Shaykh ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abdil-‘Aziz ibn ‘Aqil (rahimahullah) said: There are six matters by which we can discern that an Imam possesses understanding (Fiqh) of the rulings of the prayer: The first: The Imam should shorten the pronunciation of the opening takbir and not extend it, whether when pronouncing “Allāh” or…
A questioner was trialled by a disease [of the heart] and became overpowered by shortcomings and overcome by laziness. When he wished to turn to Allāh his desires prevented him, when he wanted to remember Allāh his thoughts distracted him and when he attempted to perform good deeds his failures…