Remembrance of Allah — Page 96
96 from—the salary is so meagre. Then, that it has been a long time since the salary was paid. Again, if the delay in the salary had been due to the fault of the officer, then he will curse out the officer. Then he will get lost in the thoughts that he will do such and such with him. While doing that, the voice will be heard, Assal a mu ‘alaikum wa ra h matull a h and he will also finish his Prayer. Thus, because a new movement produces a new thought, the Holy Prophet s as has commanded that no new movements should be made during the Prayer. He has gone so far as to declare that even if there are pebbles at the place of prostra- tion, they should not be removed and if they cause too much pain they may be removed once. Therefore, while praying, such movements should be avoided altogether. 19. The nineteenth Method— Perform qiy a m, ruk u ‘ [bow- ing], and sajdah [prostration] energetically. That is to say, when standing for qiy a m, do so with vigour and alertness and not in the manner of putting all of the weight on one leg, leav- ing the other leg hanging loose, because when you are slack, the enemy overpowers you. Then, outer alertness affects the inner alertness. This is why the Holy Prophet s as has commanded that all movements must be performed with alertness. 20. The twentieth Method— Some sufis have used excess in it. Though I do not like excess, a believer can benefit from it. [ Hadrat] Junaid rta of Baghdad was a great saintly man. One of his followers was Shibli rta , who possessed great sincerity and fear of Allah. He was the governor of a province. Once, when