Abu Humayd Saalim - ‘Come, look to your heart!’

From Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Nuʿmān bin Bashīr (raḍiyallāhu ʿanhumā) who said:
I heard the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallallāhu alayhi wasallam) saying, "That which is lawful is clear and that which is unlawful is clear and between the two are ambiguous matters which many people do not know of. So whoever took caution regarding the ambiguous matters has absolved himself regarding his religion and his honour. And whoever fell into the doubtful matters has fallen into the unlawful, just like the shepherd who grazes his flock around the sanctuary (of a king), all but grazing therein. Indeed, every king has a sanctuary (that cannot be violated) and indeed the sanctuary of Allāh is his prohibitions. Indeed, there is a morsel of flesh in the body which if it is sound the whole body is sound and which if itis corrupt the whole body is corrupt. Indeed, it is the heart."

⁃ An individual is healthy in regards to his organs, but if he or the heart is sick (not physically but morally) then there is no benefit for him to be physically healthy
⁃ When iblees knew that the affair revolves around the heart then he comes to them with whispers of what he knows. This causes the actions of the individual will become corrupt likewise his heart and his religion. He tries to occupy them with doubts and gets them to fulfil their desires
⁃ That which comes to the heart after someone’s actions is disheartening (it increases the hardness of the heart up until it dies)
⁃ Sins encompass the heart until there is a seal/cover on the heart due to the which they earn
⁃ If the heart dies then their is no cure for it
⁃ The heart is the leader of the body and the rest of the organs, if it is sound then the rest of the body is sound
⁃ The heart is given life through revelation just as the earth is given life by a way of the rain
⁃ The heart of a kaffir is dark/inverted
⁃ The heart of a believer can have complete life with no sickness but could also be a heart full of sickness, this sickness is of 2 types:
• the sickness of hypocrisy - it’s the sickness of kuffur and hypocrisy and Allah has granted such a person a painful torment
• The sickness of disobedience/sinning - this can come upon a believer through desires, disobedience and doubts
⁃ If evil overpowers the rest of the heart then an individual too becomes evil
⁃ It is obligatory for a believer to be concerned about his heart more than being concerned about the body
⁃ Neither wealth nor children will avail a person but a heart that is ‘saleem’
⁃ The second type of heart has no life in it; he doesn’t worship Allah or doesn’t seek to please him however he goes and seeks his desires even if that entails the anger of Allah
⁃ If the sickness of the heart overpowers an individual then it will eventually become hardened
⁃ If the soundness of the heart overpowers an individual then it will encompass the soundness