Mentioning the hadith of al-Nu'man ibn Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him): "Know that in the body there is a small piece of flesh; if it is sound, the whole body is sound, and if it is corrupt, the whole body is corrupt"
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The Shaykh : The hadith that confirms this reality for you is the one narrated by the two Shaykhs in their *Sahihayn* from the hadith of al-Nu'man ibn Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him and his father). He said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Bulugh al-Maram 16:32. Before that: . He (peace and blessings be upon him) said—and here is the point: Sahih al-Bukhari 52.
In this hadith is the explicit statement of what we mentioned in the introduction: that the soundness of the heart is by the soundness of the body, and the soundness of the body is by the soundness of the heart. The matter of this spiritual or moral soundness, and the complete connection between the body and the heart, is just as it is in the physical, medical, material aspect. Just as a person's body cannot be upright or sound if his heart is sick, and just as this heart cannot be sound and healthy if the body is sick and weak; each of them strengthens the other, in strength or weakness, just as is the case in the material aspect. So the case is the same in the spiritual and religious aspects. This hadith is authentic and explicit in that; because it says: if the body becomes corrupt, the heart becomes corrupt, and if the heart becomes corrupt, the body becomes corrupt,Sahih al-Bukhari 52.
Both lawful (Halal) and unlawful things (Haram) are evident but in between them there are doubtful things·and most people have no knowledge about them. So he, who saves himself from these doubtful things, saves his religion and his honor (i.e. keeps them blameless). And he who indulges in these doubtful things is like a shepherd who pastures (his animals) near the Hima (private pasture) of someone else and at any moment he is liable to get in it.
إن الحلال بيِّن ، والحرام بيِّن ، وبينهما أمور مشتبهات لا يعلمهنَّ كثير من الناس ؛ فمَن اتَّقى الشبهات فقد استبرأ لدينه ، ومَن حام حول الحمى يوشك أن يقع فيهAnd know that every king has a protected area, and know that the protected area of Allah is His prohibitions, and know that whoever encroaches upon the protected area is likely to fall into it.
ألا وإنَّ لكل ملك حمى ، ألا وإنَّ حمى الله محارمه ، ألا ومَن حام حول الحمى يوشك أن يقع فيهBeware! 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 and that is the heart.
ألا وإنَّ في الجسد مضغة إذا صلحَتْ صَلُحَ الجسد كله ، وإذا فسدت فَسَدَ الجسد كله ؛ ألا وهي القلبIn this hadith is the explicit statement of what we mentioned in the introduction: that the soundness of the heart is by the soundness of the body, and the soundness of the body is by the soundness of the heart. The matter of this spiritual or moral soundness, and the complete connection between the body and the heart, is just as it is in the physical, medical, material aspect. Just as a person's body cannot be upright or sound if his heart is sick, and just as this heart cannot be sound and healthy if the body is sick and weak; each of them strengthens the other, in strength or weakness, just as is the case in the material aspect. So the case is the same in the spiritual and religious aspects. This hadith is authentic and explicit in that; because it says: if the body becomes corrupt, the heart becomes corrupt, and if the heart becomes corrupt, the body becomes corrupt,
Beware! 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 and that is the heart.
ألا وإن في الجسد مضغة إذا صلحت صَلَحَ الجسد كله ، وإذا فسدت فَسَدَ الجسد كله ؛ ألا وهي القلب
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