Were they created by nothing, or were they themselves the creators? Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they have no firm Belief.
Qurʿān, 52:35
The noble scholar of the salaf, Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah is quoted on the topic of purification of the heart. Ibn al-Qayyim was famous for such topics.
Concerning the diseases of the heart, he mentions:
1. The disease of doubts
2. The disease of desires
Ibn al-Qayyim expounds, “the sick body is harmed by things which do not affect the healthy body…a small amount of heat or cold (the sick one being intolerant of this, someone healthy – unbothered), likewise movement (the healthy person is unihibited, the sick person struggles), likewise the heart (like the body) ca…
TROID · Being Patient Upon the Truth – Khālid al-Ẓufayrī
The noble shaykh, Khālid al-Ẓufayrī, advises the community in Toronto (TROID) and those listening online to remain firm upon the Sunnah of the Messenger (sallallāahu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) with ṣabr (patience). That holding on to this dīn takes steadfastness and effort. How many a time have we seen a person in a state of strength, for some time, some years, then he falls back? The shaykh emphasises the importance of sticking to the jamāʿah, the importance of righteous companionship. “Be patient upon the Sunnah till you meet your Lord!”
Allāh, the Perfect and Most High states:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّـهَ وَابْتَغُوا إِلَيْهِ الْوَسِيلَةَ وَجَاهِدُوا فِي سَبِيلِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ
“O you who believe! Do your duty to Allāh and fear Him. Seek the means of approach to Him, and strive hard in His Cause as much as you can. So that you may be successful.”1
[Al-Māʾidah, 5:35]
Shaykh al-Albānī comments:2
“…The Imām of the scholars of Tafsīr, al-Ḥāfiẓ ibn Jarīr (raḥimahullāh) in explaining this verse, commented: “O you who affirm all that Allāh and His Messenger have informed you of, the reward He prom…
The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said:
“Indeed in the body is a morsel, that if it is sound then the whole of the body is sound and if it is corrupt, then the whole of the body is corrupt. Isn’t it the heart?”
If this is the case, then how can a Muslim be ignorant with regards to the purification of the heart and the things which corrupt the heart? Our Brother Abū Ḥakīm Bilāl Davis mentions how the hearts of the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) were cured and purified from corruption and filth and how Allāh replaced that with Tawḥīd. He reminds us of the blessing of Allāh upon us, al-Islām and the…
