Hardness of The Heart

“Refrain from laughing a lot because it removes the light of the face.”^{^[1]}

4. The fourth cause of hard-heartedness is being heedless of the remembrance of Allah Almighty. The heart can be in four states: elevation, expansiveness, lowliness and hardness. Elevation of the heart is in Allah’s remembrance, its expansiveness is in receiving the pleasure of Allah Almighty, its lowliness is in it being occupied with other than Allah Almighty, and its hardness is in being heedless of His remembrance.” ^{^[2]}

5. Eating to one’s fill not only hardens the heart, but it makes one lazy in worship and ruins health too. Sayyidunā Bishr b. Ḥārith رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه said, “Overeating is one of the habits which causes hard-heartedness.” ^{^[3]} Sayyidunā MaꜤrūf al-Karkhī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه stated, “Eating excessively hardens the heart.” ^{^[4]}

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Harms of hard-heartedness

Dear Islamic brothers! People always attempt to acquire what is beneficial for them, and the intelligent try to avoid what is harmful. There are no benefits of a hardened heart, so if someone’s heart is afflicted with this disease, here are some of the harms he could face.

First harm

[1] Al-Targhīb wa al-Tarhīb, vol. 3, p. 340, Hadith 27

[2] Shāhirāh-e-Awliyāˈ, p. 10

[3] Ḥilyat al-Awliyāˈ, vol. 8, p. 392, selected

[4] Hikayatein Aur Nasihatein, p. 350

Important

Mobile Apps

Contact Us