Hakikat Kitabevi Publications No: 10 answer to an enemy of islam

“Perform the
dhikr (remembrance of Allâhu ta’âlâ) continually. Through the
dhikr the heart attains itminân (tranquillity).” A hadîth sherîf
declares, 
“The symptom of loving Allâhu ta’âlâ is to remember
Him very much.” The ’ulamâ’ of hadîth said, “Rasûlullah (’alaihi
’s-salâm) performed the dhikr every moment.” It is for this reason
that the great ones of this umma performed the dhikr so much,
and thus strived to carry out this command of Islam, too. By
performing the dhikr constantly, their blessed hearts attained
tranquillity, and, as it is stated in the hadîths, 
“There is a cure for
every disease. The cure for the heart is the dhikr of Allah,” and
“The sources of taqwâ (piety, abstention from harâms) are the
’ârifs’ hearts,” they were saved from the disease of the heart, from
sins. They attained Allâhu ta’âlâ’s love. And these very scholars,
who had taqwâ and whose hearts were pure, said that while
performing the dhikr constantly they forgot about the world,
about everything, that their hearts became like mirrors, and that,
like a dream when everything has been forgotten in sleep,
something was manifested in their hearts. They gave these
manifestations such names as 
“kashf,” “mukâshafa” or
“shuhûd.” Thousands of Awliyâ’ in every century said so. It is an
’ibâda to perform the dhikr very much. Allâhu ta’âlâ loves those
who do it very much, and their hearts become the sources of
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taqwâ. The Book and the Sunna reveal these facts. These facts are
called the 
“umûr at-tashrî’iyya” (Islamic matters). He who
disbelieves them will have disbelieved the Book and the Sunna. It
has been revealed by true Muslims, whom Allâhu ta’âlâ loves,
that there occurs kashf and shuhûd in the heart. A hadîth sherîf
declares,