Mohamad Baajour – Importance Of A Clean Heart Heartify #1
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The importance of the heart in fixing diseases and rewarding actions is emphasized. It is crucial to focus on fixing the heart and learning how to cure diseases. The heart is crucial to reward actions of worship, and individuals should focus on actions that bring the heart to life, such as praying and fasting. The heart is crucial to reward actions of worship, and individuals should find out the truth.
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Heartify, the new series starting today, Alhamdulillah.
I chose this literally because Rasulullah ﷺ said,
إِنَّ فِي الْجَسَدِ مُضْغَةٌ In our body, in
your body, there's a piece of flesh.
If it is good, صَلُحَ الْجَسَدِ كُلُّهُ If
it's good, the whole body will be good.
And if it's corrupt, the whole body is
corrupt.
So how can we sit down and discuss
anything else?
If it's good, and who's telling me this?
My guide to Jannah.
My guide and your guide to Jannah is
telling us, Listen, there's a piece of flesh
in your body.
If you fix it, you're done.
And if it's not good, you're done.
This is from the hadith.
From the Quran, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
said, يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونٍ إِلَّا
On that day, no wealth, no properties, no
children, no grandchildren, no progeny, no nothing will
benefit.
Again, who's saying this?
The one who is going to decide who's
going to Jannah and who's going to Nahr.
The only one.
He's saying on that day, all that you
are working for, all you are spending most
of your time, dedicating most of your time
to acquire, all of that is not going
to benefit you.
Of course, if you use it in the
wrong manner.
إِلَّا And we agreed on that word إِلَّا,
how important it is.
لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا So إِلَّا is extremely important.
No إِلَٰه except.
So the same term is used here.
On that day, no children, no wealth will
benefit you إِلَّا except.
As a person who's looking to enter Jannah,
after I hear this, I have to become
all ears to hear what's after إِلَّا.
Right?
Everybody is saved in this room from the
hellfire إِلَّا.
You become all ears.
Who's that guy?
Right?
So Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى is saying, on
that day nothing will benefit except.
Except what?
Just like I told you, everyone is going
to go to punishment except you become all
ears.
Similarly here, nothing will benefit you except.
Except what?
The one who comes with a قَلْب سَلِيم.
You tell me please, anyone with a complete
brain will concentrate on anything else other than
fixing this قَلْب.
Because this is the only إِلَّا, this is
the only way.
The only way to Jannah is to enter,
to meet Allah with a قَلْب سَلِيم.
So this will be our main topic for
the next, Allah وعلم, maybe 6, 7, 8,
9 months.
How to fix this heart?
What are some of the symptoms that you
have a sick heart?
What are the diseases of the heart?
And how to cure these diseases?
So today, I just want to bring the
importance of the topic, and remind me, myself
and remind you, that Rasulullah ﷺ said, listen
carefully, إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا
يَنظُرُ إِلَى صُورِكُمْ وَأَمْوَالِكُمْ Allah
does not look, does not look at your
attire, at your image, or your wealth.
Because we have many many people, unfortunately, they
focus on what people see.
Now here Rasulullah ﷺ saying, إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا
يَنظُرُ He does not look at the way
you look from outside, and about how much
money do you have.
وَلَكِنْ يَنظُرُ إِلَى قُلُوبِكُمْ وَأَمَالِكُمْ Allahu Akbar So
Allah looks at my heart.
Allah looks at my heart, and my a'mal.
This is the center of attention of Allah.
This is what Allah is looking at.
Most of our concentration of what people look
at, they see me donate, they see me
with a big beard, they see me, what
people look at.
And do not belittle the beard and all
that.
I'm just saying that should not be my
focus.
All my focus is on how I look
like, and inside is corrupt.
Allah looks at the heart.
Why?
Why this heart is so important?
Listen carefully.
Let me ask you a question.
I forgot my chocolate.
Where is Abdullah?
Abdullah if you can hear me, bring me
the chocolate from my office please.
What's the difference between a mu'min and a
munafiq?
What's the difference between a believer and a
hypocrite?
They're both in the first row.
They're both in the first row.
Praying.
To me, I'm looking at people praying.
Allahu Akbar, same movement, everybody's praying.
What differs one person than the other?
How much the heart is involved in that
ibadah, it will elevate the ibadah.
This guy is full concentration.
Both, by the way, both are doing the
same moves, right?
Allahu Akbar, subhanakallahumma.
The same moves, same words, same, everything the
same.
To me from outside, the one who looks
at outside, I cannot see the heart.
Subhanallah, Allah can see the heart.
So for me, they're both praying.
For me, they both went to hajj.
For me, they're both fasting.
For me, they're both just came back from
Umrah.
For me, they're both reading the Quran.
This is for us, right?
But when they are standing in the salat,
what makes this man different than this man,
is how much the heart was involved in
that salat, it will elevate that salat.
And that's why the khushu' and the salat
is so important, right?
The more this guy puts so much attention
on his heart to focus on the salat,
that salat, even though from the outside they
both look the same, it is so much
higher in the sight of Allah.
So, the formula is, in any amal, in
any action, the more the heart is involved
in that act of worship, the more rewarding
that act of worship is.
You understand?
The more the heart is involved in that
act of worship, whatever that act of worship
is, the more reward that act of worship
will get.
So, obviously, I have to focus on what
we call اعمال القلوب.
اعمال القلوب are way more important than اعمال
الباري.
We all know, يا اخوان, that Iman is
three things.
What is Iman?
Iman is saying with the tongue, believing in
the heart, and proving it with the actions.
All three together make you a Mu'min.
How about two out of three?
I say, أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله,
and I believe it in my heart, but
I don't pray, I don't fast, nothing.
Good?
Okay, I say أشهد أن لا إله إلا
الله, and I pray and I fast, but
I don't believe it in my heart.
Good?
Okay, I believe it in my heart 100%,
and I fast, and I pray, but I
never said لا إله إلا الله.
Who is the example of this?
The uncle of Rasulullah صلى الله عليه وسلم,
he believed that this is the Deen that's
true, and he supported Rasulullah صلى الله عليه
وسلم with everything he can, but he never
said لا إله إلا الله.
And there are many people, they are لا
إله إلا الله, we go back to our
topic with those two girls, لا إله إلا
الله, and they pray and they fast because
their parents are pushing them, but there's nothing
in their heart.
Zero.
No Iman.
It has to be all three together, in
order to be called a Mu'min.
In order to be called a Mu'min.
Okay, I will finish with this.
What are some of the examples of أعمال
القلوب?
Give me an example.
أعمال القلوب.
Actions of the heart.
Like what?
Raise your hand.
تفكر.
Pondering upon the creation of Allah سبحانه وتعالى.
Love.
Love of Allah.
All these actions, I look at you, I
don't know who you love.
Right?
Love is an action of the heart.
What else?
What?
خشوع.
خشوع عن خضوع.
All these are actions of the heart.
Contentment is an action of the heart.
How about إخلاص?
That's going to be our first topic.
That's number one.
إخلاص, you look at the crowd around you,
can you tell me, oh this is مخلص,
this is 50%, this is 75%, nobody knows.
إخلاص is أعمال القلب.
How about تقوى?
تقوى is أعمال القلب.
Right?
Fear.
خشع, of Allah, that's أعمال القلب.
All these are أعمال القلوب.
And this is where we should be focusing
a lot.
A lot.
As we will see, inshallah تعالى, in the
days to come, how important they are.
قانتين والقانتات والصادقين والصادقات والصابرين والصابرات
والخاشعين والخاشعات والخاشعين والخاشعات والمتصدقين
والمتصدقات والصائرين
والصائمات والحافظين فروجهم والحافظات والذاكرين
الله كثيرا والذاكرات أعد الله لهم مغفرة
وأجرا عظيما