Let these three qualities fully develop within you. Then, when death comes, you will be somebody who abstained from the world, because you were prepared for death beforehand. Through patience, you will gain unlimited rewards from Allah. Through tawakkul, your connection with Allah will be unwaveringly strong.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                     صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Fourth advice: regarding four things that harm Islam

On the evening of the 12^th Shawwāl 545 AH, Shaykh ꜤAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه   delivered another speech in his madrasah, which contained the following:

Your religion is harmed by four things: not acting upon the knowledge you have, doing that which you know nothing of, not trying to learn what you do not know and thus remaining ignorant, and becoming a barrier for people in the path of sacred knowledge.

O people! Your condition is such that you only infrequently attend gatherings of knowledge and dhikr. You are not consistent in attendance. When you hear a speech, you do not take heed of it. Instead, you pick out mistakes, laugh, and make a mockery of it. Repent from this! Do not become like the enemies of Allah! Whatever you hear, take advice from it! It is a must upon you to perform good deeds, and to do them sincerely.

The Shaykh then mentioned this verse of the Quran:

وَ مَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَ الْاِنْسَ اِلَّا لِیَعْبُدُوْنِ(۵۶)