13/08/2026
“The worse loss is to lose nearness to Allah Most High by one’s heart becoming veiled from Allah Most High due to the spiritual damage of the sins.”
That is Shaykh Yusuf Weltch, answering somebody who admitted that their remorse after sinning was only the thought of Allah’s anger, and asked how to learn to make tawba well.
“Being in jeopardy of entering the hellfire due to one’s sins is only a tiny part of the potential loss caused by sin.”
Drawing on al-Ghazali’s Ihya, he puts the whole matter in five words: “Sins are poisons for the soul.” And real remorse needs no forcing once that is seen: “Remorse is a natural outcome in the heart when one realizes their sin has caused them to lose something beloved.”
He memorised the Qur’an at Dar al-Mustafa in Tarim, where he studied for three years under Habib Umar bin Hafiz.