Causes of the Purity of the Heart and the Sincerity of the Inner Self
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner is following up on the program and says: One of the most important things that distinguishes the Muslim personality is the purity of the heart and the sincerity of the inner self. How do we attain these qualities of a pure heart and a sincere inner self, Honorable Shaykh? And if a person has some hardness in his heart, how should he treat it?
Answer:
You attain the purity of the heart and the rectification of intention through sincere faith. It is that which purifies the hearts, and through the remembrance of Allah (Mighty and Majestic)[Ar-Ra'd 13:28], and through increasing in acts of obedience and drawing near to Him, and through keeping the company of the righteous, and through listening to the Book of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) [Az-Zumar 39:23]. The Qur'an softens hearts if one softens his heart during recitation or hearing recitation. These are among the causes of the purity of hearts.
May Allah reward you. This questioner is following up on the program and says: One of the most important things that distinguishes the Muslim personality is the purity of the heart and the sincerity of the inner self. How do we attain these qualities of a pure heart and a sincere inner self, Honorable Shaykh? And if a person has some hardness in his heart, how should he treat it?
Answer:
You attain the purity of the heart and the rectification of intention through sincere faith. It is that which purifies the hearts, and through the remembrance of Allah (Mighty and Majestic)
Those who have believed and whose hearts are assured by the remembrance of Allah. Unquestionably, by the remembrance of Allah hearts are assured."
الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَطْمَئِنُّ قُلُوبُهُم بِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ أَلَا بِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ تَطْمَئِنُّ الْقُلُوبُAllah 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.
اللَّهُ نَزَّلَ أَحْسَنَ الْحَدِيثِ كِتَابًا مُّتَشَابِهًا مَّثَانِيَ تَقْشَعِرُّ مِنْهُ جُلُودُ الَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ ثُمَّ تَلِينُ جُلُودُهُمْ وَقُلُوبُهُمْ إِلَىٰ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ
Source
علاج قسوة القلب — alfawzan.live
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