to walk miles. Shortly after, a stranger ‘Jammaal’ was there with his camel. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه expressed thankfulness to Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and rode the camel.

(Malfuzaat-e-A’la Hadrat, pp. 217)

مُصطفٰے کا وہ لاڈلا پیارا واہ      کیا بات اعلٰی حضرت کی

غوثِ اعظم کی آنکھ کا تارا        واہ کیا بات اعلٰی حضرت کی

Dear Islamic brothers! سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه عَزَّوَجَلَّ! Such was the devotion of A’la Hadrat    رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه towards Salah and the acts of worship that despite the trials and sufferings of long illness, he let the caravan go but did not like to miss the most superior act of worship ‘Salah’. We should offer Salah with punctuality whether it is a sad time or a happy occasion. Those who do not know how to offer Salah should not feel ashamed at all in learning it, and those who know how to offer Salah but do not offer it and keep suffering satanic whispers such as: ‘We are very sinner people, how can we appear in the court of     Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ? Or ‘let us become pious first and grow beard then we would start offering Salah’. People with such notions should deny all these satanic whispers, and start offering Salah immediately. اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ, by its blessings, they will refrain from sins. As Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ says in Glorious Quran:

اِنَّ الصَّلٰوةَ تَنْهٰى عَنِ الْفَحْشَآءِ وَ الْمُنْكَرِؕ-

Translation from Kanz-ul-Iman: Indeed the prayer stops from indecency          and evil. (Part 21, Surah Al-‘Ankaboot, Ayah 45)

Commenting on the above-mentioned blessed Quranic Ayah, Sadr-ul-Afadil ‘Allamah Maulana Sayyid Muhammad Na’eemuddin Muradabadi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated: He who is punctual of Salah, performs it properly, ultimately gives up the evils he was indulged in, at the end of the day. Sayyiduna Anas رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ narrated, an Ansari young man used to offer Salah with the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم and used to commit many major sins [too]. A complaint was lodged against him in the court of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, [upon