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Q.3) Can a disciple pray and engage in spiritual practices during disliked (makruh) times?

Ans) Most Sufis engage in prayer and spiritual practices during disliked times. Jurists say that the Divine Wrath, which stirs during disliked times, is answered by the friends of God by establishing acts of obedience and worship, as it is also the station of a servant and slave. When one sees signs of anger in their Master, they engage in pleasing actions, so that anger is removed and replaced with goodness. Likewise, a sincere lover is not concerned with favorable or unfavorable situations; they are continuously engaged in their quest. Then, in a state of mercy, the Beloved has a different state, and in a state of anger, it is something else. If the beloved is riding a horse, displaying elegance and style, except that you make your chest a target for it and do nothing, and the pleasure you will experience from that is estimated to be beyond measure. Jurists also say that during disliked times, polytheists worship Satan. Sufis say, therefore, it is necessary that we, in opposition to them, proclaim the Oneness of God in His presence.

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