What is the treatment of the heart to overcome sins?
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Question:
You defined sin as a disease of the heart, so I hope you will direct me to a book that explains the treatment of sin, and may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
There is no doubt that the root of sins is a disease of the hearts: either through deviation and following desires, or through arrogance, or through ignorance and heedlessness. The greatest medicine and the best book for treating the diseases of the hearts is the Book of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, the Noble Qur'an. It is the best book, the most truthful book, the most beneficial book, and the clearest book. There is no book after it; rather, it is the greatest of books, the most noble, and the best in medicine and in explaining the medicine.
So, my brother, and we all, men and women, we are all required to treat our diseases by reflecting upon the Qur'an, increasing its recitation, and studying it between a companion and his companion, and a woman and her companion, in order to understand the meanings of the words of Allah, and reviewing the good tafsirs: such as the tafsir of Ibn Kathir, and Ibn Jarir, and so on, and the abridgments; because tafsirs help in understanding the Book of Allah. This is the best book, the greatest book, and the most noble book. Allah, Glorified is He, says in His great Book: [Al-Isra: 9], [Fussilat: 44], and He, Glorified is He, says: [Yunus: 57].
So, my brother, turn to the Book of Allah, and we all turn to the Book of Allah: by reciting it, reflecting upon it, and understanding it; and through that, the great benefit is obtained, the medicine is obtained, and the cure is obtained with the success of Allah.
Then, the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and his hadiths also contain medicine in them, for they are the second revelation and the second source. Among the best books in that regard are the two Sahihs: "Sahih al-Bukhari" and "Muslim," then after them the remaining five of the six books. However, for the general people, the abridgments of these books are: such as "Riyad al-Saliheen," "Bulugh al-Maram," and "Umdat al-Hadith." These are beneficial books. "Muntakha al-Akhbar" by Ibn Taymiyyah; these are beneficial and abridged books in hadith. Among the most abridged and clearest is "Riyad al-Saliheen," for its author selected the good hadiths in most cases and took care of that, and it is a good and beneficial book. Likewise, "Bulugh al-Maram" is a well-organized and beneficial book, and "Umdat al-Hadith" by Shaykh Abdul Ghani al-Maqdisi is a great book. Likewise, "Al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib," if a student of knowledge reads it and selects the sound hadiths from it, which are the authentic hadiths with which it begins, it is a great book. Then after that, some books authored by the scholars of knowledge on this topic, such as "Al-Jawab al-Kafi" by Ibn al-Qayyim, in which he mentioned the sins: their evil and their medicine, he called it "The Disease and the Medicine," and it is a good book by Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him). And the book "Al-Fawa'id" by Ibn al-Qayyim is also a beneficial and useful book. So these two books are among the best books in my knowledge.
And we ask Allah for success for everyone.
You defined sin as a disease of the heart, so I hope you will direct me to a book that explains the treatment of sin, and may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
There is no doubt that the root of sins is a disease of the hearts: either through deviation and following desires, or through arrogance, or through ignorance and heedlessness. The greatest medicine and the best book for treating the diseases of the hearts is the Book of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, the Noble Qur'an. It is the best book, the most truthful book, the most beneficial book, and the clearest book. There is no book after it; rather, it is the greatest of books, the most noble, and the best in medicine and in explaining the medicine.
So, my brother, and we all, men and women, we are all required to treat our diseases by reflecting upon the Qur'an, increasing its recitation, and studying it between a companion and his companion, and a woman and her companion, in order to understand the meanings of the words of Allah, and reviewing the good tafsirs: such as the tafsir of Ibn Kathir, and Ibn Jarir, and so on, and the abridgments; because tafsirs help in understanding the Book of Allah. This is the best book, the greatest book, and the most noble book. Allah, Glorified is He, says in His great Book:
Indeed, this Qur'an guides to that which is most suitable
إِنَّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ يَهْدِي لِلَّتِي هِيَ أَقْوَمُSay, "It is, for those who believe, a guidance and cure."
قُلْ هُوَ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا هُدًى وَشِفَاءٌO mankind, there has to come to you instruction from your Lord and healing for what is in the breasts and guidance and mercy for the believers.
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ قَدْ جَاءَتْكُمْ مَوْعِظَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَشِفَاءٌ لِمَا فِي الصُّدُورِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَSo, my brother, turn to the Book of Allah, and we all turn to the Book of Allah: by reciting it, reflecting upon it, and understanding it; and through that, the great benefit is obtained, the medicine is obtained, and the cure is obtained with the success of Allah.
Then, the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and his hadiths also contain medicine in them, for they are the second revelation and the second source. Among the best books in that regard are the two Sahihs: "Sahih al-Bukhari" and "Muslim," then after them the remaining five of the six books. However, for the general people, the abridgments of these books are: such as "Riyad al-Saliheen," "Bulugh al-Maram," and "Umdat al-Hadith." These are beneficial books. "Muntakha al-Akhbar" by Ibn Taymiyyah; these are beneficial and abridged books in hadith. Among the most abridged and clearest is "Riyad al-Saliheen," for its author selected the good hadiths in most cases and took care of that, and it is a good and beneficial book. Likewise, "Bulugh al-Maram" is a well-organized and beneficial book, and "Umdat al-Hadith" by Shaykh Abdul Ghani al-Maqdisi is a great book. Likewise, "Al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib," if a student of knowledge reads it and selects the sound hadiths from it, which are the authentic hadiths with which it begins, it is a great book. Then after that, some books authored by the scholars of knowledge on this topic, such as "Al-Jawab al-Kafi" by Ibn al-Qayyim, in which he mentioned the sins: their evil and their medicine, he called it "The Disease and the Medicine," and it is a good book by Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him). And the book "Al-Fawa'id" by Ibn al-Qayyim is also a beneficial and useful book. So these two books are among the best books in my knowledge.
And we ask Allah for success for everyone.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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