The Difference Between a Sinful Zakir and a Neglectful Zakir
Hazratwala Mawlana Shah Hakeem Muhammad Akhtar Sahib (DB) mentions that Hakeem-ul-Ummat Mujaddid-ul-Millat Hazrat Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (RA) has mentioned that the difference between a Sinful person that makes the zikr of Allah (a zakir) and the person that is negligent towards the zikr of Allah is that the neglectful sinner is not granted the tawfeeq to make tawbah, whereas when a sin is committed by the sinful zakir, because he previously had noor in his heart, and due to committing a sin, the noor vanishes, he becomes worried, just like when the electricity goes out and a person becomes uneasy. He then calls the powerhouse and requests them to turn on the electricity in his house because he cannot stand the immense heat and the air conditioner and fans are not functioning, and also the contents of his refrigerator will get spoiled. He pleads with the powerhouse to get the electricity back and says that he will be most grateful to them for turning the electricity back on. Similarly, that person who has light in his heart, and the light extinguishes due to sin, his heart becomes dark, and he becomes restless, he will wirelessly contact Allah immediately. He will cry and make tawbah and istighfar. He will say, “O my Lord, please illuminate my heart again, your shameful servant is repenting, beseeching your forgiveness. However, the person that does not remember Allah, upon sinning, is basically piling up darkness upon darkness. His example is like a mechanic that works in a car garage. If a stain were to be put on his clothes, it would not make a difference to him because his clothes are already so stained by grease and oil, or like hitting a cadaver a hundred times would not make a difference to the cadaver since it is already dead and can no longer feel any pain. So the lack of remorse or regret over sin is not a good thing where the person says, “I do not become uncomfortable after sinning, rather I feel just fine.” This is an indication that the heart has died a spiritual death. Shaytan is smacking a person on the head and them not feeling anything is a sign that their heart is spiritually dead, which is a very dangerous condition to be in.
– Kaif-e-Ruhani Kaise Hasil Ho? Page 29-30
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An-Noor 
January 28, 2013 at 1:36 pm
Jazakallah for this post, Mashallah it is very beneficial. May Allah SWT reward you abundantly.
January 28, 2013 at 2:06 pm
I had a question regarding this post. How should one enlighten the darkness that has entered one’s heart due to the sins that one has committed? Usually it is much more difficult to do good actions as a result of this darkness and it leads to even more sins being committed? (resulting in a destructive spiral) Jazakallah Khair
January 28, 2013 at 8:36 pm
assalam wa alaikum
i am not the authority in the issue but the thing which comes to my mind for this query is
to break this vicious cycle which you have called destructive spiral rightly one need rehmat i ilahi that is achieved by few things i feel
1. Company of pious people ( a.they will pray for your well being and progress in your iman and b, in their company you will be more worried about akhirath than this world c.you might do tauba and isthaghfar which allah might accept and much more reasons which i might not be aware now, inshallah somebody will update)
2.you should have will to rectify yourself and this is IKHTIYARI, i.e by your own power, and every person is capable of doing it. The only opposition to this is nafs and shaitan, shaitan’s deceptions are very weak (as per quran) and it can be overcome and to overcome nafs is a mujahida for which you will be rewarded proportionately.
kehne wala padhnewale se ziyada muhtaj hai ( the preacher himself needs more of this than the person whom this is told). I am telling this with the intention that i will able to do more of this
Talib i dua