Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Curing a Black Heart
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So our friends
we know from the Hadith that's related in the sorry,
that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said that, with every
sin that's committed,
a black dot appears on the heart.
The black dot essentially can be considered to be a it's, it's a
foreign object, it's a foreign influence to the heart, to the
native environment of the heart, which
the native environment and the equilibrium that it needs to have,
and the purity that it needs to maintain for it to function
properly. And for it to shine the light in this dunya. For us, to be
able to deal with the rights and wrongs and to understand them,
that native environment and that pure state becomes adulterated,
it becomes rusty by these dots. And as they continue to
accumulate, it slows our heart down in terms of the spiritual
problems, we're not talking about our biological heart here. So I'm
not sure if you took out a heart of a person who's a Willie of
Allah, and the physical heart, biological heart of somebody who's
not only of Allah, who is a sinner. And if you looked at it,
I'm not sure if you'd see that see a difference, because the purpose
of this is the spiritual heart. So we're not speaking about the heart
as the biological organ, but we're actually speaking about the
spiritual hearts. So the spiritual heart, just like with the
biological heart, once it starts getting cluttered up, it doesn't
perform its function anymore. So the spiritual heart will also get
clogged up. Now, once in, okay, the heart still dominates, the
nature of it still dominates, but the more the,
the more that continues to be added, then you can see that it's
going to put a big spanner in the works, it's going to have a big
effect on the way our heart is going to function.
Eventually, what happens is when it becomes so dominated, and it
starts having its influence, its negative influence, eventually a
time will come when it will dominate the natural state of that
spiritual heart.
How do you tell that every person has the ability to gauge at what
level their heart is, they may not be able to gauge it at a very
precise level, that it's exactly 29.5% You know, the way they can
gauge things. So particularly, nowadays, also, specifically, we
may not be able to gauge it like that, because we don't have any
instruments of that nature. But we get a ballpark figure, we
definitely can get an idea. And the way you do that, is by seeing
what kind of interest and motivation we have to do good
deeds,
what kind of motivation and interest we have in doing good
deeds. So the motivation even coming in our heart to do the good
deeds and to abstain from bad deeds. So is that feeling even
there? Number two, the feeling is there. So that means there's some
health so we still our heart is still open to gaining the light.
So our heart is still open to gaining the light. So the
inspiration is there. The Tofik is still there to us, meaning the
call and the invite from Allah subhanaw taala is still there, but
then are we then following that up and actually doing the action not?
That's the second stage we need to look at. This is generally the
first thing to go will be
The interaction.
Not that you don't even have an intention anymore, the first thing
that will go is that I know what I have to do, I feel like doing it
as well, I have a longing to do it, but I don't do it. That's the
first thing that will recede. That means we still got to 50%. You
know, again, these are just rough figures.
But then once it goes beyond that, and we no longer even feel like
doing the good, these inspirations don't even come into our mind. And
again, this can be a varying degrees, then we know that there's
a bigger problem there. So every person can gauge their own heart.
There are people who are working out every day. And they, they have
no problems with their heart, they don't feel any problems. They've
never had any palpitations, they've never had any angina
attacks. They've never had any problem whatsoever. They fit, they
think them because they look after themselves. And yet there was a
person just a few years ago, somebody in you know, the circle
we knew. And he came back from the gym used to work out everyday, and
he died of a heart attack.
And there was no, that's the biological hardware speaking
about. So now here, when we speak about the spiritual heart,
we can tell where we are.
Generally speaking, generally speaking, we can tell, however,
sometimes we can't tell.
Even though we might be doing good things and trying to stay away and
everything. But there may sometimes there is this really,
really critical one thing that we still are continuing to do.
Which is actually worse than everything else. So although like
this person who's training every day, and he thinks he's completely
fine, there must have been something
you know, there must have been something there. Of course,
everything is in the hands of Allah. But when you look at the
vahidi suburb of things, then this is what happened to him the next
day, likewise, with their Omar mentioned is that a person can
think he's doing the good externally could be doing
everything and so on. But sometimes they're the few things
that they still don't abstain from. And this is very dangerous.
So that's why
O'Shea says that mashallah you guys abstain from? He says, we
abstain from many, many sins?
You know, I'm not I don't we compare ourselves to others, or I
don't do that. You hear about somebody who visits clubs or
somebody who does haram dresses wrongly or whatever, anything, we
don't do that.
You know, we're fully covered up and everything. So we compare
ourselves.
So what he says is that we do, we abstain from many sins, but we
don't Abstain from all sins. That's the crucial difference.
That's why we are all here.
The path is to make us Abstain from all sins, out of our love for
Allah subhanaw taala not out of fear for him, although the fear is
there as well, it has to be there, but out of our love, that we don't
want to disobey our master. So it's not enough to abstain from
many sins, but we have to abstain from all sins. And may Allah
subhanho wa Taala give us that Tofik. So now we can all get that
idea of how and where our hearts are, generally speaking, and we
can be happy that we're doing many good deeds, that it's good, that
motivation is good, there's nothing wrong with that, as long
as you don't become secure, that I'm fine. And there's nothing
wrong with me. And we over look, we start overlooking the small
things that we think we did so many good deeds, let's overlook
these one or two bad deeds. This is this is the challenge for most
most of us. Right? Because we're not going to do big bad deeds,
Allah Allah forgive us for that. And Allah Tala give us his karma
away from a you know, on the right path. But then our biggest problem
is that we overlook the few deeds that we're still doing, even
though we're not doing many other things. However, when a person
eventually, if a person eventually loses all form of guilt, and
remorse in their heart, and they continue to do things, then they
don't even feel remorse. Because if you feel remorse, and
Hamdulillah, that's still a bounty of Allah.
But when a person no longer feels remorse, or regrets,
then a time will come when they can't see the dark from the light.
They won't know whose friend or foe because they will be friend
with people that will be really their enemies, because there'll be
making them do wrong, but you will actually love these people more
than even good people, because you'll become conducive to that
way of life. So a total breakdown of any form
Have distinguishment or distinction between the good and
bad, the the bottle and the HAC. What's really good for you what's
bad for you, the beneficial and the harmful, all of that will
break down. And that's why these people have Allah subhanaw taala
calls them in the Quran, blind people.
Allah subhanaw taala hasn't I don't think he's made. I haven't
read so much of history to know this, but I don't think Allah has
made like an entire group of people blind, like this entire
tribe is blind. Genetically, they just they just blind. I haven't
heard anything like that. It's a possibility.
However, there are many people who are, who have perfect sight,
perfect external vision. But they have no internal vision, which is
the real thing. And look at what Allah subhanaw taala says about
that. Allah says in the home Ghana, Coleman, I mean, these
people were, I mean, I mean, not I mean, I mean means with Amana.
This is I mean with the rain, which comes from the roots of not
being able to see that these people are blind, who is Coleman,
I mean, these people are a tribe or a group of blind people. There
is no blind people that Allah has made as a tribe. So this must
refer to people who are as an entire tribe as an entire group
involved in the Haram and they're wrong and they can't see from
their hearts. That's why
Allah subhanaw taala says that once a person is like that, he
uses the same parable in a number of other places. So he says woman
can if he had the RMR for whorfin arkeologi Arema. What are the Lusa
Vela? Whoever then is blind in this world will be blind in the
Hereafter, and even more deviant even more off the track. This is
clearly not speaking about people who are externally blind only
because they are blind to no fault of their own. Okay, you might say
that they put themselves into some kind of daring feat and they got
blinded by that, okay, that's a different issue. But this is not
what they speak what Allah subhanaw taala is speaking about
Allah subhanaw taala is saying the one who is blind in this world
from the truth from seeing right and wrong, then in the Hereafter,
he's going to be even more blind from his way to Jana. And he's
going to be totally off the track. Then Allah subhanho wa Taala says
about such people what they will say on the Day of Judgment, he
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why did you resurrect me in this blind state, when I was of those
who could see in the world so these are those people who are
internally blind they will they apparently are going to be blind
in the Hereafter they won't be able to see the way to Jannah and
they're going to complain I was I had site in the world where's my
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Our Signs came to you because Erica Turner, fantasy TA and you
forgot those signs, you overlook the signs, you neglected the
signs, you left them by the side
so today, you're going to be also made to be forgotten mechanical
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you left my art alone. May Allah not make us of these people.
And then Allah subhanaw taala says the whole globe and
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that they have hearts, but they don't really understand what's
beneficial for them. They have eyes, but they don't really see
the good from the bad, the darkness from the light.
Everything looks like light for them. Because their focus is the
wrong type of light.
They're not focused on the spiritual light.
This is our biggest problem. We are so amazed. We're so amazed by
the wrong type of lights, the wrong type of glamour.
The wrong type of luster.
That's the wrong type.
In old Christianity, they used to have a particular
they used to have a particular type of
prayer
This is called lustration.
last iteration comes from the word luster. luster means
light, to create luster and shine on something. So luster rate,
restoration
means to illuminate.
And subhanAllah that's probably a better word for a translation for
wudu than ablution.
Because that's exactly what we do will do for
we do will do, because the Prophet sallallahu sallam said do will do
and the parts that you do will do. And he says try to wash more,
because as much as you wash, that is the those parts will be
illuminated on the day of judgment or Rama hygiene. In fact, the
Prophet sallallahu sallam said, that's the way I will, I will
notice you who you are, that's the way I will identity that that's
our identity card on the Day of Judgment, this lust duration.
This will do.
That's our identity on the Day of Judgment. Many of us we do our
will do just to get into solids. We don't consider it a worship, we
just consider it some kind of quick means the key that's it. Who
cares about keys, you just have to look after it, that's all. But the
pious days to even focus on they will do
May Allah give us that Tofik as well.
So when Allah subhanaw taala says they have hearts that don't think
and they have eyes that don't see.
And then Allah subhanaw taala explains it says the inner turmoil
of soar work in Tamil Kuruvilla TV pseudo it's because
they know hola Tamil, have a sore, it's not the eyes the physical
externalize that are
unable to see. They're not the ones that are blinded.
But it's the eyes of the heart. They're the ones which are
blinded.
Once a person gets to a level with the sin that with the sins that
the heart becomes totally out of its nature
and it loses its conducive environment. Then Allah subhanaw
taala says, Hashem Allah who either could will be him wider
summary more upside, he will be show,
then a village is placed, okay, that's rejected now. So once the
various plays no good will come into it.
So these are the stages of what happens.
Each one of us can figure out where we are in this.
Now, the thing to correct all of this is the Tober. Because October
is the is the vicar. It's a remembrance. But it's the
particular remembrance. So there's many types of remembrance, some
remembrance, all of it is beneficial, but some remembrance
is to provide this benefit to provide that benefit. The specific
vicar remembrance that is there to purify the heart is called is the
foreign Toba.
So when the prophets of Allah Islam said Nicholas che in sikhala
tune was a caller to Kullu, the vicar Allah, that everything has a
Polish, there's a Polish, a method of polishing
for everything, and the polish of the heart is the vicar of Allah.
Specifically in the first thing that comes is the iStick file and
the Toba, so Toba and istikhara is extremely beneficial to remove
this problem from the heart once a person makes the Toba then it
washes the heart. It softens the heart when I say so soften it's
because Allah subhanaw taala mentions pasa
right, Allah subhanaw taala mentioned that their heart have
become hard
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says, so the vicar route now will not only wash our hearts, it will
soften it away from the hardness, it will purify it away from that
dirt and it will brighten it away from the darkness. So these are
all the benefits of remembering Allah subhanho wa Taala
specifically doing is too far and so on.
Ibraheem Alehissalaam was once told by Allah subhanho wa Taala
that
you should purify the heart every once in a while. Profits are pure
anyway. But this is the profits are shown to do things so that
it's a role model for the Ummah as well.
So he said you should do this. So he brought him on his son took it
literally he said that how can I polish my heart? How can I wash it
and purify it when I can't get to it? I'm not talking about my hand,
or my face on my feet. We're talking about the heart which is
internal. How can I wash my heart?
And generally washing requires water. Water is the best word
Right. That's why even when we do is stingy. It's the using anything
but water will just lessen and decrease the energizer. Whereas
water liquid is what will eliminate it because it has the
ability. How do you wash your heart then we're not the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam that we're going to have our, our chest
split, and Subhanallah, the angels are going to, you know, wash us, I
don't see any. I don't think there's any kind of surgery like
that as well to wash our hearts can replace a heart with somebody
else's, but you can't wash it. So Ibrahim Ali Salam had a very
important question. So then Allah subhanaw taala responded to him,
he said, with your tears,
with your tears,
Allahu Akbar.
Shedding tears washes away the heart.
Shedding tears washes away the heart.
Now, how do you cry? The best times to cry is when you're alone,
you don't have to worry about anybody, then once your heart
becomes soft enough, you can cry at anything. If you see a picture
that will be very heart rending for you, of Syria or something
like that. Some news comes to you, you're in a state, take advantage
of that state.
I spoke to the shake. And I said that
one person asked that they're on
the third or the fourth Subak of the
victim and they always feel teary. They always feel emotional, and so
on. So they said yes, that's the benefit of the soften, softening,
right now. But I said then the person feels a bit irritated by
small things. They get teary eyed and everything like that. So yeah,
they're directing in the wrong way.
This is a state that Allah is giving you that you can cry.
That's a NEMA.
So he says read Quran crime there with meaning do they current crime
that do DUA and crime they use this time that you've got. So you
know, like when someone was somebody of hours passes away, and
we're in an emotional state, those kinds of times that it could be a
blessing in disguise, because we can use that directly in the right
direction. To cry in the right places, instead of wasting that
emotion and crying for the wrong reasons. Or for useless reasons,
or reasons that will not be of benefit. The benefit will be when
we turn it to the right reasons.
And subhanAllah you know, if you're driving or listening to a
lecture or something, you listen to the Quran or something. Just
get into that mode where you can cry. And then ask Allah for, for
for for help and for assistance. And that is really, really helpful
because a hard heart doesn't go anywhere. Neither is good for the
world. It's only good for politics. It's only good for
aggressive takeovers. It's only good for aggressive management.
It's not good for anything else. It's not soft, Allah subhanaw
taala says, The Prophet said Lawson said Allah is with those
whose hearts are broken.
So sometimes Allah subhanaw taala ajeeb sometimes when we have a
problem, Allah gives us that problem. The reason he's given us
that problem is so that he can be or our hearts can be closer to him
because Allah He is closest to the moon casiotone Kulu those whose
hearts are broken.
So this IG wisdom in everything is it wisdom in everything. So that's
what, that's what he does. That's what the heart is that happens to
the heart with the vicar in the remembrance of Allah subhanahu wa
taala and by crying, so as much as we have sometimes maybe spent our
gazes in the Haram that is how much we should cry from our eyes
to erase all of that from our heart.
Because the pictures of everything that we have seen haram in our
hearts, they they keep coming up once in a while. So by crying
sufficiently,
tears from our eyes will hopefully remove that from us.
And another place where you get the baraka and where sins are
removed, because of the state of the heart that's changed is in
majorities of the
you know, may Allah make this one of those majorities and think
majorities in general majorities of the Olia which you know, I hope
one of you are Willys of Allah. Right. May Allah subhanho wa Taala
make that be the case. But the thing is that when people are
concerned and gathered together on a Saturday morning, valuable time,
that is, right, then Subhanallah So, somebody came to Hasson bossy
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And people would come to Huson bossy, Rahmatullah is Magennis
and they will be affected.
There will be
tears crying, softening of the heart, no doubt, this one person
came and he said, Look, he said I
don't feel a thing. He's got concerned, which is a good thing.
So he's still got something, but I don't feel a thing.
So then has an Basirhat Allah, Allah He, He said to him, he said,
when a person is sleeping, you go to wake them up, you have to shake
them. If you call out to them, and they don't wake up, then what do
you do? You shake them, you move them along,
and then they wake up. If somebody doesn't wake up even after you
shake them, then what is that person
then that person is dead.
So in a similar fashion, if a curse person cannot be effected by
the Quran reading by the thicker, by coming to my journalists, by
doing thicker, etc, etc, then they're in a worse state. It's not
a lost state.
It can still be enlivened again. You can't enliven a dead person
but you can enliven a dead heart. Yes, it's very difficult. It's
very difficult but it can happen and with the help of Allah
subhanaw taala things are very easy. So
that is what I will leave ourselves on, on today.
May Allah subhanaw taala give us a Tofik let's do our
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So he says go and look into your own heart, jump into your own self
and gain the victory of this life is as if you don't want to be
mined and don't be mined. But at least be yourself. Don't waste
your time it'd be nobody's be your friends who's going to take you to
hellfire? Why are we selling our Acura for somebody else's? Dunya
why are we selling our hero for somebody else's dunya so rather
than that, at least become yours, do something for yourself at least
even if you don't want to become mine. May Allah subhanaw taala
make us his May Allah subhanaw taala make us us