The Excellence of Gathering in which Allah is Remembered

Abu Hurairah and Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (May Allah be pleased with them) reported:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When a group of people assemble for the remembrance of Allah, the angels surround them (with their wings), (Allah's) mercy envelops them, Sakinah, or tranquillity descends upon them and Allah makes a mention of them before those who are near Him."

[Muslim].

وعنه وعن أبي سعيد رضي الله عنهما قالا: قال رسول الله ﷺ: "لا يقعد قوم يذكرون الله عز وجل إلا حفتهم الملائكة، وغشيتهم الرحمة ونزلت عليهم السكينة، وذكرهم الله فيمن عنده" ((رواه مسلم)).

Abu Waqid Al-Harith bin 'Auf (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was sitting in the mosque with his Companions when three people came to him. Two of them stepped forward to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the third went away. Those two men stood by the side of Messenger of Allah ﷺ. One of them found a space in the circle and he filled it, while the other one sat behind him. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished, he said, "Shall I not inform you about these three people? One of them sought refuge with Allah and Allah gave him refuge; the second one felt shy and Allah showed kindness to his shyness (and so he was accommodated in that meeting), and the last one averted, and so Allah turned away His Attention from him."

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

وعن أبي واقد الحارث بن عوف رضي الله عنه أن رسول الله ﷺ، بينما هو جالس في المسجد، والناس معه، إذ أقبل اثنان إلى رسول الله ﷺ، وذهب واحد، فوقفا على رسول الله ﷺ، فأما أحدهما فرأى فرجة في الحلقة، فجلس فيها وأما الآخر، فجلس خلفهم، وأما الثالث فأدبر ذاهبًا. فلما فرغ رسول الله ﷺ، قال: ألا أخبركم عن النفر الثلاثة: أما أحدهم، فأوى إلى الله، فآواه الله ، وأما الآخر فاستحيى فاستحيى الله منه، وأما الآخر، فأعرض، فأعرض الله عنه" ((متفق عليه)).

Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Mu'awiyah (May Allah be pleased with him) came to an assembly in the mosque and asked them: "What has made you sit together?" They replied, "We are sitting here to remember Allah." He said, "I adjure you by Allah to tell me whether nothing else has made you to sit together." They replied: "By Allah! We are sitting only to remember Allah." Then he said, "I did not adjure you because I suspected you. No one of my rank in the eyes of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is the narrator of so few traditions as I am. The fact is that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out to a circle of his Companions and said, 'What has made you sit there?' When they replied that they are sitting together to remember Allah and to praise Him for guiding them to Islam and bestowing favours on them, he ﷺ said, 'I adjure you by Allah to tell me that nothing else has made you sit together.' On their reply that there was certainly no other purpose, he ﷺ said, 'I did not adjure you because I suspected you, but Jibril (Gabriel) came to me and told me that Allah was talking proudly of you to the angels."'

[Muslim].

وعن أبي سعيد الخدري رضي الله عنه قال: خرج معاوية رضي الله عنه على حلقة في المسجد، فقال: ما أجلسكم؟ قالوا: جلسنا نذكر الله. قال: آلله ما أجلسكم إلا ذاك؟ قالوا: ما أجلسنا إلا ذاك، قال: أما إني لم أستحلفكم تهمة لكم، وما كان أحد بمنزلتي من رسول الله ﷺ أقل حديثًا مني: إن رسول الله ﷺ خرج على حلقة من أصحابه فقال: "ما أجلسكم؟" قالوا: جلسنا نذكر الله، ونحمده على ما هدانا للإسلام، ومنَّ به علينا. قال: "آلله ما أجلسكم إلا ذاك؟" قالوا: والله ما أجلسنا إلا ذلك". قال: "أما إني لم أستحلفكم تهمة لكم، ولكنه أتاني جبريل فأخبرني أن الله يباهي بكم الملائكة" ((رواه مسلم)).