What is the difference between the speech of the heart and the action of the heart?
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The questioner : May Allah forgive you. Shaykh: The phrase "speech of the heart" and "action of the heart" is repeated in the words of the scholars. What is the difference between them? And what are their characteristics?
The Shaykh : Yes, the scholars say: Faith is speech and action, the speech of the heart and the tongue, and the action of the heart and the limbs. Some of them say: the action of the heart, the tongue, and the limbs.
The difference between the speech of the heart and the action of the heart: its speech is its affirmation and belief in something. Its action is its movement, meaning: love, fear, hope, and the like. These are not called the speech of the heart, but rather the action of the heart. However, belief in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, and the Last Day is called the speech of the heart. This is the difference between the speech of the heart and the action of the heart.
The questioner : O Shaykh, is it true that the Al-Bayt al-Ma'mur (the Frequently Visited House) is in the seventh heaven, directly above the Ka'bah, meaning in the direction of the Ka'bah?
The Shaykh : First, you are from here, and there is no right for whoever is here; the right belongs to the guests. And the second thing is that the row in front of you has more right than you, and among them are those who are not here, so give them your place. All of you are from here, you are from here, okay.
Up to here, praise be to Allah, we are present and they are with us. Also, the guests have a right, but from those who prefer themselves over others. Yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Perhaps it will come to you, if Allah wills, now.
The Shaykh : Yes, the scholars say: Faith is speech and action, the speech of the heart and the tongue, and the action of the heart and the limbs. Some of them say: the action of the heart, the tongue, and the limbs.
The difference between the speech of the heart and the action of the heart: its speech is its affirmation and belief in something. Its action is its movement, meaning: love, fear, hope, and the like. These are not called the speech of the heart, but rather the action of the heart. However, belief in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, and the Last Day is called the speech of the heart. This is the difference between the speech of the heart and the action of the heart.
The questioner : O Shaykh, is it true that the Al-Bayt al-Ma'mur (the Frequently Visited House) is in the seventh heaven, directly above the Ka'bah, meaning in the direction of the Ka'bah?
The Shaykh : First, you are from here, and there is no right for whoever is here; the right belongs to the guests. And the second thing is that the row in front of you has more right than you, and among them are those who are not here, so give them your place. All of you are from here, you are from here, okay.
Up to here, praise be to Allah, we are present and they are with us. Also, the guests have a right, but from those who prefer themselves over others. Yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Perhaps it will come to you, if Allah wills, now.