What are the causes of the hardness of the heart? Is excessive eating and sleeping among them?
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The questioner : Noble Shaykh, what are the causes of the hardness of the heart? Are excessive eating and excessive sleeping among the causes of the hardness of the heart?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The causes of the hardness of the heart are many. Among them is turning away from the remembrance of Allah, and a person not remembering Allah except a little. You will find that even in the obligatory prayer, he does not remember Allah with his heart. He recites, bows, prostrates, glorifies, and supplicates, while the heart is heedless. This is one of the causes of hardness.
Among the causes of the hardness of the heart is also excessive joking, playing, and being preoccupied with friends and family. For this reason, some of the Companions said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):.
Among the causes of the hardness of the heart is also immersing oneself in this world and preferring it over the Hereafter, and a person’s only concern being the accumulation of wealth. It has many causes. Therefore, a person should, if he sees hardness in his heart,
The Shaykh : Yes.
The causes of the hardness of the heart are many. Among them is turning away from the remembrance of Allah, and a person not remembering Allah except a little. You will find that even in the obligatory prayer, he does not remember Allah with his heart. He recites, bows, prostrates, glorifies, and supplicates, while the heart is heedless. This is one of the causes of hardness.
Among the causes of the hardness of the heart is also excessive joking, playing, and being preoccupied with friends and family. For this reason, some of the Companions said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
We said, “O Messenger of Allah, when we are with you, we become so humble that it is as if we are seeing Paradise and the Fire. But when we leave and mix with our families and children, we forget.” He said, “A time and a time.”
إننا يا رسول الله إذا كنا عندك فإننا نخشع حتى كأننا نشاهد الجنة والنار وإذا ذهبنا فعافسنا الأهل والأولاد نسينا قال : ساعة وساعةAmong the causes of the hardness of the heart is also immersing oneself in this world and preferring it over the Hereafter, and a person’s only concern being the accumulation of wealth. It has many causes. Therefore, a person should, if he sees hardness in his heart,