1.         said: Eating a lot is one of the habits that harden the heart. (Hilyat-ul-Awliya, vol. 8, pp. 392) Sayyiduna Ma’roof Karkhi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has said: Eating a lot causes hardness of the heart. (Hikayatayn aur Naseehatayn, pp. 350)

Dear Islamic brothers! It has become obvious that one of the reasons behind hard-heartedness is to love this world. According to a saying of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم: Love of the world is the root of every disease. The second reason that we have heard about hard-heartedness is to have useless conversations. Alas! The majority of us always have useless conversations, we do not even abstain from obscene talks. The Prophet of Rahmah صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has said: Obscene talks results from hard-heartedness and a hardened heart is in the fire. (Sunan-ut-Tirmizi, vol. 3, pp. 406, Hadees 2016)

Another reason behind hard-heartedness is to laugh excessively. Ameer-ul-Mu’mineen Sayyiduna ‘Umar Farooq-e-A’zam رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ has said: The person who laughs excessively, loses his dignity and awe, and the person who jokes abundantly, loses his respect in front of others. (Ihya-ul-‘Uloom, vol. 3, pp. 137)

Apart from the heedlessness of Allah’s Zikr and committing sins in abundance, eating in excess is also a cause of hard-heartedness. The great Sunnah of eating is this: When a person feels hungry, he should eat, otherwise without being hungry if he eats food, it will not give him any energy, but it will ruin his health and his heart will become hard.

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Harmful effects of hard-heartedness

Dear Islamic brothers! Man always wants that which is beneficial, whereas those things which are harmful to him, every sensible person tries to get away from such things. Surely hard-heartedness has no advantages, but only