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Hardness of The Heart
الَّذِیْ خَلَقَ الْمَوْتَ وَ الْحَیٰوۃَ لِیَبْلُوَکُمْ اَیُّکُمْ اَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا ؕ
Translation from Kanz al-ꜤIrfān: He who created death and life to test you as to which of you is better in virtue.[1]
The purpose of our lives is to worship Allah Almighty and perform an abundance of good deeds, but hard-heartedness is such an ailment that makes us forget about our true purpose in life.
Another harm of this spiritual disease is that it destroys good deeds performed in the past. The beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, “Six things destroy good deeds:
1. Finding faults in people
2. Hard-heartedness
3. Love for the world
4. Immodesty
5. Unrealistic hopes
6. Excessive cruelty.”[2]
People with a hard heart earn the displeasure of Allah Almighty and they are cursed by Him, meaning, they are distanced from His mercy. Sayyidunā ꜤAlī رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ reports that the beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, “Seek goodness from the merciful people of my ummah and stay close to them. Do not seek goodness from hard-hearted people because they
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- Intentions for the speech
- Virtue of sending ṣalāt upon the beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- A heart harder than rocks
- What is the hardness of the heart?
- Hadith
- Signs of a hard heart
- Laziness in worship
- Good advice not having an effect
- Preferring the world over the Hereafter
- Weak faith
- Love for the World
- Harms of hard-heartedness
- First harm
- Second harm
- Third harm
- Fourth harm
- How to Cure a hard heart
- Instil the Fear of Allah Almighty in your Heart
- Adopt good company
- Remember death
- Visit the cemetery
- Encouragement for Pious Deed 10
- Khuddām al-Masājid
- Sunnas and manners of applying kohl
- Announcement
- The 6 ṣalāt upon the Prophet and 2 duas recited in the sunnah-inspired weekly gatherings of Dawat-e-Islami
- 1. The ṣalāt for the night preceding Friday
- 2. All sins forgiven
- 3. 70 doors of mercy
- 4. The reward of 600,000
- 5. Being close to the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- 6. The ṣalāt of intercession
- 1. Good deeds for 1000 days
- 2. An easy way to spend every night in worship
- Remaining sunan and etiquettes of applying kohl
- Supplication for salvation from disgrace in this world and the Hereafter
- Halqa schedule for weekly gathering - overseas – 15th Agust 2024
- Method of collective Fikr-e-Madinah (72 Pious Deed)
- How to do collective accountability – 72 Pious Deeds
- The 56 daily Pious Deeds
- Record of Qufl-i-Madina
- Weekly 10 Pious Deeds
- Monthly 3 Pious Deeds
- Yearly 1 Pious Deed
- Lifelong 2 Pious Deeds
- The Ameer of Ahl al-Sunnah’s prayer
