From an-Nu'maan ibn Basheer [RA] who said that the Messenger of Allaah said;
"Supplication [ad-Du'aa] is worship, your Lord the Mighty and Majestic said: "Call upon Me-I will respond to your invocation. [Ahmad]
Supplication is the head of remembrance of Allaah. Indeed the Prophet [peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him] said:
"And I order you to make mention of Allaah much, and the like of that is a man being chased by the enemy who hastening after him until he comes to a protected fortress and so protects himself in it. Likewise is the servant, for he does not protect himself from Shaytan except through the remembrance of Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic"[ sahih hadith An-nawawi]
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet [peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him] said:
"Allaah says: "am just as My slave thinks I am, (i.e. I am able to do for him what he thinks I can do for him) and I am with him if He remembers Me. if he remembers Me in himself, I too, remember him in Myself; and if he remembers Me in a group of people, I remember him in a group that is better than they; and if he comes one span nearer to Me, I go one cubit nearer to him; and if he comes one cubit nearer to Me, I go a distance of two outstretched arms nearer to him; and if he comes to Me walking, I go to him running. "'[Bukhari]
So a Muslim remembering his Lord, the One free and far removed from all defects, places him in a position of safety and protection which Shaytan is unable to overcome. So this prevents him from many sins and numerous negative traits pertaining to the tongue, the limbs and the heart.
This article was culled from the publications of Deen Communication Limited