Meditation the greatest of activities
Al-Risala (English), January-February 1993, p. 32
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is named as the default author of the periodical; a piece that carries another writer’s byline is credited to that writer.
Meditation the greatest of activities
1993 1-2 January-February 32 Meditation the greatest of activities (30) Abdullah ibn Utbah once asked Darda’s mother how her husband had spent most of his time. “In meditation, and learning a lesson from everything that happened,” she replied.
(Hilyat al-Auliya)
The Companions worshipped by thinking of God and the Hereafter
1993 1-2 January-February 32 The Companions worshipped by thinking of God and the Hereafter (45) When Abu Dhar died, a certain man rode from Basra to Medina just to find out from his wife what the nature of her late husband’s worship had been. “He used to spend the whole day alone, engrossed in thought,” she told him.
(Hilyat al-Auliya)
