Humility in Prayer

Ibn Rajab al Hanbali This is a treatise we have written concerning humility Khushu’ and the hearts meekness and breaking inkisar before the Lord The basic meaning of Khushu’ is the softness of the heart its being gentle still submissive broken and yearning When the heart is humble so too is the hearing seeing heard and face indeed all the limbs and their actions are humbled even speech The source of the Khushu that takes place in the heart is the gnosis of Allah’s greatness magnificence and perfection