Hell, there shall be grief upon grief. نَسْألُ اللّٰہَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِیَۃَ فِی الدِّیْنِ وَالدُّنْیَا وَالاٰخِرَۃ - Translation: We ask Allah Almighty for well-being in the world and the Hereafter.^[1]

Four Causes of a Bad End

Certain noble scholars رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ state: “There are four primary causes for a bad end:

1. Laziness in prayer.

2. The consumption of alcohol.

3. Disobedience to parents.

4. Causing distress to Muslims.^[2]

Three Pillars of Repentance

For those Islamic brothers who, مَعاذ َاللہ, do not offer their prayers, or pray them as missed (qaḍā), or fail to wake up for Fajr prayer due to negligence, or pray at home instead of joining the congregation in the masjid without a valid sharīꜤah-compliant reason—this is a moment of serious reflection! Lest this laziness in prayer becomes the cause of a bad end. Similarly, let the consumer of alcohol, the one disobedient to parents, and the one who causes verbal or physical distress to Muslims, perform sincere repentance.

ꜤAllāmah Sayyid Muhammad NaꜤīm al-Dīn Murādābādī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه states:

The essence of repentance is to return to Allah and it has three pillars: (1). Acknowledgment of the sin, (2) Remorse, and (3). A firm resolve to abstain the sin (i.e., a solid intention to abandon that sin). If the sin requires restitution, then providing compensation is also mandatory.