The State Of Our Hearts

Sayyiduna Ibrahim ibn Adham Alayhirrahmah on the state of our hearts

 
Someone once asked him :
“We supplicate but our prayers are not answered!” He said, “Your hearts have become dead due to ten things –

1– you have known Allah Almighty but have not fulfilled His rights;

 

2– you have read the Book of Allah but do not abide by it;

 

3– you proclaimed enmity of Shaitaan but made him your guardian and protector;

 

4– you claimed love of the Most Beloved Messenger Sall Allahu Alaihi Wasallam but you left his path and his sunnah

 

5– you claimed love of Paradise but you did not work for it;

 

6– you claimed fear of Hellfire but did not stop committing sins;

 

7– you claimed that you believed that death was a reality but you did not prepare yourselves for it;

 

8- you busied yourselves with the faults of others and neglected your own faults;

 

9– you eat from the sustenance that Allah Almighty provides for you but do not show gratitude;

 

10– you bury your dead ones but do not take heed from it.”

Kaam Woh lay lijiye, Tum ko Jo Raazi karray
Theek ho naame Raza tum pe karoron Durood.


Taalib e Dua Faqeer Mohammed Shakeel Qadiri Ridawi.