The greatest action of worship which manifests the Khushu, of the body to Allah is the prayer (salah). Allah has praised those who have Khushu, in the prayer. al-Hasan, may Allah have mercy on him, said, ‘When you stand in prayer, stand in due obedience as Allah has ordered you, beware of negligence and looking (here and there), beware that Allah be looking at you while you are looking at something else, asking Allah for Paradise and taking refuge with Him from the Fire, yet your heart is heedless, not knowing what the tongue is saying.’ Hudhayfah said, ‘The first thing you will lose of your religion will be Khushu and the last thing you will lose of your religion will be the prayer, and it is well possible that there is no good in a person who prays, and soon will come a time when you shall entre a large Masjid and not see a single person with Khushu. This small treatise deals with the correct and accurate meaning of Khushu, and with three extremely beneficial appendixes.
Shaykh Ṣāliḥ Āl ash-Shaykh—Minister of Islamic Affairs—addresses over 200 common mistakes widespread among the Muslims today. This book was purposely written and arranged in a simple format for the common Muslim. Each mistake is numbered and accompanied by a remedy from the Qur’ān and Sunnah.
Due to this, it is beneficial for the beginner student of knowledge as well as he who is in charge of being an Imam for the people. I encourage the students of knowledge to read it and to benefit from it.
If a sick person went to the doctor for treatment and was advised to avoid certain delicious foods to preserve his health, he would believe the doctor and comply with the doctor’s orders. Despite this, we see many people disobeying Allāh and His Messenger by leaving off the obligations while doing prohibited actions; although he reads and hears the commands and prohibitions. He knows the permissible and the impermissible. Therefore, is the doctor more truthful to them than Allāh, the Exalted? Or is their sickness more severe to them than the Hellfire?
The scholars say, If the pain which afflicts the heart is connected with something from the past the it is sadness. If it is connected with something from the future, then it is anxiety. If it I connected to the current condition of the person then it is grief.
Upon investigation into the path to remedy, for grief, and striving to repel and emove this from ones heart, we find that the people are greatly negligent and turn tto variosus directions which are astray from a real remedy. There is nothing which can heal, give ease, give harmony, there is no medicine or cure except in truly returning to Allah the Majestic and High.
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