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Indeed, there is a lump of flesh in every human. If it is sound, the whole body is sound. And, if it is corrupt, the whole body is corrupt. Verily, this piece of flesh is the Heart.
Table of Contents
Importance of the Purification of the Heart Takabbur Love for the World: Hubb-e-Dunya Shahwat: Entangled in the Web of Desires
3 Spiritual
Components of a Human
Aql (intellect)
Nafs (desires)
adith
The Brain
According to most modern science and
The Heart
According to
whole body
Western philosophies
Islam
Heart.
Intellectual development
Thoughts (of the Aql) and Desires (of the Nafs) are products of the Heart
3 Types of Hearts
Qalb Mayyit [Dead Heart] Qalb Mareedh [Diseased Heart]
S
of a
igns
No hesitation in
Sound Heart
Loves
Signs
of a Diseased
Affected by
for the sake of Allah Dislikes for the sake of Allah Gives for the sake of Allah
Forbids for the sake of
Allah
Heart
Contentment
Sweetness of Iman
The difference between one who remembers Allah and the one who does not is like the living and the dead Everything has a polish. And, the polish of the heart is the Remembrance of Allah.
Takabbur
Without Doubt, Allah knows what they conceal and reveal. Verily, He does not love the arrogant (al-Nahl: 23)
Hadith Qudsi: Takabbur is My shawl and Greatness is My garment. Whoever tries to take away any one of these from Me, I will put
them in the
Iblees
I am the highest Lord!
Fire.
atoms amount of
Definition of Takabbur
any
attribute
14
Levels of Takabbur
1
Signs of Takabbur
Regards
12
10
Takabbur (arrogance)
Kibr (pride)
6
Displays
vanity and feels that others dont know her stature lowlevel work, feels that this is a burden and beneath her stature
Causes of Takabbur
Knowledge
People of knowledge
Worship
Imam al-Ghazali:
Lineage
actions hold him back, his lineage will NOT speed him
up.
Hadith: Whoevers
Beauty
Takabbur
Wealth
Power
Connections/
Popularity
Remedies
1) Ilmi (intellectual remedies)
Know yourself
Study the life of the Prophet (pbuh), the Companions, and other Islamic personalities
Definition
love anything that
enjoyment but
To
gives you of
makes you
negligent
Difference between:
having in
hand
having in
and
heart
Hadith
Love of the dunya is sin The world is a
root of all
prison for
heaven for
the disbeliever
The worldly life is just play and futile act. And the home of the akhirah is better for those who have taqwa. Do you not understand? (Al-Anaam:4)
The
dunya is a
A worldly person
corpse/dead
dogs
cannot be
safeguarded from
sin
Signs of Hubb-e-Dunya
Always talking about worldly matters
Slave to desires
Hoards wealth
Hubb-e-Dunya Alert!!
Remedies
1
Important Note
Differences between in the world and
working
halal
grief
Shahwat
Entangled in the Web of Desires
As for the one who fears standing before Allah and stops his nafs from unlawful desires, verily jannat is his abode (Surah Naziaat)
Definition
of
Shahwat
Types of Shahwat
Shahwat of the stomach Shahwat of the eyes
adith
Hidden Shahwat I fear two things for my ummat: Shirk and Hidden Shahwat [shahwat alkhufiyyah]
Purpose of Shahwat
For reproduction
Why is
shahwat so bad?
As a Test
Blessing of Allah
Controlling Desires
Ways of Fitrat
Mentally
Modesty
Marriage
after death,
you would eat or drink with
Fasting
never
desire
Thought
Maghfirat
Acceptance of dua
Contentment
hat is Keena?
A state of
Rooted in extreme
anger in which a
person cannot take
revenge
or
act
Leads to hasad,
Differences of opinion
Arguments
Looking for faults in others and informing others about these faults Being happy when they have difficulties and problems Do not like to say anything positive to them or about them Regarding that person as inferior Spreading their secrets and private matters to others Making fun of them and taunting Hurting them when given an opportunity
Hadith:
That person who has keena toward a believer will not be
emedies
Forgiveness and Hilm (forbearance)
Show good will/ Ahsan towards that person (in deeds and words) Make dua for that person
Definition of Hasad
Hasad: Envy
Or do these people envy what Allah has Bestowed upon them from His Bounty (An-Nisa: 54) [I seek refuge in Allah] from the envier when he envies (an-Nas: 5)
A feeling
negative
receives a blessing.
Blessing/Naimath:
Religious/spiritual blessing
Materialistic Bounty
Levels of Hasad
Emotional feeling:
Uncontrollable
and common in
If people did
human nature
not
Check Yourself
Do you feel?
agitated and unhappy when you see someone else doing well in any area? happy when you see that person in a difficulty? that person doesnt deserve that blessing/attention and you deserve it? Are you always attentive to anything said about that person? Do you dislike hearing praise about that person, or even get angry when you do? Do you engage in negative talk about that person, i.e. destructive criticism and backbiting? Do you never admit any wrongdoing on your part, and avoid saying sorry?
Hadith: There is no acceptable envy except for two people. One who has wealth and spends it towards is one who has others.
Causes of Hasad
Ujab and Takabbur Poor self-esteem Enmity Being of the same age, field, class, etc. [Competing for same things/ Professional Jealousy]
Anger
Effects of Hasad
Emotional effects
Resentment Lack of motivation/ Demoralized Tension, Anxiety, and Depression Makes one spiteful and malicious
Love of
Leadership
Ruins own deeds
Spiritual Effects
Others angered by that person to extent of losing out on their love
Practical Solutions
Must actively go against the negative feelings of hasad by Praise when you wish to criticize
Taqwa: Remember death and the Akhirah. And rid the heart of love of dunya.
Give gifts when you wish for loss of blessings Interact with them with humility when you wish to act arrogantly Dua for them when you dont wish to do so
Sabr
ositive Thinking
Bukhl: Miserliness
He who is being miserly (bukhl) is being miserly only to himself (Surah Muhammad: 38)
Definition of Bukhl
To feel a
Those one is encouraged in Islam to spend upon (other needy people, religious causes)
Check Yourself
Do you Find it difficult to spend on others? Feel
Do you suddenly remember Miserliness Be careful of miserliness. Indeed, it has ruined those before you. It caused them to shed blood and Iman are not gathered together in any heart (Nisaai)
Bukhl
Causes of Bukhl
Heedlessness of death
Love of Wealth Love of the world
Problems of Wealth
Acts of
Love of
thinking about it
More
Other remedies
Remember
death hadith
Final Thoughts
And let not those who which them of His bounty think that it is better for them.
on their collar on the Day of Resurrection. Allahs is the inheritance of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is Aware of what
you do (Aal Imran, 180)
Manifested through bad language, hurtful speech, backbiting, lying, and useless talk
A double-edged sword
H
Who stays quiet, he will be
adith
Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day,
Types of Speech
120 0, 100 100
60 50, 50
40
A part of a persons
Islamic beauty is
that he leaves that which does not concern him
20
0, 0 0 0 20 40 60 80 Harmful Speech
What
others have said
An
And complete the Haj and Umrah for Allah Who Allah makes astray, there is no one to guide him Enter the city if Allah Wills in peace Do good deeds. Verily Allah loves the good doer Read what is easy from the Quran Do not ask about such things that if they were revealed to you, it would displease you
intelligent
person
hidden under
his
speech
thinks
speaks,
a
then and
foolish
then
The
heart
The
is like a
person
pot.
tongue
speaks
is like its
spoon
thinks
Wealth and sons are ornaments of the worldly life Ibrahim and Ismail and Ishaq Feed food for His love
the
Problems Solutions
and
Bad language
Futile Talk
Backbiting
Telling Lies
Anger Management
Those who control their anger and are forgiving toward mankind. Verily, Allah loves those who do good (Aal Imran: 134)
Anger as an Emotion
Courage:
Positive and
Controlled Anger
Do you have
Negative Anger?
Are you
drink
temper?
Does your husband/parent/sibling call you
forgive
Do you make
Difference between
Note:
calm down?
Anger Control
disbelief
Causes of Anger
Criticism Desire/ Hirs
Teasing Mocking
Ujab and Takabbur
and
Envy/ Hasad
Not talking
ANGER
Active Remedies
To be quiet
Change location
Mental Remedy
To ponder over the anger and mercy of Allah
Verbal Remedies
Say taawudh Say La hawla wa la quwata illa bIllah
Say durood
Hazrat ibn Masud (RA) Hazrat Salman Farsi (RA) 3 4 Maulana Rumi 5
That person will be called out on the Day of Judgment and granted an early entrance to Jannat (hadith) Allah will stop His punishment from reaching that person on the Day of Judgment (hadith)
Definition of Riya
Riya: Ostentation
Say: Whether you hide what is in your hearts or you express it Allah knows it (aal- Imran)
Performing
acts
of
others
Types of Riya
Clothing Speaking Acts/Deeds
shirk
Demeanor
Bodily
5
4 3 2
shirk
praising him,
Check Yourself
Do you
Want to
good deeds and attributes AND are motivated by this desire? Mention your gathering? Yearn for
Desire and
Fear of Blame
Desire for
Fear
Is this Riya?
Riya Not Riya
Treatment: Spiritual
Nurture
If you do a permissible act for the sake of worldly gain If you make someone content to stay away from their mischief
If you do a good deed with a bad intention If you do a good deed for worldly motive (wealth, etc) If you make someone content just so they follow you in deeni matters
certainty in yourself of Tawheed and that only Allah can benefit or harm one
Hadith: Know that if the whole nation were to gather together to benefit you with anything, it would benefit you only with something that Allah had already prescribed for you. And if they were to gather together to harm you, it would harm you only with something that Allah had already prescribed for you
Be aware of the
Think of
Treatment: Practical
Keep a consistent check of your intentions Make a habit of doing worship in private
Be conscience of the workings of your heart in doing good deeds and in hearing praise
3 Types of worshippers
Hazrat Ali (RA): Three type of people
Those who worship for the sake of Allah and His Pleasure
free person)
(like
Those who worship for attaining Jannah (like a merchant) Those who worship out of fear of Jahannum (like a slave)