance. All of it is remembrance. That is why prayer is called remembrance.
That is because of the remembrance of Allah in it, which is greater and more noble. And as you know, it includes words and actions. What remains for us is: Can remembrance be with the tongue alone?
We say that remembrance can be with the person alone, with the heart affirming but the heart being heedless. And this happens often. Often a person remembers his Lord while his heart is heedless, but he is affirming. And we said "with the affirmation of the heart" to exclude the remembrance of the hypocrite. The hypocrite remembers Allah with his tongue, but his heart is what? His heart is a denier. And it is different from the believer who remembers Allah with his tongue and his heart is heedless. Remembrance with the tongue while the heart is heedless is very deficient, very deficient. And suppose that now, after the imam has finished the prayer or you have finished, you start saying "Subhan Allah" (Glory be to Allah), "Subhan Allah," and you look to the right and left, looking at those who are going and coming. So you are truly remembering whom? You are remembering Allah with your tongue, but truly the heart is attached to what? To those who are going and coming. Your heart is now empty of remembrance, heedless. And your heart is occupied with whom? With those going and coming, other than remembrance. And this leads to a great deficiency in remembrance. Therefore, a person should strive with utmost effort to ensure that the heart is aligned with the person in the remembrance of Allah. As for remembrance with the limbs, you have understood it: every action by which a person draws near to his Lord is from the remembrance of the limbs. And we advise the brother questioner, if he uses this remembrance himself, meaning "Allah, Allah" or "He, He," to abandon it and to repent to Allah and to remember Allah as His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) remembered Him. And if he knows that someone is doing that, let him advise him and explain it to him. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: All blessings... [UNTRANSLATED: lqumu mutawam]. Do not accept death... [UNTRANSLATED: yaku]. There is no god but Allah. Did he say "put your feet... [UNTRANSLATED: mutawam] He, He, He"? Yes? No. There is no god but Allah. Whoever's last word from this world is . The polytheist whom Usamah ibn Zayd caught, when he caught him, he said "There is no god but Allah." And therefore "He, He, He" "There is no god but Allah" is the result of what he said, from the Fire. So therefore, if he sees someone benefiting from this action, he should advise him and say, "By Allah, if you die other than on the fitrah (innate natural disposition)..."

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