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in a similar vein i sometimes think that there are such people who have long flowing beards, pray 5 times salaat in the front saff of the masjid, follow all the sunnahs..........only because that is how they have been brought up by their parents and they only do all this out of habit and because of the environment that they are in.

then on the other side you have a person off the streets. he was never instructed in deen by his parents. the environment that he lives in goes against the sunnah. he doesnt even know how to pray salaat..........but then one day. just for one day. maybe on a friday. he thinks to himself that i must at least pray my jummah. so he goes against the tide and everything and everybody and goes to the masjid just to pray his jummah. but his prayer was not forced on him or brought about by habit, but he genuinely wanted to pray for Allah alone.

and the first mentioned person upon seeing him off the streets and in the masjid would think to himself that i am better than him. at that point he has fallen lower then he had ever fallen before.

may Allah forgive and guide us.