The Power of Listening

Hazrat Anas (Allaah be pleased with him) narrated that the Holy Prophet (Sallal Laahu ‘Alaiehi Wa Sallam) said to Hazrat Bilaal (Allaah be pleased with him):

O Bilaal, do you hear what I hear? He replied, Yaa Rasoolal Laah (Sallal Laahu ‘Alaieka Wa Sallam), I do not hear what you hear. He [the Prophet (Sallal Laahu ‘Alaiehi Wa Sallam)] said, “Do you not hear that the dwellers of graves (Jews) are being anguished (and they are bewailing, Alas Ah!).

(Al Mustadrik Lil Haakim: 118)

Excerpt from the Book ‘Zikr e Jameel’ by Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Shafee Okarvi [Rahmatul Laah Alaieh]