saw an unknown camel owner who was waiting with his camel. Thus, he praised Allah and mounted the camel.^[1]

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه Dear Islamic brothers, such was Imam Aḥmad Razā Khān’s devotion for salah and acts of worship, that despite the difficulties incurred from a lengthy illness, extreme weakness and undergoing a strenuous journey, he let the caravan depart but did not leave out the most superior act of worship: salah. We should offer salah punctually regardless of whether it is an occasion of sorrow or joy. Those who do not know how to offer salah should not feel ashamed at all in learning it. As for those who know how to offer salah but do not offer it and keep falling prey to satanic whispers such as, “I am a sinful person, how can I stand in the court of Allah?” or “Let us become pious first and grow a beard, then we will start offering salah”, such people should ignore these satanic whispers and start offering salah.  اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه By virtue of its blessings, they will gain success in refraining from sins. Allah Almighty says in verse 45 of Sūrah al-ꜤAnkabūt:

اِنَّ الصَّلٰوۃَ  تَنۡہٰی عَنِ الۡفَحۡشَآءِ  وَ الۡمُنۡکَرِ ؕ

Translation from Kanz al-Īmān: Indeed, salah stops indecency and evil.^[2]

Commenting on the above-mentioned Quranic verse, Mufti NaꜤīm al-Dīn Murādabādī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه has stated:

The one who is punctual in salah and performs it properly, ultimately gives up the evils he was engaged in.

It is narrated from Sayyidunā Anas رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ that a young man from the Ansar who used to commit many major sins would offer salah