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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DilWala" data-source="post: 10372215" data-attributes="member: 360501"> [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]By Ibn al-Qayyim[/FONT]   [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]                            <img src="http://www.gulf-times.com/mritems/images/2011/6/9/2_440040_1_248.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                                                         Inside the Ulu Cami (Great Mosque) in  the Turkish city of Bursa. The mosque was built between 1396 and 1400 by  the fourth ruler of the Ottoman State                                          You should know that all acts of disobedience are poison to the heart  and cause its sickness and ruin. They result in its will running off  course, against that of Allah, and so its sickness festers and  increases. Ibn al-Mubarak said: [/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]“I have seen wrong actions killing hearts,[/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]And their degradation may lead to their becoming addicted to them.[/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Turning away from wrong actions gives life to the hearts,[/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]And opposing yourself is best for it.”[/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Whoever is concerned  with the health and life of his heart, must rid it of the effects of  such poisons, and then protect it by avoiding new ones. If he takes any  by mistake, then he should hasten to wipe out their effect by turning in  repentance and seeking forgiveness from Allah, as well as by doing good  deeds that will wipe out his wrong actions.[/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]By the four poisons we mean unnecessary talking, unrestrained glances, too much food and keeping bad company. Of all the poisons, these are the most widespread and have the greatest effect on a heart’s well-being. [/FONT]   [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Unnecessary Talking [/FONT]   [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]t is reported in al-Musnad, on the authority of Anas, that the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam)  said: “The faith of a servant is not put right until his heart is put  right, and his heart is not put right until his tongue is put right.”[1]  This shows that the Prophet has made the purification of faith  conditional on the purification of the heart, and the purification of  the heart conditional on the purification of the tongue. [/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]At-Tirmidhi relates in a  hadith on the authority of Ibn ‘Umar: “Do not talk excessively without  remembering Allah, because such excessive talk without the mention of  Allah causes the heart to harden, and the person furthest from Allah is a  person with a hard heart.” [2] [/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]‘Umar Ibn al-Khattab,  may Allah be pleased with him, said: “A person who talks too much is a  person who often makes mistakes, and someone who often makes mistakes,  often has wrong actions. The Fire has a priority over such a frequent  sinner.”[3] [/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]In a hadith  related on the authority of Mu’adh, the Prophet said, “Shall I not tell  you how to control all that?” I said, “Yes do, O Messenger of Allah.”  So he held his tongue between his fingers, and then he said: “Restrain  this.” I said, “O Prophet of Allah, are we accountable for what we say?”  He said, “May your mother be bereft by your loss! Is there anything  more than the harvest of the tongues that throws people on their faces  (or he said “on their noses”) into the Fire?” [4] [/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]What is meant here by  “he harvest of the tongues” is the punishment for saying forbidden  things. A man, through his actions and words, sows the seeds of either  good or evil. On the Day of Resurrection he harvests their fruits. Those  who sow the seeds of good words and deeds harvest honour and blessings;  those who sow the seeds of evil words and deeds reap only regret and  remorse. [/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]A hadith related by Abu  Hurairah says, “What mostly causes people to be sent to the Fire are  the two openings: the mouth and the private parts.”[5] [/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Abu Hurairah also  related that the Messenger of Allah said, “The servant speaks words, the  consequences of which he does not realise, and for which he is sent  down into the depths of the Fire further than the distance between the  east and the west.”[6] [/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]The same hadith was  transmitted by at-Tirmidhi with slight variations: “The servant says  something that he thinks is harmless, and for which he will be plunged  into the depths of the Fire as far as seventy autumns.” [7][/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Uqba ibn Amir said: “I  said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, what is our best way of surviving?” He, may  Allah bless him and grant him peace, replied: “Guard your tongue, make  your house suffice for sheltering your privacy, and weep for your wrong  actions.’”[8] [/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]It has been related on  the authority of Sahl ibn Sa’d that the Prophet said, “Whoever can  guarantee what is between his jaws and what is between his legs, I  guarantee him the Garden.”[9] [/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]It has also been  related by Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the  Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Let whoever  believes in Allah and the Last Day either speak good or remain  silent.”[10] [/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Thus talking can either be good, in which case it is commendable, or bad, in which case it is haram. [/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]The Prophet said:  “Everything the children of Adam say goes against them, except for their  enjoining good and forbidding evil, and remembering Allah, Glorious and  Might is He.” This was reported by at-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah on the  authority of Umm Habiba, may Allah be pleased with her.[11] [/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Umar ibn al-Khattab  visited Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with them, and found him pulling  his tongue with his fingers. Umar said “Stop! may Allah forgive you!”  Abu Bakr replied; “This tongue has brought me to dangerous places.”[12] [/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Abdullah ibn Masud  said: “By Allah, besides Whom no god exists, nothing deserves a long  prison sentence more than my tongue.” He also used to say: “O tongue,  say good and you will profit; desist from saying evil things and you  will be safe; otherwise you will find only regret.” [/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Abu Hurairah reported  that Ibn al-Abbas said: “A person will not feel greater fury or anger  for any part of his body on the Day of Judgement than what he will feel  for his tongue, unless he only used it for saying or enjoining good.” [/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Al-Hassan said: “Whoever does not hold his tongue cannot understand his deen.” [/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]The least harmful of a  tongue’s faults is talking about whatever does not concern it. The  following hadith of the Prophet is enough to indicate the harm of this  fault: “One of the merits of a person’s Islam is his abandoning what  does not concern him.”[13] [/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Abu Ubaida related that  al-Hassan said: “One of the signs of Allah’s abandoning a servant is  His making him preoccupied with what does not concern him.” [/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Sahl said, “Whoever talks about what does not concern him is deprived of truthfulness.” [/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]As we have already  mentioned above, this is the least harmful of the tongue’s faults. There  are far worse things, like backbiting, gossiping, obscene and  misleading talk, two-faced and hypocritical talk, showing off,  quarrelling, bickering, singing, lying, mockery, derision and falsehood;  and there are many more faults which can affect a servant’s tongue,  ruining his heart and causing him to lose both his happiness and  pleasure in this life, and his success and profit in the next life.  Allah is the One to Whom we turn for assistance.[/FONT]   [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Unrestrained Glances[/FONT]   [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]he unrestrained glance  results in the one who looks becoming attracted to what he sees, and in  the imprinting of an image of what he sees in his heart. This can result  in several kinds of corruption in the heart of the servant. The  following are a number of them: [/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]It has been related  that the Prophet once said words to the effect: “The glance is a  poisoned arrow of shaytan. Whoever lowers his gaze for Allah, He will  bestow upon him a refreshing sweetness which he will find in his heart  on the day that he meets Him.”[14] [/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Shaytan enters with the  glance, for he travels with it, faster than the wind blowing through an  empty place. He makes what is seen appear more beautiful than it really  is, and transforms it into an idol for the heart to worship. Then he  promises it false rewards, lights the fire of desires within it, and  fuels it with the wood of forbidden actions, which the servant would not  have committed had it not been for this distorted image. [/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]This distracts the  heart and makes it forget its more important concerns. It stands between  it and them; and so the heart loses its straight path and falls into  the pit of desire and ignorance. Allah, the Mighty and Glorious, says: [/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]“And do not obey anyone  whose heart We have made forgetful in remembering Us – who follows his  own desires, and whose affair has exceeded all bounds.” (18:28) [/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]The unrestrained gaze causes all three afflictions. [/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]It has been said that  between the eye and the heart is an immediate connection; if the eyes  are corrupted, then the heart follows. It becomes like a rubbish heap  where all the dirt and filth and rottenness collect, and so there is no  room for love for Allah, relating all matters to Him, awareness of being  in His presence, and feeling joy at His proximity –only the opposite of  these things can inhabit such a heart. Staring and gazing without  restraint is disobedience to Allah: [/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]“Tell the believing men  to lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that is more purifying for  them. Surely Allah is aware of what they do.” (24:30) [/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Only the one who obeys  Allah’s commands is content in this world, and only the servant who  obeys Allah will survive in the next world. [/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Furthermore,  letting the gaze roam free cloaks the heart with darkness, just as  lowering the gaze for Allah clothes it in light. After the above ayah,  Allah, the Glorious and Mighty, says in the same surah of the Qur’an:[/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]“Allah is the light of  the heavens and the earth: the likeness of His light is as if there were  a niche, and in the niche is a lamp, and in the lamp is a glass, and  the glass as it were a brilliant star, lit from a blessed tree, an  olive, neither of the east nor of the west, whose oil is well nigh  luminous, though fire scarce touched it. Light upon light. Allah guides  whomever He wants to His Light. Allah strikes metaphors for man; and  Allah knows all things.” (24:35)[/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]When the heart is a  light, countless good comes to it from all directions. If it is dark,  then clouds of evil and afflictions come from all directions to cover it  up. [/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Letting the gaze run  loose also makes the heart blind to distinguishing between truth and  falsehood, between the sunnah and innovation; while lowering it for  Allah, the Might and Exalted, gives it a penetrating, true and  distinguishing insight. [/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]A righteous man once said: “Whoever enriches his outward behaviour by following the sunnah,  and makes his inward soul wealthy through contemplation, and averts his  gaze away from looking at what is forbidden, and avoids anything of a  doubtful nature, and feeds solely on what is halal – his inner sight will never falter.” [/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Rewards for actions  come in kind. Whoever lowers his gaze from what Allah has forbidden,  Allah will give his inner sight abundant light.[/FONT] </blockquote>

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