Four Poisons of the Heart
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
The following are the poisons of the heart, as extracted from the works of Imam Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali (r.a.), and Imam Zayn ad-Din Abu al-Faraj ‘Abd ar-Rahman ibn Ahmad ibn Rajab al-Hanbali (r.a.).
The first is unnecessary talking. Sayyidina Abu Hafsw ‘Umar ibn al-Khaththab al-Faruq (r.a.) said, “A person who talks too much is a person who often makes mistakes, and someone who often makes mistakes, often has wrong actions. The Fire has a priority over such a frequent sinner.”
The second is unrestrained glances. It has been related that the Prophet (s.a.w.) once said words to the effect, “The glance is a poisoned arrow of Shaythan. Whoever lowers his gaze for Allah, He will Bestow upon him a refreshing sweetness which he will find in his heart on the day that he meets Him.”
The third is excessive consumption of food. Sayyidina al-Miqdam ibn Ma’d Yakrib (r.a.) said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) say, ‘The son of Adam fills no vessel more displeasing to Allah than his stomach. A few morsels should be enough for him to preserve his strength. If he must fill it, then he should allow a third for his food, a third for his drink and leave a third empty for easy breathing.’”
And the last is keeping bad company. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said, “The example of a good companion in comparison with a bad one, is I like that of the musk seller and the blacksmith’s bellows; from the first you would either buy musk or enjoy its good smell while the bellows would either burn your clothes or your house, or you get a bad nasty smell thereof.”
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