Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat entitled ’72 pious actions’ from Maktaba-tul-Madinah. اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه, 72 pious actions contain a Pious action that encourages cleanliness.

Pious action number 43 states: Are you used to cleanliness and an individual with good decorum? (Cleanliness: i.e. keeping your body, clothes, house, place of work and things used there neat and clean.

Good decorum: i.e. being punctual, not banging doors unnecessarily at home or when sitting in your own or someone else’s car, putting back something at its place at your home, educational institute, office or someone's house which you had permission to pick up, etc.).

May Allah Almighty allow us to reflect upon our good deeds and fill in our pious actions’ booklet every day!

اٰمِیْن بِجَاہِ النَّبِیِّ الْاَمِیْن صلَّی اللہ علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                                            صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

The need for rectifying the heart

Dear Islamic brothers! We were hearing about outward cleanliness. Remember! The cleanliness of the outward body and clothing has its own importance, however, the rectification and purification of the heart is also very important.

The Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has said, ‘Beware! There is a piece of flesh in the body; when it becomes sound, then the entire body becomes sound, and when it becomes corrupt, then the entire body becomes corrupt. Beware! It is the heart. (Bukhari, vol. 1, p. 33, Hadees 52)

Hakeem-ul-Ummah, Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan Na’eemi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه writes the following under this Hadees: Meaning, the heart is the king and the body is its subjects; just as the king becoming rectified causes the entire country to become rectified, likewise, the heart becoming sound causes the entire body to become sound. The heart intends (something) and the body attempts to