The Cure for the Hardness of the Heart
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: Does our noble Shaykh, Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan, have a word regarding the hardness of hearts and what softens them?
Answer:
What softens the hearts is the speech of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), listening to the warnings, and reading the Qur'an, for it softens the hearts.[Az-Zumar 39:23]. Reciting the Qur'an frequently while reflecting upon it is among the things that soften the hearts. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: Does our noble Shaykh, Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan, have a word regarding the hardness of hearts and what softens them?
Answer:
What softens the hearts is the speech of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), listening to the warnings, and reading the Qur'an, for it softens the hearts.
Allah has sent down the best statement: a consistent Book wherein is reiteration. The skins shiver therefrom of those who fear their Lord; then their skins and their hearts relax at the remembrance of Allah.
الله نزل أحسن الحديث كتابا متشابها مثانية تقشعر منه جلود الذين يخشون ربهم ثم تلين جلودهم وقلوبهم إلى ذكر الله
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1792 - علاج قسوة القلب - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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