The validity of the phrase: Religion is in the heart
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the validity of this phrase, "Religion is in the heart," especially when I want to advise someone and I hear this phrase from them?
Answer:
Yes, religion is in the heart, but it manifests in the limbs if there is religion in the heart. If there is no religion in the heart, it does not manifest in the limbs. Yes. And this means that the one who says "religion is in the heart" wants to abandon the prayer, wants to abandon fasting, and abandons the acts of worship. He says, "Religion is in the heart," not in the acts of worship, not in the prayer, and not in anything else. Only a person who wants to remain with his desires says this. He says, "My heart is good, even if I do not pray, my heart is good." How can it be good when you do not pray? Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the validity of this phrase, "Religion is in the heart," especially when I want to advise someone and I hear this phrase from them?
Answer:
Yes, religion is in the heart, but it manifests in the limbs if there is religion in the heart. If there is no religion in the heart, it does not manifest in the limbs. Yes. And this means that the one who says "religion is in the heart" wants to abandon the prayer, wants to abandon fasting, and abandons the acts of worship. He says, "Religion is in the heart," not in the acts of worship, not in the prayer, and not in anything else. Only a person who wants to remain with his desires says this. He says, "My heart is good, even if I do not pray, my heart is good." How can it be good when you do not pray? Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، الباب العاشر في علامات مرض القلب وصحته — islamhouse.com (48:02)
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