…and the shortest of paths to Paradise is soundness* of the heart.
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Medicine for the heart and mind
Recitation of the Qur.aan works on the diseases of the heart and mind [like] how honey works on the deficiencies of the body.
O Allaah! Make firm the Qur.aan in our hearts
One of the shaykhs at Daar al-Hadeeth al-Khayriyyah informed us that Shaykh Muhammad Jameel Zaynoo (a teacher who previously taught at Daar al-Hadeeth al-Khayriyyah in Makkah) suffered from…
His heart is empty of the love of Allaah
So if you see a man whose taste and desire is for listening to verses [of poetry] rather than verses [of the Qur.aan], and for listening to music rather than the Qur.aan – then this is the strongest…
For every thing there is a sign
For every thing there is a sign, and the sign of failure is to abandon crying [out of the fear of Allaah].
When the sins decrease
[Regarding] the heart, when it’s sins decrease, it’s tears will hasten.
Cried until he was overcome with tears
When ‘Abdullaah ibn ‘Umar رضي الله عنهما would recite [the aayah]
Transgressing against Allaah
A lack of fear [of Allaah] is due to a lack of remorse in the heart [at transgressing against Allaah], just as a house which has not been lived in will deteriorate.
When someone does you a favour or a good turn
Whoever does you [a favour or] a good turn, particularly in terms of your religion, and [offering you sincere] advice, and encouraging you upon good and discouraging you against that which is bad…
Eating your fill weakens your ability to worship
I have not eaten my fill for 16 years, except on one occasion; and [on that occasion] I placed my hand in my mouth and induced myself to vomit.