How simple! to perform Zikr.

The Qur’aan Majeed and the Ahadith are replete with commands to remember Allah Ta’ala constantly and in abundance. The thawaab and significance of Zikrullah are indeed great. Zukrullah is not difficult. It is indeed a most simple duty. One who is neglectful of such an important, yet simple, and most rewarding practice is most unfortunate. Indifference to Zikrullah is an invitation to calamity upon oneself.
Zikr has been absolutely simplified. If is free from conditions and restrictions. Time, number, wudhu, place, etc. have not been made necessary conditions for Zikr. There is, therefore, no difficulty in making Zikr. There is absolutely no valid excuse for refraining from engagement in constant Zikr. For making Zikr, it is not necessary to have a Tasbeeh (rosary) in hand. The use of a Tasbeeh is permissible. One may therefore use it to facilitate the remembrance of the number of times one chooses to recite a particular form of Zikr. A Tasbeeh is also beneficial for inculcating in one the habit of constant Zikr. For this purpose the use of a Tasbeeh is therefore best. Some people who are not in the habit of making Zikr constantly, feel that by keeping a Tasbeeh in hand at most times, one will develop riya (show) since people will regard the holder of the Tasbeeh as a pious person, This thought prevents them from keeping a Tasbeeh at hand. The result of this attitude is that they do not develop the habit of Zikr. It should be realized that riya is an internal condition. If one’s niyyat is to attract people’s attention and to display piety then only will the question of riya arise. Riya is not what others think of one. One should not indulge unnecessarily in such suspicions which are merely traps of shaitaan to divert one from constant Zikr.
Shaitaan also endeavors to deceive the Believer and divert him from constant Zikr by whispering into him that Zikr merely with the tongue when the heart in engrossed in worldly affairs is useless. Know that this is a trap of shaitaan to divert one from the remembrance of Allah Ta’ala. As long as one’s niyyat at the commencement of the Zikr was to obtain thawaab and the Pleasure of Allah, one will continue to acquire these benefits even if the heart does not accompany the tongue in the Zikr. However, during one’s free time, when making special Zikr, endeavor to control the attention of one’s heart so as to concentrate on the Zikr. Do not indulge in futility useless activities for this diverts the heart from the Zikr of Allah Ta’ala