Question:
Asalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu, alhumdullilah all of last year I used to worship a lot coming home every day after school I was able to spend a lot of time (sometimes even a few hours depending on my work load) worshiping Allah and reading the Qur’an masha’Allah. But as of late, I haven’t been able to worship as much, or have the feeling that I haven’t been worshiping enough, and am afraid if Allah has stopped guiding me. Could it be because of punishment for my sins or could it be because of my friends or is it just from shaytan or what I don’t understand. Jizaka’Allah khair, hope this made sense. :) and hopefully you could tell me what is going on with me :P
Answer:
wa `alaykum salam,
You have answered your own question: it is ‘all of the above’ and so drop the bad companions, repent of your sins and take the baya` of a guiding murshid who can support you in your devotion to Allah and build up your focus on akhira.
Taher Siddiqui
