The meaning of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): “The Hour will not be established while there is on the face of the earth anyone who says: Allah, Allah,” and the explanation of the innovation of remembering Allah with the phrase “Allah, Allah”

The Shaykh: And in another hadith: , and it is very obvious that the intention of this hadith is not, I say this to dispel wrong conceptions; the intention of this authentic hadith is not: ; that is: to remember Allah with the singular name as many times as Allah wills, one hundred, two hundred, three hundred, until they become insane. This is not the intention at all; that is: to say: Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah. This is an innovated remembrance in terms of both the Shari'ah and the language. I say that the remembrance with the phrase “Allah, Allah” is an innovation in terms of both the Shari'ah and the language. As for the Shari'ah, it is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and because the Companions and those who followed them with excellence, including the four noble Imams, none of them is reported to have established the legitimacy of something like: “Allah, Allah,” despite the abundance of remembrances that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) encouraged his Ummah to perform. Especially since he said: . This is the best speech after the Qur'an, these four phrases. And there are specific hadiths explaining the superiority of the tahlil .
And the books of remembrances compiled in this regard to explain what Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) legislated through the tongue of His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) of those remembrances are such that even the most devout and most knowledgeable of people can hardly encompass them. And you will not find in any of these books, not even in a fabricated hadith, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to sit with his Companions and remember Allah with this phrase: “Allah, Allah.” Therefore, the remembrance with this singular phrase is an innovation in the religion; especially since it is not reported, it contradicts the reported remembrances as we mentioned earlier. As for it being an innovation in terms of the language, this may be strange to some people, but whoever has some knowledge of the etiquette of the language and its grammar knows that this phrase has no predicate; it is a subject with no predicate; so this is a truncated, incomplete sentence: “Allah.” What is the matter with it? If it were said: “Allah is Great,” “Allah is Majestic,” “Allah is Mighty,” “Allah is Generous,” “Allah is All-Knowing,” it would be a complete sentence. Then the criticism remains regarding its lack of report. But as for this word “Allah,” it is an incomplete sentence whose predicate has not come.
Then there is another error that is not correct in the language: to say “Allah, Allah.” Rather, you say: “Allāhu Allāhu Allāh” if you stop. But if you do not stop, you must connect them, saying: “Allāhu Allāhu Allāh.” This is if it were correct in terms of meaning, but now we are speaking in terms of expression; so it is not correct to stop on a moving letter, just as it is not permissible to move a letter that is stationary... It is not permissible to say: “Allah, Allah, Allah” with a sukun, but rather “Allāhu Allāhu Allāh.”
So when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: , meaning whoever testifies that Allah alone has no partner, it does not mean that on the face of the earth there is someone who remembers Allah with the phrase: “Allah, Allah.” Because this is, first, as we said, not prescribed, and second, even if it were prescribed, is it a pillar of the pillars of Islam? The reality is that a discussion took place between me and some of the Shaykhs, and he argued with this hadith for the legitimacy of what they call the singular remembrance. I objected to him with what was explained above, and with the other hadith which is in the wording: . This is the complete sentence, and this is explained by the first narration: ; that is: whoever says: “There is no god but Allah.”
After this, we said: Even if we hypothetically conceded that this remembrance is prescribed, whereas it is definitely not prescribed; is it a pillar? He said: No. Meaning a pillar of the pillars of Islam? He said: No. An obligation of the obligations of Islam when distinguishing between the fard and the wajib? He said: No. A confirmed Sunnah? He said: No. What will it be? It will be a recommended, encouraged Sunnah; meaning it has a special virtue. I said: Suppose that the Muslim Ummah preserved their correct creed, and preserved the performance of all the obligations, duties, and Sunnahs, but they left a recommended act from the recommended acts, including this remembrance which we believe is an innovation; do they deserve that the Hour be established upon them? He said: No. We said: Then this is a decisive proof that the interpretation of the hadith as it appears to some of the Sufi orders: ; meaning: whoever remembers “Allah, Allah” is incorrect; because if we left this remembrance, we would not be the worst of the people of the earth. And he (peace be upon him) said: ; so who are the worst of creation? They are the disbelievers; that is: those who do not testify to Allah with oneness, and to His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with prophethood and messengership. This is an interjected sentence.