Unusual shame

Hujja-tul-Islam Imam Muhammad Ghazali mentions in Mukashifa-tul-Quloob that Sayyiduna Sheikh Abu Ali Daqqaq said, 'A great saint was once very ill, so I went to visit him. When I got there I saw a crowd of devotees around him, and saw the saint crying, I asked him, 'O Sheikh! Are you crying because you are leaving the world?' He replied no and said it was because he had missed his Salaah. I asked, 'But how can you have missed your Salaah?' He replied, 'Whenever I prostrated I was negligent, whenever I lifted my head I was negligent, and now in a state of negligence I am dying'. He then let out a deep sigh from the depths of his heart and read out these four verses of poetry: - (1) I pondered about resurrection, judgement and lying in my grave,(2) After such a dignified life I will be left alone and be seeking a favour due to my sins and the soil will be my pillow,(3) I have thought about the judgement and my book of deeds,(4) But O Creator and Cherisher! I am hopeful of You; I know You can forgive my sins. There is a great warning for us in this story. Look at these saints. Each moment of theirs is spent in the remembrance of Allah but despite this they are so humble they do not boast about their devotional practices, in fact they cry out of fear of Allah . Shame upon the people who are drowned in negligence, do not even possess signs of piety, no signs of sincerity, but look at them, they never stop talking about their worships. The pious people of Allah , despite being protected from sins, tremble with fear of Allah and weep but people who live in negligence continue their sinful activities, publicly announce their crimes and then laugh over them.Hujja-tul-Islam Imam Muhammad Ghazali says that Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn Abbas said, 'If a person laughs whilst he is sinning, he will enter Hell crying'
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