A prayer that does not restrain its practitioner from obscenity and wrongdoing
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: I perform the five daily prayers and the regular voluntary prayers, but they do not restrain me from obscenity and wrongdoing. He asks: What is the cause of this matter?
Answer:
Do not despair of the mercy of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and if Allah wills, it will restrain you. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: I perform the five daily prayers and the regular voluntary prayers, but they do not restrain me from obscenity and wrongdoing. He asks: What is the cause of this matter?
Answer:
Do not despair of the mercy of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and if Allah wills, it will restrain you. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن تلاعبه وكيده : تلاعبه بالثنوية — islamhouse.com (58:35)
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