Be aware; worship without abstaining from sin is sterile.

Be aware; worship without abstaining from sin is sterile.”[^7] A Prophetic hadith addressed to Abu Dharr reads, “O Abu Dharr, the crux of religion is abstaining from sin and the secret of religion is obedience to Allah. Beware that should you pray to the extent that your back bends like a bow and fast until you are as thin as an arrow—such worship would not avail you unless it is coupled with abstaining from sin.

O Abu Dharr, those who have relinquished the forbidden pleasures of this world and have taken up ascetic lives, they are indeed the friends of Allah.”[^8] The Denial of the Hereafter. Sin obstructs the knowledge of the…