Sufism and Laziness

One of the greatest dangers for the wayfarer is laziness or leisure, as long as he has not yet reached his goal, it would be better for him to occupy himself with seemingly useless things, like diggin one pit after the other (N 156, 90), than to spend a moment in leisure, for "leisure (faragh) is an affliction" (N 90).

-Schimmel, Mystical Dimensions of Islam (114)

N = Narahat al-uns. Jami