Ismail Kamdar – Book of Hope #2 – The Spiritual Heart

			Salam alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh
		

			at hamdulillahi Rabbil aalameen or salat wa salam on the below Karim Allah Allah He was happy he
might begin by creating a Lhasa Hana with the other and asking Allah to send his peace and blessings
upon the final prophet Muhammad bin Abdullah. So Allahu Allah, he was Salam and all those who follow
his way with righteousness until the end of time. Welcome to lecture two in the series on the book
of hope for sinners. Today inshallah, we are going to discuss and explain chapter three of the book.
		

			It is the five Indian National lockdown we're in South Africa. I don't know how it is in your
countries, but I really miss teaching and I really must being around people of color to make this
easy for all of us. These videos at least helped me to get a sense of of being part of the community
and still be able to benefit people. But nonetheless, you know, the idea of actually meeting with
people and discussing and having q&a and talking to people one on one that this this is something
that we took for granted. And it's been taken away from us with many other things. Mr. Masjid
haven't been to the masjid in two weeks, haven't been for Juma in two weeks and never thought I'd
		

			have to say that. Let make things easy for all of us. And may He help us to learn from this and to
reform from this and to grow from this and to become better Muslims through all of this. So today,
inshallah, we're going to discuss chapter three of the book, I for those who missed the first video.
This series is based on my book, the book of hope for sinners.
		

			We this is a good time to discuss the concept of sin, dependence, and having open Allah's mercy and
using that to push ourselves forward to move ourselves closer to Allah subhanho wa Taala. So last
week, we discussed the concept of sin. And we said that everybody since it's important to recognize
that we sin, it's important to recognize our sins. Because if we don't recognize that we are
sinners, we won't repent, we won't make a steel part we'll just continue doing these things over and
over again, it's very important to recognize that certain things that we do are wrong, and to ask
God to forgive us for these things. We say that everybody does. The prophets lie. Some said that
		

			every son of Adam makes mistakes. So as a Muslim as a believer,
		

			you should not expect sinless sinlessness from yourself. That is a goal that we work to achieve, but
it's not an expectation at this stage in our lives. Very few people, we actually reach a level in
their lives where perhaps the SMS, Allah knows best if it's even possible for anyone besides the
prophets, but perhaps for the Olia. Allah knows best. Nonetheless, the average person like myself
and yourself, our lives are full of sin.
		

			And we said that the true believer hides distance so only Allah individual actually know about
distance. And this is why when we look at people, we assume that they are pious, because Allah hides
the sins of the righteous and of the true believers. And believers themselves hide their own sense.
And we said that this is not hypocrisy. This is from the teachings of our religion, everyone sins,
but the believer is ashamed of his or her son, so they keep it secret. And they ask Allah for
forgiveness. And we said that there is always hope, no matter how many sins we have committed, no
many matter how many times we have repented. No matter how many times we have done all of this over
		

			and over again, is always hoped Allah will forgive us for our sins. So today we're going to discuss
the next chapter of the book, which is the spiritual heart. And this is a very important concept for
understanding why we sin and understanding the importance of the same pattern over so the Prophet
Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam stated,
		

			the translation of witches beware, in the body is a piece of flesh. If it is sound, the entire body
itself if it is corrupt, the entire body is corrupt. It is the heart. This heaviness is narrated in
Sahih Muslim.
		

			So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam told us that when the heart is corrupt, the entire body is
corrupt. I mean, the heart is sound, the entire body sound, but firstly, what does he mean by the
heart? This isn't very clear. There's actually a lot of discussion and a lot of difference of
opinion amongst the AMA. But what actually is the goal? Because, you know, there is the opinion that
is referring to a physical heart but I don't agree with that opinion because the physical hearts
		

			Each purpose is to pump blood throughout our bodies to keep us alive. Rather, the call that the
Quran and the Hadith refers to many times over with talking about spirituality when talking about
good deeds and sin. In talking about belief and disbelief, I believe this is referring to a
invisible heart, a metaphysical heart, a spiritual heart. And there are many other modalities to
help us opinion that there is a separate heart, there is the physical heart that keeps our body
alive. And separately, there is the spiritual heart that is part of our soul.
		

			And one of the evidences that is part of our soul is that a loss of a handler says about of the Day
of Judgment, that the one with a pure heart, you know what Skype those will be saved, that the
judgment has pure hearts, meaning that we will still have this heart with us on the Day of Judgment.
Now, for anyone who's actually studied the
		

			Day of Judgment, you will know that this physical body of ours will not go with us after we die, we
leave this body our soul remains and the soul is resurrected in a new body.
		

			So if the soul is resurrected in a new body, then
		

			the heart that is that that's been referred to cannot be part of the body must be part of the soul.
And so therefore, there are many other natural history who held the opinion that all of these verses
of the Quran all of these pieces that refer to a call with it refer to a heart, it's talking about a
heart within our soul, not the heart, in our body, the heart within our soul, which is the center of
thought, feelings, emotions and belief.
		

			This is what has been referred to. And this heart is where our demand stems of where our desire to
do good or evil stems from. And it can be corrupted just as the soul is corrupted. So I will show
can be of one of three levels as the different names taken from different verses of the Quran. We
have the knifes Amara issue, as mentioned issue our use of the soul that commands with evil. And so
this is the lowest level of the soul. This is the type of soul that wants to send and wants to do
bad deeds.
		

			This is the kind of soul that the average sinner has.
		

			Then we have the soul that is
		

			naturally warmer. So that feels guilty. For instance, as mentioned surah tr, the nurse to Loma is
the average human being so it wants to do good deeds, it wants to do sin when it does do a Cindy
feels bad about it. And then we have the highest level mentioning Shula and fudger about those who
allow love to do to return to enlightenment state that he loves. And this is natural wood mckinna A
so that isn't a state of inner peace.
		

			So this is the soul of the prophets and the Olia and the city again and the Shahada, the people who
have reached a level where they are at peace with the loss of a hand with Allah. And they saw once
with allowance, and that is the level that we strive for. Now, just as I was so goes through these
three levels, at the same time, the heart also has three levels the heart of the soul, the
metaphysical heart also has three accompany levels, all of which are mentioned throughout the Quran
intuition. So just as we have the knifes a murder suit the soul that is inclined towards evil, we
also have the dead heart that did have meaning there is no image in it. There is no goodness in it.
		

			It is the heart that cannot experience joy from good deeds is a heart that is not inclined to watch.
Indeed, it is a heart that does not care about the deeds. There is nothing in it except pure evil.
This is the lowest level of the heart. Then we have the average heart which is moral which is sick.
		

			It is good in it but it also sickness in it. There's a mixture.
		

			And this is the average human beings heart. In all of our hearts. That is good, but it also
sicknesses. Some of us have jealous Some of us have inclination towards immorality. Some of us have
algorithms. Some of us have doubts. Everyone has some kind of sickness in their heart. And this
sickness pulls them towards sin. But it's also goodness in their heart. They pull them towards good
deeds. And in the highest level, the one mentioned in the Quran, the type of person that will be
safe on the Day of Judgment is the heart. That is
		

			the heart that is sound or the heart that is pure. There's different ways of channel
		

			income from sleep like Colgan selling is different translations for call concerning, does it refer
to a sound heart? Does it refer to a pure heart, a clean heart, all of these different translations,
they all essentially mean the same thing, which is a heart that is inclined to goodness, a heart
that is purified from all eternal equals a heart which does not have within it jealousy, or hatred,
or arrogance, or doubts about the religion, or inclination towards partnership, none of this. And
this is the level that we strive for this is the level that we aim for, this is the level that we
work for. So it's important for us to understand that within us, we have besides our physical heart,
		

			our metaphysical heart, and again, some of them are of the opinion that it's the same heart, and it
serves two functions, one that we can see what we cannot see. But there's also the opinion that they
are separate. One is the heart of the body, and when is the heart of the soul, and that is the
opinion that I am inclined towards.
		

			So how does this relate to sir?
		

			Well, the thing that corrupts the heart is, and the prophets always have stated when the heart is
completely corrupted, the entire body's just engaged in since all the times, but when the heart is
purified in the body gauges, equities, and so we have to be constantly in a state of trying to
purify and clean our hearts. So there's another Hadith, which describes the effects of sin upon the
heart.
		

			And it states that whenever a person commits a sin, a black spot appears upon the heart. anytime
they ask for forgiveness or the repent, that spot is wiped away. So when someone continuously since
over and over again, without is still far without Toba without repentance, more and more spots
appear on their heart until it is completely flattened. And once it is completely blackened, all of
that goodness is gone forget all of the goodness is taken away. And they are now people would get
hearts there. Now people with rusted hearts, they know people who cannot think about good are not
inclined towards the good to the people who only want to sit all the time. And they don't feel any
		

			guilt for their sense. And they don't feel any joy from good deeds, and they and they are put off by
good deeds and righteousness will protect us from ever be amongst them.
		

			So this Hudis teaches us
		

			that every sin that we convert has an impact on our heart.
		

			So in order to keep our heart pure, we must continuously engage in stillness far and
		

			we must continuously engage in seeking a lot forgiveness and repenting for our sins. This is the
only way to before this is the only way to keep ourselves constantly moving towards having a pure
heart.
		

			linked with this, it's also important for us to understand that
		

			our
		

			our hearts are also a place in which we have good deeds, etc.
		

			And many people are not aware of this.
		

			For many of us, when we talk about good deeds and sin, we only think about physical peace, right? We
only think about doing something. But there's actually three types of deeds, the deeds of our body,
the deeds of our tongue, and then each of our hearts and they are good deeds and sins in all three
categories. So to pray, so that is a good deed of appointment. To meet liquor is a good deal of the
time. To love Allah is a good deal of the heart.
		

			To hit someone is a sense of the word. To use vulgar language and someone is a sin of the
		

			tongue. And to
		

			say the ultra to hope, jealousy and hatred in our hearts for people is a sin of the heart.
		

			show our our heart also has good deeds, incense, just like the rest of our bodies. And it's
important for us to know what these are. So we can work on the good deeds and we can avoid the sins
because this is part of purifying
		

			from the good deeds of the heart. The single most important one is to believe
		

			belief takes place in the heart.
		

			And this is why the scholars have defined belief as belief in the heart, testifying with the dumb
and doing good deeds with the body.
		

			So it starts off in the heart that is where the deeper insights you cannot believe anything out you
believe at all
		

			Your heart. And so the most important thing that every Muslim has to do all the time is to have that
firm belief in Islam.
		

			linked to that the worst sin that the heart can commit is this belief.
		

			Again, this belief can manifest itself in our deeds and our words, but it takes place inside of the
heart. That is where it takes place. So sometimes a believer could be put in a situation with
someone puts a gun to the head and tells them to say what is beneath. As long as their heart is full
of Mr. Singh, those words are not conscious disbelief, because they were under pressure of loss of
life.
		

			So the heart is where what matters. This is where believe takes place. This is where this belief
takes place. This is where our doubts take place. And so this is what needs to be protected our
heart, we protect our heart by doing good deeds, we protect our heart by avoiding simply protect our
hearts. by seeking forgiveness, we protect our hearts from engaging Ebola, here are the ways in
which we protect our hearts from the speed.
		

			But amongst the other good deeds of the heart,
		

			is the love of others love,
		

			fear of love, the worker, trust in Allah sobor, patience, sugar, gratitude. Now all of these things
have the physical and verbal manifestations, but when they actually take place is within God. It is
within the heart that one feels trusting what is within the heart and what feels patience, or
gratitude, or love, or fear, all of these things take place within.
		

			And many attempts to make the mistakes of only trying to focus on the physical. So we focus on doing
the act of worship of Salah.
		

			But we don't focus on increasing our level of luxury of being the Salah, or the gratitude to Allah.
Or we may focus on physically being patient with a task. But a heart may not be full of thought or
happy, not be full of the walk. And so the physical server is very superficial, and he breaks
delivery easily.
		

			So the good deeds of the heart are very, very important, just like the good deeds of the body at the
time. And very often do what take the good deeds of the body to the next level. Because the person
may pre Salah just as an act of worship, and ultimately we're different. But when a person priest
Allah while the heart is full of love of Allah and fee of Allah and gratitude towards Allah, then
that Salah is going to be on another level altogether.
		

			A person may
		

			put up with the difficulties of life, but the heart may be empty, or the heart may be full of doubt,
or the heart will be full of agitation, Allah may still reward them for the actual physical sub. But
when the heart is at peace with the father of Allah, when the heart is, has its full trust in Allah,
when the heart is still loving and grateful to Allah, then that patients become sovereign God
becomes a beautiful patient, and becomes a good deal on another level, and become something that
brings a person much, much closer to Allah subhanho wa Taala.
		

			Just as we have these good deeds of the heart, they are also sins that take place within the heart.
And very often we forget about these sins, and we ignore the center, we don't think about any sense.
And so they grow and they grow and they grow until they begin to manifest themselves in our words
and deeds.
		

			And again, we make the mistake of only focusing on physical sense,
		

			which are also important and necessary to avoid.
		

			But very often we forget about the root cause the root cause is the heart again, remember that Heidi
said we started with when the heart is corrupt the entire body since when the heart is pure, the
entire body does it. So very often, when we have a sinful habit or a sinful inclination.
		

			The root is not in our deeds, the route is in our hearts. And if we can figure out what is wrong
with our hearts and fix that, then the deeds that stemmed from it get fixed as well. For example,
		

			sometimes the heart has within jealousy. And the person might not even know that within the heart is
this hustle, this jealousy. And this individual may engage in all kinds of sin because of their
jealousy. They may hurt people. They may have people, they may sabotage people, they may be nasty
towards people, they may break ties with people. And they may not realize that all of this comes
from a single route. And that route is jealousy.
		

			If he can read the hearts of jealousy, he can read the lives of others since. So it's important for
us to make time for more hassle to look internally, to discover the sins of the heart, to reflect on
the sins of the heart and to purify our heart, for instance. So for example, if your person realize
that they have jealousy, they need to work on themselves to remove that jealousy by thinking about
Allah. Thinking about everything Allah has blessed him with realizing that when they are jealous,
they are actually angry with a lot of love. And this affects the relationship of realizing that
jealousy makes him a nasty person, realizing that jealousy is not worth it, realizing that jealousy
		

			is destroying equities, and realizing that as a believer, we supposed to love for others what we
love ourselves, when we work on our hearts in this way, we can put our jealousy and we need all
these things that come from jealousy. Likewise, a person's heart may be full of love of fashion,
love of immorality. And so they find it hard to give up the sin of *, or the sin of
fornication, or even other kinds of sins that we might not even be able to think about. And so
they're working on the physical set, they're working on on lowering the gaze, and they're working on
giving up monography they're working on giving up see now, but it just isn't worth every time they
		

			try to fall back into it. Maybe what needs to be done is a shift in methodology, instead of just
trying to give up the physical sin, go into insight, what is inclining me towards this? And what is
making me commit this and what is what is it that is causing me to commit this and over and over
again? Perhaps it is in love?
		

			So how do you get rid of enough?
		

			Well, you study the harms of cancer, you study the evils that sin have caused to society. So for
example, the person whose heart is inclined to watch * should look at the harms of the
* industry. The amount of of human trafficking, mistreatment of women, the miserable lives
of some of these people have to live. Basically, many of these people engaging these things are
slaves. When you are watching this sin, this Phoenicia, you are encouraging all of these other evil
practices that go along with it, then is the impact it has on marriages, the impact it has on
relationships, the impact, most importantly, it has on your relationship with Allah subhanho wa
		

			Taala. So when one does more harm, only one thinks about all of these things we want things about
the impact of this evil has on oneself, one's family and society as a whole, then perhaps you could
replace the love for the sin, with hatred for the sin for disgust for the simple for absolute
devotion for this. And when one does that, it may become easier to preach, it may become easier to
keep up this, I'm not saying 100% because when there is an addiction involved, it is much much
harder to give up a sin. Nonetheless, this can help it can help the person to afford
		

			so this is my message for today. And that is for us to understand the importance of our spiritual
paths. And why we are all locked up in our homes, unable to go out unable to go about our daily
lives. Let's put this time to productive usage. Let's use this time, form hustle. This use this time
to go inside to look at our hearts and see what's wrong with it is the arrogance is the doubt is the
jealousy is the level of immorality, that is discovered what is wrong within our corpse. And it is
start to purify that call to secret law is still far too Toba to solid recitation, of course, on to
engaging with our thoughts, to maybe talking within ourselves about these things. So one of the
		

			things I like to do is to close my eyes, and to actually have internal discussion with myself about
distance. And to and to tell myself about why these things are bad and why they are harmful to me.
And I find this helps me to stay away from people.
		

			So this is called possible to look inside yourself and to deal with yourself and to purely by
yourself. And this is a very, very important part about religion. I'm going to be a hotdog regular
who said take hisab of yourself before the Olympics he saw what you do my hospital before the day we
lost one hold you accountable for your sins. We have the time
		

			we have a event that is forcing us to reconsider our life choices and and the way that we live our
lives. We have the resources. May Allah help us to use this time to repent to reform and to become
better Muslims and to bring ourselves more inclined towards worshiping Him and being from those who
are righteous in those who are close to him.
		

			Really all of us have said,
		

			all of us have ways or sicknesses within our hearts that we need to work on. So we can work towards
having open selling a pure heart. And maybe we don't reach that level. But if we try a level rewards
for training for givers for everything else, and that's what matters most our intention and our
effort. So no matter what sins we have done and at what evil we have done, remember, your effort is
what matters most you intentionally what matters most, anything beyond that level focus. So let us
spend our lives trying to obey Allah sincerely for our level of light and attitude towards Allah.
And if we do this, and inshallah we'll forgive all of the mistakes we make along the way. Remember,
		

			the series is based on my book, the book of hope for sinners, which is available at Amazon. It's
available at gumroad. Get yourself a copy so you can follow along and you can medium ever you are
feeling down if you are feeling hopeless, if you feel like a sense of too much. Just recently
Hobbes's and Quranic verses and comparing to this book, like except for me and from from you all,
well, except the writing of the book and the recording of the sessions explaining it to me, he made
this a means of benefit for khumba thank you all for your time. Thank you all for paying attention
to offer meaning to offer the model. Allah is trained quickly, that he forgives us for our sins and
		

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