I add: How strikingly this ḥadith applies to those unbelievers who care nothing for their Hereafter while being thoroughly versed in their worldly affairs, exactly as the Most High says about them: “They know only the outward aspect of the life of this world, but of the Hereafter they are heedless” (30:7). A large number of Muslims, too, fit this description—people who spend their days roaming the marketplaces, shouting and squabbling there, and let the obligatory duties and prayers slip away. Concerning such people He says: “So woe to those who pray, yet are heedless of their prayers—those who make a show (of piety) and withhold even the simplest aid” (107:4-7).

196 – “He used to say, after every prescribed prayer, once he had pronounced the salām: ‘Lā ilāha illā Allah, alone with no partner; to Him belongs the dominion and to Him belongs all praise; He gives life and causes death, and He is Ever-Living, never dies; in His hand is all good; and He is over all …’”