Dear Islamic brothers! اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ in today’s weekly Sunnah-inspiring Ijtima, we will be privileged to listen to some faith-enlightening parables in order to develop the passion of virtuous deeds. Let’s first of all listen to a faith-refreshing parable.

A strange method of staying awake to worship

Shins of Sayyiduna Safwan Bin Sulaym رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه had swollen due to standing for long duration in Salah. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه would worship so abundantly that if for example, he was told that tomorrow is the Day of Judgement, even then he would not be able to increase the amount of his worship (meaning that he had no time left [in the day] to increase any further worship).

In winter, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه would sleep on the roof of his house so that cold would keep him awake and in summer, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه would rest in his room so that he would not be able to fall asleep due to the heat and hardship (because let alone air-conditioning, there didn’t even use to be electrical fans back in those days).

He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه passed away in the state of Sajdah. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه used to supplicate that ‘O Allah Almighty! I like meeting You. You too like meeting me.’ (Ithaf-us-Sadat-il-Muttaqeen, vol. 13, pp. 247 - 248)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب           صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

O devotees of Awliya! Did you see how passionate our righteous predecessors رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَالٰی used to be in order to earn virtuous deeds? Despite spending every moment in worship, they still fear Allah Almighty. They try to perform further virtuous actions. In the nights of winter, they sleep on the rooftops and in summer, they sleep in their rooms so that they don’t become heedless of Allah Almighty’s remembrance falling prey to the sleep of negligence.