Salih Aal ash-Shaikh said: One must keep his soul tied to some acts of worship. No doubt, one must keep his soul tied to some acts of obedience. If you force the soul to be obedient, it will become obedient. If you abandon it, then it will be a soul that gravitates toward wrongdoing.
It has been related that the Prophet ﷺ said (what means):
من يتصبر يصبره الله، ومن يتعلم يعلمه الله، ومن يتحر الخير يعطه، ومن يتوق الشر يوقه
“Whoever shows enduring patience, Allah will make him firm upon patience. Whoever seeks knowledge, Allah will teach him. Whoever hunts for good, he will be given it. Whoever expects evil, he will be made to fall into it.” 1
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- The first part of this hadeeth, “Whoever shows enduring patience, Allah will make him firm upon patience,” it is found in Saheeh al-Bukhari, on the authority of Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri رضي الله عنه ↩