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A person should constantly remember Allah at all times and in all circumstances

ذِكْرُ الِاسْتِحْبَابِ لِلْمَرْءِ دَوَامَ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا فِي الْأَوْقَاتِ وَالْأَسْبَابِ

ibnhibban:814 – Ibn Qutaybah > Yazīd b. Mawhab > Ibn Wahb > Muʿāwiyah b. Ṣāliḥ > ʿAmr b. Qays al-Kindī > ʿAbdullāh b. Busr

Two Arab Bedouins came to the Prophet ﷺ and one of them said, "O Messenger of Allah, tell me something that I can cling to." He said, "Keep your tongue moist with the remembrance of Allah."

ابن حبّان:٨١٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ مَوْهَبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ أَنَّ عَمْرَو بْنَ قَيْسٍ الْكِنْدِيَّ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُسْرٍ قَالَ

جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيَّانِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَخْبِرْنِي بِأَمْرٍ أَتَشَبَّثُ بِهِ. قَالَ: «لَا يَزَالُ لِسَانُكَ رَطْبًا مِنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ».

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tirmidhi:3375 – Abū Kurayb > Zayd b. Ḥubāb > Muʿāwiyah b. Ṣāliḥ > ʿAmr b. Qays > ʿAbdullāh b. Busr

A man said: “O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, indeed, the legislated acts of Islam have become too much for me, so inform me of a thing that I should stick to.” He ﷺ said: “Let not your tongue cease to be moist with the remembrance of Allah.”

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Gharīb in this particular context.

الترمذي:٣٣٧٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ حُبَابٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُسْرٍ ؓ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنَّ شَرَائِعَ الإِسْلاَمِ قَدْ كَثُرَتْ عَلَىَّ، فَأَخْبِرْنِي بِشَيْءٍ أَتَشَبَّثُ بِهِ. قَالَ: «لاَ يَزَالُ لِسَانُكَ رَطْبًا مِنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ».

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ

bayhaqi:6526 – Abū al-Ḥusayn b. al-Faḍl al-Qaṭṭān> ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Yaʿqūb b. Sufyān > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Muʿāwiyah b. Ṣāliḥ > ʿAmr b. Qays al-Kindī > ʿAbdullāh b. Bishr

[Machine] Two Arab men came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ asking him. One of them said, "O Messenger of Allah, who is the best of people?" He replied, "The one whose life is long and his actions are good." The other one said, "O Messenger of Allah, the Islamic laws have become numerous on me, so please tell me something that I can hold onto." He said, "Keep your tongue moist with the remembrance of Allah."

البيهقي:٦٥٢٦ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْقَطَّانُ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ ثنا أَبُو صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ قَيْسٍ الْكِنْدِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بِشْرٍ قَالَ

جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيَّانِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْأَلَانِهِ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أِيُّ النَّاسِ خَيْرٌ؟ قَالَ مَنْ طَالَ عُمُرُهُ وَحَسُنَ عَمَلُهُ وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ شَرَائِعَ الْإِسْلَامِ قَدْ كَثُرَتْ عَلَيَّ فَأَخْبِرْنِي بِأَمْرٍ أَتَشَبَّثُ بِهِ قَالَ لَا يَزَالُ لِسَانُكَ رَطْبًا بِذِكْرِ اللهِ