unable to stop it with our hand and tongue, do we consider it evil in our hearts? It is very unfortunate that when the mother of our children is late in cooking the food, puts too much salt in the food, or if our child misses school, we find it unacceptable, but if our family members miss the five daily prayers, we do not care in the slightest failing to communicate the severity of this negligence.

Think for a moment. Music is blaring, and we do not have the ability to stop it, but do we feel it to be bad in our hearts? Do we consider it evil? Perhaps not, as مَعاذَ الـلّٰـه we have musical tunes on our own phones. If we hear two people cursing each other on the street, do we consider it to be bad? No, we do not, because مَعاذَ الـلّٰـه sometimes we curse others too. We hear someone lying, but do we find it unacceptable? No. Why not? It is because we lie too, مَعاذَ الـلّٰـه. We might not have a habit of lying and cursing, but, the worrying situation is that we do not have the mindset of considering it bad in our hearts either.

If, in order to attain the pleasure of Allah, we truly considered immorality as evil within our hearts, the world would become a better place. This is because when we truly begin to consider transgression as evil within our hearts, we will advise others appropriately. Consequently, the blessings of the sunnah would inspire the masses, and the call to virtue would spread far and wide. May Allah Almighty have mercy upon our state, grant us sound intellect, and allow us to call others to righteousness and the sunnah of the beloved Prophet                  صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.

From this account, we come to know that the Scholar of Madinah, Sayyidunā Imām Mālik رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه not only considered it permissible to face the blessed resting place of the noble Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم during supplication, but would encourage this too. Had it been impermissible or shirk to supplicate whilst facing the blessed Rawdah^[1], then he