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Hardness of The Heart
Sayyidunā ꜤAbbās رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ reports that the Messenger of Allah صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, “When someone’s hair stands on end due to the fear of Allah Almighty, his sins fall away like the leaves of a dry tree.” [1]
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
Dear Islamic brothers! Adopting the company of righteous people and avoiding evil company is an excellent way of softening the heart. Mufti Aḥmad Yār Khan NaꜤīmī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه said:
Just how iron is softened and turned into tools, gold is softened and turned into jewellery, soil is softened and turned into a field or garden, and flour is softened and turned into bread, when someone’s heart softens, he becomes a saint, sufi, Ꜥārif, etc. A tender heart is a great blessing from Allah Almighty, and it is attained by sitting in the company of the righteous and listening to their speech.[2]
Allah Almighty commands us to adopt the company of the righteous. He states in verse 119 of Surah al-Tawbah:
یٰۤاَیُّہَا الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللّٰہَ وَ کُوْنُوْا مَعَ الصّٰدِقِیْنَ (۱۱۹(
O you who believe! Fear Allah and be with the truthful. [3]
It is explained on page 258 in volume 4 of Tafsīr Ṣirāṭ al-Jinān that this verse serves as proof for us to sit with the righteous because one way of being with the truthful is to adopt their company. The effects of this will
BOOK TOPIC
- 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
