Gentleman

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Re: Gentleman

@Ghost14

I don’t think religiosity is the same is spirituality. You can be spiritual and not follow the rituals. I’ve always wondered about that, which is worse: to follow the spirit of Islam, in terms of charity, kindness and empathy, but be more lax about praying and fasting, or to be strict about praying and fasting but not necessarily embody the true meaning of the rules. We see a lot of the latter.

Not asking this on a personal level… but generally saying I’ve heard the above so often.

Why is it so hard for charitable/ kind muslim to lack the discipline needed to observe salat 5 times a day (or other “ritualistic/ farz” acts) ? I mean is all of their energy consumed in being a “nice” human being that their’s nothing left for the most fundamental act of worship (the account of which will the first sorted once in our graves…)

Similarly, it baffles me when I see muslims who do cover up/ pray 5 times a day etc but still cant maintain ties of kinship, badd-ikhlaaq, rude to their maids… if bowing infront of our Creator 5 times a day doesn’t bring humility then there’s something really wrong with that person… it doesn’t mean however that they stop praying until their behaviour changes for the better.

I think spirituality and rituals/ religiousness go hand in hand… rituals can only show benefit if the spirit behind it is understood and a truly spiritual person will be the one who adheres to rituals.