The Sound Heart (Al-Qalb As-Saleem) Our heart and mind is always under constant attack from shaitan and many of us have darkened our hearts and actions with sins.... Allah (swt) informs us on the day of Judgment the whole of mankind will be in loss “except he who brings to Allah a sound heart (Al-Qalb As-Saleem)”. This means it is indeed vital for us to know what a saleem (sound) heart is. Islam considers the human heart to be the most important organ in the body. What appears to be an ordinary organ is actually the seat of human feelings, desires, aspirations and belief. Prophet Muhammad (saw) said, “Surely, in the body there is a small piece of flesh; if it is good, the whole body is good, and if it is corrupted, the whole body is corrupted, and that is surely the heart.” [Bukhari] Medicine of the heart: A human heart needs purification to remove the stains of sins and the hardness due to its neglecting the remembrance of Allah...... The hardness of the heart stems from exaggeration in four things: eating, sleeping, talking, and socializing...... As when the body becomes sick, eating and drinking alone cannot cure it; if the heart becomes sick with desires, preaching alone cannot help it........ In both cases you need to exercise precaution that you don’t do anything to aggravate the disease and make sure to take the prescribed medicine...... Whoever seeks to purify his heart let him chose Allaah over his desires. Here are some steps that every Muslim must take to rid his heart of disease and hardness in order to acquire Al-qalb As-saleem. (1) Leave off all acts of disobedience immediately (2) Repent to Allah for all previous sins and seek His forgiveness (3) Engage in the Dhikr (remembrance) of Allah and it includes: (a) Reciting a portion of the Quran every day while trying to understand and contemplate on it. (b) Saying the athkaar of morning and evening as taught by the Prophet (saw) (c) Making Dhikr at the start/end of every action as prescribed in the sunnah (e.g. thikr to say when starting and finishing food) (d) Making general athkaar that can be said at any time (e.g. La Ilaaha Illa Allah) (4) Engage in acts of obedience with full sincerity (5) Focus on the hereafter through: (a) Frequent visits to the graveyards and attending funerals to remind about death...... (b) Read details about the severity of death, punishment of the grave, description of the Day of Judgment, Heaven and Hell...... (c) Contemplate on the creation of Allah (e.g.. human being and whatever else surrounds him in the world) as they are from the Signs of Allah...... (6) Keep supplicating to Allah with full reliance (tawakkal) on Him that he will cure the disease of your heart and soften it through His Mercy and Kindness.....
Posted on: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 16:30:25 +0000
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