By Allah, the young man does not know of his affliction *** and the heart is under seal and abandonment (Discussion on the life and death of the heart and encouragement to monitor the heart)
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The Shaykh :"By Allah, the young man does not know of his affliction *** and the heart is under seal and abandonment"
He spoke the truth, may Allah have mercy on him. The young man does not know of the affliction if his heart is sealed and abandoned, may Allah protect us from that. He does not know what he knows of the affliction from a living heart. As for the dead, as al-Mutanabbi said: "Whoever is humiliated finds humiliation easy for him *** What pain is there in a wound for a dead man?"
Correct? Good. For this reason, you find that the more a person's heart hardens, the less he is affected by sin. But if his heart is alive and he commits a sin, you find that he feels sad, regrets it, feels ashamed, and repents. So if you find in yourself that your heart is not affected by the sin of Allah, know that it is sealed, may Allah protect us from that. And if you see that it is affected every time he disobeys, he feels the sin, returns to Allah, turns to Him, and seeks forgiveness from his Lord, then know that your heart is alive. For if you brought a flame of fire to a dead man and struck his body with it, would he be affected? No, he would not feel it. But the living one feels it. So hearts are like this: whenever they feel the sin and leaving off obedience, know that there is life in them. And if they do not feel it, know that they are dead and that they have been sealed. Look at the speech of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, the noblest speech, the greatest speech, and the most impactful. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:[Al-Qalam 68:15] They are not affected by the tales of the former people. A tale is words that are narrated and have no basis, and we call them the chatter of swimmers. Yes, swimmers, because they start with glorification. Yes, and the foreigners... the brothers in countries other than Saudi Arabia, what do you call it there?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Its occurrence. Good. In any case, it is because he is not affected by the Qur'an, may Allah protect us from that. He says these are the tales of the former people, stories and chatter. What did Allah, Mighty and Majestic, say? No, they are not the tales of the former people. But the affliction is that [Al-Mutaffifin 83:14] they did not know the truth and were not affected by it. And this is a standard that we should always check: whether our hearts are affected when committing sin and leaving off obedience, or not. If they are affected, there is life in them, and we preserve this life. And if they are not affected, they are dead, and what they have earned of sins has settled upon them. We ask Allah to treat us and you with His forgiveness. Yes.
He spoke the truth, may Allah have mercy on him. The young man does not know of the affliction if his heart is sealed and abandoned, may Allah protect us from that. He does not know what he knows of the affliction from a living heart. As for the dead, as al-Mutanabbi said: "Whoever is humiliated finds humiliation easy for him *** What pain is there in a wound for a dead man?"
Correct? Good. For this reason, you find that the more a person's heart hardens, the less he is affected by sin. But if his heart is alive and he commits a sin, you find that he feels sad, regrets it, feels ashamed, and repents. So if you find in yourself that your heart is not affected by the sin of Allah, know that it is sealed, may Allah protect us from that. And if you see that it is affected every time he disobeys, he feels the sin, returns to Allah, turns to Him, and seeks forgiveness from his Lord, then know that your heart is alive. For if you brought a flame of fire to a dead man and struck his body with it, would he be affected? No, he would not feel it. But the living one feels it. So hearts are like this: whenever they feel the sin and leaving off obedience, know that there is life in them. And if they do not feel it, know that they are dead and that they have been sealed. Look at the speech of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, the noblest speech, the greatest speech, and the most impactful. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."
إذا تتلى عليه آياتنا قال أساطير الأولينThe student: ...
The Shaykh : Its occurrence. Good. In any case, it is because he is not affected by the Qur'an, may Allah protect us from that. He says these are the tales of the former people, stories and chatter. What did Allah, Mighty and Majestic, say?