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Second : Among the matters derived from the traditional report is that: It is a recommended act for believers to gather for divine remembrance and Dua , and this is supported by some traditions as follows: In Usool Kafi through his own chain of narrators it is narrated from His Eminence, Abu Abdillah Sadiq (as) that he said: “No three persons gather more than believers but that an equal number of angels are present there.

Thus if they pray for good, they say Amen and if they seek Allah’s refuge from evil, the angels beg Allah to remove that mischief from them and if they invoke for their needs, they intercede for them in the divine court and supplicate for its fulfillment…”[^2] Also it is narrated from His Eminence that he said: “At no time do four persons gather to pray to Allah for a single matter but that it is accepted before they disperse.”[^3] In the same way it is narrated from Imam Ja’far Sadiq (as) that he said: “Whenever something caused distress to my father, he used to gather the womenfolk and children, after that he used to supplicate and they said: Amen.”[^4] I say: The first traditional report – from these three traditions – is among the evidences that gatherings of Dua are locations where angels are present.

Third : Among the points concluded from the blessed tradition is that: Participating in a gathering of remembrance and Dua is recommended even though one may not perform those actions.

That which proves this is a tradition mentioned in Biharul Anwar from Ghawali al-Layali that: Some Shaykhs have narrated through authentic channels from Imam Ali Reza (as) that he said: “When the people of gatherings of remembrance and knowledge go to their houses, Allah, the Mighty and Sublime tells His angels: Write down the reward of what you have seen them do. So they write down the reward of what each of them had done. And they leave some of them who were present with them.

So Allah, the Mighty and Sublime asks: Why did you omit so-and-so; was he not present there in the gathering? The angels say: O Lord, they did not pray with them, they did not utter a word. Allah, the Mighty and Sublime says: But was he not present with them? They say: Yes he was, our Lord. So Allah says: Write his name also with theirs, they are such people that anyone who sat with them could not be unfortunate. So include his name with theirs.