The Proof of Islām, Imam Muḥammad al-Ghazālī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه, relates:

Sayyidunā al-Shaykh Abū ꜤAlī Daqqāq رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه states, “I once went to enquire after a righteous person and saw his students seated around him. The shaykh was crying, so I asked, ‘O Shaykh! Are your crying over (leaving) the world?’

He replied, ‘No, rather I am weeping over missed prayers.’

I said, ‘You were a person of worship, so how were prayers missed?’

He replied, ‘I performed each prostration in heedlessness and rose up from each prostration in heedlessness, and now I am passing away in a stated of heedlessness.’”^[1]

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Mere claims are worthless

Dear Islamic brothers! You heard that despite spending every moment in the remembrance of Allah Almighty and contemplating the Hereafter, the pious servants of Allah Almighty do not consider their worship to be worthy. Rather, fearing Allah Almighty, they remain in a state of grief. But unfortunately, the state of those consumed by heedlessness is such that they do not perform pious acts to begin with, and if they do happen to perform one, they remain restless until they have announced it before a few people.

The pious servants of Allah Almighty, despite being protected from sins, are always trembling in fear of Him and weeping. However, the heedless people, despite being recklessly involved in sins day and night, have no