Bad Etiquette in Bad Etiquette

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ 

Shaykh Taj ad-Din Abu al-Fadhl Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Atha’illah as-Sakandari (q.s.) wrote, in his Hikam, “Among the ignorance of the disciple is that he breaks the rules of etiquette and upon seeing the punishment delayed, he says, ‘If this were bad etiquette, it would have cut off the Divine Help and obligated being distanced.’  But, it may cut off Divine Help from whence he knows not - even if it only prevents an increase.  Further still, the disciple may be distanced without knowing it - even if it is by leaving him alone to do what he wants.”