The Difference Between the Muddighah and the Nafs
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The questioner:
The questioner says: The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 52, and Allah the Exalted said: [Yusuf 12:53] What is the difference between the *mudhghah* and the *nafs*?
The Shaykh:
The muddighah is the heart; the muddighah is the heart. And the nafs means what comes to a person’s mind in the form of thoughts and ideas. So a person has thoughts that come to him, but he is not punished for them if he does not act on the evil or act on what comes to his mind if it is not right; mere thoughts are not a basis for punishment.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: Do the dhikr of the prayer alone protect against jinn, sorcery, and harm?
The Shaykh:
Also, the nafs is used to mean the spirit; the nafs is used to mean the spirit that gives life to the body. So when the nafs or the spirit leaves the body, the person dies; that is what it is called. As for the muddighah, it is the heart. There is a difference between the spirit and the heart. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner says: The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
There is a piece of flesh in the body if it becomes good (reformed) the whole body becomes good but if it gets spoilt the whole body gets spoilt
إن في الجسد لمضغة إذا صلحت صلح الجسد كله، وإذا فسدت فسد الجسد كلهIndeed, the soul is a persistent enjoiner of evil
إِنَّ النَّفْسَ لَأَمَّارَةٌ بِالسُّوءِThe Shaykh:
The muddighah is the heart; the muddighah is the heart. And the nafs means what comes to a person’s mind in the form of thoughts and ideas. So a person has thoughts that come to him, but he is not punished for them if he does not act on the evil or act on what comes to his mind if it is not right; mere thoughts are not a basis for punishment.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: Do the dhikr of the prayer alone protect against jinn, sorcery, and harm?
The Shaykh:
Also, the nafs is used to mean the spirit; the nafs is used to mean the spirit that gives life to the body. So when the nafs or the spirit leaves the body, the person dies; that is what it is called. As for the muddighah, it is the heart. There is a difference between the spirit and the heart. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
أخصر المختصرات في الفقه الحنبلي [31] — alfawzan.live (1:13:22)
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