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EVIL DISEASES OF THE HEART

THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yaumul Jumuat, 20th day of Shăbaan, 1440, (Friday, 26th April, 2019).
*_EVIL DISEASES OF THE HEART_*. Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem.

Imagine standing in Tahajjud all night but end up gaining sins AstaqfirulLah. Very dangerous isn't it. As human beings we have this dangerous disease of acting to please others instead of ALLAH. Imagine someone offering Salaat, as soon as he noticed someone watching, he or she try to perfect it than how he use to do it, that's a minor shirk if not major bcs it means you are prefearing the person looking at you to ALLAH seeing you live all the time.

This is the disease of ar-riyaa (show-off). It’s very difficult. Nobody can say, “I’m safe from riyaa.” The one who says this is showing off. The Prophet warned us about riyaa, but what is the meaning of ar-riyaa?

Riyaa is so dangerous that the Prophet gave it a special name. He said, “Indeed the thing I fear for you the most is the minor shirk
(associating partners with ALLAH).” We have minorshirk and major shirk. Major shirk is something like worshipping a statue or another god with ALLAH (Azza Wa Jal, The Mighty and the Majestic) or to take a legislator other than ALLAH. But the minor shirk is mentioned in this hadith. And the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam said that it is the thing he fears for us the most. The Companions of the Prophet asked him, “What is minor shirk, yaa Rasullah?” He said, “Ar-riyaa. Showing off.” In one hadith the Prophet gave the example of someone making the athan (call to prayer) and while making the athan he thinks, “Wow I bet the people think my voice is beautiful.” This is ar-riyaa. In another hadith the Prophet  said it’s so dangerous that it’s like the black ant on the black rock in the night with no moon. It can sneak up on you like this.

Please remember today is Friday as such we should strive to follow the sunnahs of the day.

*_We ask ALLAH (Al-Haadi, The Guide) to protect us from this evil act and purify our hearts in all we do_*. Aameen.

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