When the time of suhoor arrived, Sayyidatuna RabiꜤah al-Baṣriyyah        رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْهَا heard him scolding his nafs in the state of sajdah saying: “When my Lord will ask me, ‘Were you not ashamed of disobeying Me? You used to conceal sins from people, but now you are present in My court with piles of sins!’ When He will manifest His wrath before me and distance me from His merciful court, what answer will I give?”

Sayyidatunā RābiꜤah al-Baṣriyyah رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْهَا asked him: “O brother! How was your night?”

He said: “It went well. I remained standing with humility in the court of my merciful Lord, and he reformed my crookedness, accepted my excuse, forgave my sins, and made me accomplish my purpose.” The individual then left with an anxiousness look on his face.

Sayyidatunā RābiꜤah al-Baṣriyyah رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْهَا raised her hands towards the sky and pleaded: “O generous Lord! That individual stood in Your court once and You accepted him, whereas I have been standing before You for a long time. Have You also accepted me too?”

Suddenly, she heard the following with the ears of her heart: “O RābiꜤah! We accepted him because of you, and it was because of you that We blessed him with Our closeness.”^[1]

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

O devotees of the awliyāˈ! You have heard how salah is such a beautiful form of worship, for when a thief came with the intention to steal and instead stood for salah upon the instruction of a pious person of Allah— RābiꜤah al-Baṣriyyah رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْهَا—he was so engrossed in the joy of salah that he remained occupied in salah for the entire night and came onto the right path in the morning by repenting from his sins.