This is the method of exhibiting love for Allah Almighty. The correct method of attaining proximity in the court of Allah Almighty is to firstly discharge all one’s obligations: offer the five daily prayers in congregation, keep all the fasts of Ramadan, undertake Hajj if it has become obligatory, pay zakāt fully if it has become incumbent, respect one’s parents, show good conduct with one’s neighbours, avoid unjustly harming anyone, etc.

Alongside the obligations, one should also offer voluntary acts of worship: offer tahajjud alongside the five daily prayers, offer Ishrāq, ḍuḥā, and awwābīn prayers, perform optional fasts, give voluntary charity, increase in one’s etiquette with parents, show kindness towards and look out for neighbours, friends and other Muslims in general.

In this way, though sincerity and consistency, a person will attain proximity in the court of Allah Almighty by proving that his love for Allah Almighty is true. If he receives the mercy and grace of Allah Almighty, he will be bestowed with the honour of sainthood.

اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـهِ the Crown of the Saints, Shaykh ꜤAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه is a saint from birth having entered into this world in this state. He spent his entire life in worship and spiritual training, offering obligatory, Sunnah and voluntary deeds in abundance to the extent that he also performed the recommended acts with steadfastness.

The profuse worship of Shaykh ꜤAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه 

It is stated in Bahjat al-Asrār that Shaykh ꜤAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه states:

I remained in the jungles of Karkh for many years, and my sustenance was the leaves of trees and shrubs. A person would bring me a garment of wool every year which I would wear. To free myself from the love of the world, I made thousands of