Barkah Jumah, Giving Spiritual Life to a Muslim’s Heart One of the most important aspects of living a spiritually healthy life is to have a heart that is enlightened with the truth of Islam and one that is close to Allah and His remembrance. Ibn Al-Qayyim mentions in his book Al-Fawwaid that the brightness, which overwhelms the heart is the impact of being close to Allah, the Almighty and obtaining His blessings of serenity and guidance. This fills the heart with pleasure, while lacking such feelings that come from knowing Allah and loving Him, makes it a gloomy and narrow place. Furthermore, a heart enlightened with truth can help towards guiding our thinking, how we reason and make decisions, and ultimately guiding our actions and the quality of our lives in this world and the hereafter. The importance of having a spiritually alive heart is evident by the Quranic verse where Allah, the Exalted, says in the Quran: “Verily, therein is a reminder for him who has a heart or gives ear while he is heedful” (Surah Qaaf, 50:37). Shaykhul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah mentions that “the heart can never be alive and correct except through cognizance of the truth, loving it and preferring it to everything else. There can never be any happiness, joy or correction for it, unless it makes its sole object of worship and desire Allah alone.” [Source: Diseases Of The Hearts & Their Cures By Shaykhul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah.] We should also remember that Allah will question us about our hearts in the hereafter. He says in the Quran: “And follow not (O man, i.e., say not, or do not, or witness not) that of which you have no knowledge. Verily, the hearing, and the sight, and the heart of each of those ones will be questioned (by Allâh)” [Surah al-Israa, 17:36] The following are some of the ways by which we can enlighten our hearts with the message of truth and to soften our hearts in humility and humbleness towards Allah. Devote our hearts to the Quran One of the primary ways we can spiritually awaken our hearts is to take time not to just read
Posted on: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 10:36:04 +0000
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