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of the month (July, 2009)
Verily the hearts are of three types
By Shaykh
Ibnul Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah
691 AH (1292 CE) to 751 AH (1350 CE) Rahimullah
- The heart which is void of Eeman and all types of good,
this is the dark heart. The Shaytan no longer needs to confront
this heart with whispers because he now dwells in it. He
decrees what he wishes in it and has taken complete control
of it.
- The heart which has been illuminated with the light of
Eeman. Faith has kindled its lanterns within it, but at
the same time there is still present some darkness of desires
and winds of disobedience. The Shaytan approaches and retreats
from this category of hearts, and at times he takes advantage
of opportunities. The war (in this heart) is sometimes severe
and at other times calm. The affair of the individuals who
fall into this category of hearts varies between many and
few. Some possessors of this category are usually victorious
over their enemy, while others regularly allow their enemy
to get the upper hand. A third group are those who have
equal moments of defeat and victory.
- The heart which is filled with faith. This heart is illuminated
with the light of Eeman and the veil of desires and darkness
has been lifted from it. The light of Eeman is glowing within
the chest and that glow contains flames. If desires attempt
to approach the heart they are burned by the flames (of
Eeman). This heart is protected similar to the protection
of the sky by the stars. If the Shaytan attempts to advance
toward the sky to steal (information) he is flogged with
a star and he burns. The sky is not more precious than the
believer and Allah's protection of the believer is greater
than His protection of the sky. The sky is a place of worship
for the Angels, it is also the place of revelation (The
Quran was brought to the last sky and then revealed to The
Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) piece by piece), and
in it (the sky) are the rays of obedience. But the heart
of the believer is the place of Tawheed, love (of Allah,
the Prophet May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon
him-, Islam, etc...), understanding and faith. In it are
the rays of the previously mentioned elements, and therefore
it is befitting that it is protected from the plots of the
enemy. As a result of this, he (the enemy) can not obtain
anything from it (the heart of the believer) except by deceitfully
seizing it.
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