 الحمد لله رب العالمين له الحمد الحسن والثناء الجميل وأشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له يقول الحقا وهو يهدي السبيل وأشهد أن سيدنا ونبينا محمد صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وأصحابه والتابعين لهم بإحسان إلى يوم الدين أما بعد إن شاء الله تعالى today I want to talk about the rights that the heart has on us the حق that the قلب the heart has on us before I go into it I just want to say how important is the heart what position does the heart have the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم he told us in the Harith ألا وإن في الجسد مضغا the messenger said that inside the human being there is an organ إذا صلحت صلح الجسد كله وإذا فسدت فسد الجسد كله ألا وهي القلب the messenger said that there is an organ inside the human being if this organ is good it's upright it is as it should be then the whole entire body will be good and if this organ is corrupt then the whole entire body becomes corrupt does anyone know what organ this is the messenger said ألا وهي القلب it's the heart ولي ذلك أبو هريره he said أبو ملك الأعضاء that the heart is the king it's the real leader فإن صلح الملك if the king is good صلحة الجلود والرعايا his army his people are all going to be good وإن خبث الملك خبثة الجلود والرعايا and if this king becomes corrupt then all of the other parts of your body become corrupt the heart is a big thing brothers the messenger SAW told us that every action that we want to do every action that we want to come with the intention is required for it where does the intention come from the intention comes from where comes from the قلب إِلَّمَ الْعَمَالُ بِلْنِيَاتَ every action is what is intended from it the messenger SAW told us 3 people are going to be the first people that are going to be punished the day of judgment please think with me 3 groups of people are going to be brought the day of judgment the first one is a courageous man he fought in a battle and he died and so Allah will remind him of the blessings that he bestowed upon him and Allah will say what did you do with the blessings I gave you he said I fought for your sake and I was killed and then it will be said to him you lied you're lying you fought so you can be called courageous and you were given that title and then he will be taken to the Hellfire the second man is a man who used to give and then the blessings of Allah will be reminded to him and when he remembers it Allah will say what did you do with these blessings I gave you he will say oh Allah the money that you gave me I gave it out for your cause and it will be then said to him you're a liar all the money that you gave you gave it so the people can say you're generous and the third man is a scholar Allah will remind him the knowledge that he taught him and the blessings that were given to him and Allah will say what did you do with that knowledge and he will then say I fought I benefited all this for your sake oh Allah and it will be said to him you lied and you're lying you did all of this so you could be called a scholar and you got what you wanted and all of them will be taken to the Hellfire why the heart brothers our enemy Iblis our enemy Iblis when he promised to Allah that he's going to destroy us and that he's going to make sure that we all go to the Hellfire what did he say he said all of them I'm going to misguide them everyone one group of people he said oh Allah I can't I can't misguide them who are they إلا عبادك منهم إلا عبادك منهم المخلصين you're sincere slaves sincerity comes from where the heart he's trying to say the people who have control over their hearts are the people I cannot tap into they are the people I cannot get to do you not understand your enemy is admitting that these are the people we can't misguide the Messenger of Allah the Quran came down on him the Quran came down did the Quran just come down from the sky a book was it thrown from the sky was it like that the Quran came down where from Jibreel to who where did it go to Muhammad when the Quran came down where to his heart no other place Allah chose it wasn't written Allah placed it in the heart of Nabilah Muhammad are we all together Allah says وإنه لتنزيل رب العالمين نزل به الروح الأمين على قلبك يوهات محمد قرآن قرآن because this is what it really is the Messenger of Allah the Imam of Tabarani narrated in his معجم الكبير that the Messenger said إنه لله آنية all of us here at home we have cups we have pots we have pans we put our food and stuff in there Allah also has those Allah has آنية Allah has vessels He puts things in وآنية to Allah and the vessels of Allah is قلب كل عبد المؤمن it's the heart of every righteous slave because Allah pulls inside there the Quran and his remembrance wow you in your house have a place where you put your fruits in you put your food in you put your and it holds it for you you think so Allah uses on this earth is what the heart of the righteous people we're in Ramadan brothers ومنطوين شهر رمضان what was the first صورة that the Imam started with what was the first صورة that the Imam started with صورة البقرة correct صحيح let's ponder بقرة is the first صورة after the فاتحة فاتحة is ready in every raka'a Allah mentioned three types of people صورة البقرة at the beginning who were the first people the believers Allah mentioned the believers what did he say ذلك الكتاب العريبة فيه هو دل المتقين الذين ذلك الكتاب العريبة فيه هو دن هو دن هو دل المتقين the message that التقوها هنا التقوها هنا التقوها هنا فأشار بصدره ثلاثة مرات بقرة the first آية after Alif Lameen ذلك الكتاب العريبة فيه هو دن للمتقين this Quran is guidance for who for the people of takwa this month that we're in right now which is what's the month that we're in right now شهر رمضان when Allah said I made رمضان obligatory on you for what reason كتب عليكم الصيامه كما كتب علي الذين من قبلكم لعلكم تتقون the message that said تقوى is here تقوى is here تقوى is here he said it three times not once it comes from the heart how it comes from where the heart this month is a month of the heart brothers this is the month where you cleanse your heart if a person doesn't drink water what happens to them they dehydrate headache skin becomes because your body requires water to nourish itself true or false if you do not care for your heart your body will dehydrate and you will become depressed and anxiety and stress comes from a heart that's dehydrated are we all together brothers الله عز و أجل doesn't look at your body الله doesn't look at how strong and how big you are إن الله لا ينظر إلى أدسامكم ولا إلى صواركم الله doesn't look at how big your body is الله doesn't look at how strong you are you're physique ولكن ينظر إلى قلوبكم عمالكم الله looks at your heart and your actions الله when you work on your heart brothers and you make sure that you perfect your heart the actions become very easy for you when a cup there's a cold water inside it what happens to the outside it starts to sweat the coldness does not stay within the cup what happens it comes out it what the person whose heart is good the good will just come out like that like that as ابن القيم said every vessel will sweat what's inside it your heart will produce good you will do good الله told us the day of judgment nothing's going to benefit you except a good heart يوم لا ينفع عمال و لا بنوم a day where the money that you're running after today the children that you're thinking that this is it all of those won't benefit you the day of judgment the only thing that's going to benefit you is إلا من أت الله بقلب سليم بقلب سليم that you come to Allah with what a good heart I quickly want to go over what can we do this month practical steps write this and then we'll conclude there things that you can do to make sure that you benefit from this month your heart what are the things that you should do number one لان study the definition and the meaning of لا إله إلا الله you might think what's the connection between that and the heart الله سبحانه وتعالى و دري سيد آية he says ولكن الله حبب إليكم الإيمان و زيّله و زيّله في قلوبكم و كرّها إليكم الكفرة والفصوقة والعسيان الله سبحانه وتعالى إيمان إيمان here means لا إله إلا الله لان what it means study it the second one is the second thing that a person needs to come with قرآن recitation of the quran get rid of anything other than the quran which you're listening to this month the self they used to close everything else and they would fully focus on the quran the quran is what you give your heart to و لذلك الله سبحانه وتعالى إلي آية يا يها الناس و قد جاءتكم معضة من ربكم و شفاءن و شفاءن لما في الصدور cure for what's the heart what's the cure here that's been mentioned here the quran has been mentioned here the cure for the person is what some people they come up to me and they say to me I feel sad, I feel depressed I'm not feeling happy الله سبحانه وتعالى فبي ذالك فبي ذالك فليفرح هو خير من ما يجمعون some of the self they said فبي ذالك فليفرح the quran فرح what does it mean happiness happiness comes through the quran we all together brothers so the quran number three the remembrance of Allah in general don't make your mouth dry from the remembrance of Allah wherever you are just do ذكر this will benefit your heart الذين آمنوا و تطمئنوا قلوبهم بذكر الله ألا بذكر الله ألا بذكر الله تطمئنوا القلوب the heart will find tranquility through the remembrance of Allah that's the sad each one is sessions can be made out of it but I want bullet points that you can all go home and work on number four is go to the graveyards go to the graveyards and stand over there the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم he said كنت I used to be one who prohibited you from visiting the grave I now command you and instruct you to go and visit the grave for verily that will what it will remind you of the day gentlemen another rewire says فإنها تركق القلب it will soften your heart it will what it will soften your heart و تجمع العينة and it will allow your eyes to water number five stay away from sins sins they harm your heart كلا بال ران على قلوبهم ما كان يكسبون the heart became darken because of sins brothers if you see the sins and the effect that it has if you do one sin and you don't repent and you do another sin and another sin and another sin and another sin the sins will cover your heart until something you once upon a time used to see evil now for you it's not an evil anymore لا يعرف معروفا ولا ينكر منقراء the person cannot accept the good he can't recognize the good anymore the good that he used to love that he was inclined to he's no longer inclined to it the filth and the bad doing become normal he becomes desensitized why what's the reason because his heart has become darken and black the sixth is the person he supplicates to Allah سبحانه وتعالى makes dua ربنا لا تزيق قلوبنا بعد الهديتنا وهبلنا ملدنك رحمة إنك أنت الوهام the messenger used to say يا مقلب القلوب the one that tosses and turns the heart ثبت قلبي على دينك make my heart steadfast upon your religion it was said that نبي الله محمد عليه الصلاة والسلام قيام الليل قيام الليل before he would start reciting the Quran he would say الله مفاطر السماوات والأرض علم الغيب والشهادة أنت تحكم بين عبادك فيما كانوا فيه يختلفون اهديني لما اختلف فيه من الحق بإذنك إنك تهدي من تشاء إلى صلاة المستقيم he would supplicate he would make this dua oh Allah guide me make my heart steadfast upright صلى الله عليه وسلم last but not least الحرص على العلم الشرعي strive to gaining beneficial knowledge الله سلم القرآن إنما يخش الله إنما يخش الله من عباده العلماء the people who fear Allah the most are who are the people of fear comes from where the heart knowledge brings about fear what knowledge are we talking about the knowledge that's accompanied with righteous deeds the self they never consider anything knowledge if there was no action with it if you look at the self when they said knowledge they meant action with it and for us as well a person who gathers information cannot be cannot be a person of knowledge you've just gathered information that's all you have but not knowledge I'm going to insha'Allah to conclude there for the benefits these benefits are not meant to be too long because you're fasting well not now but tomorrow and you've been praying all day قيام and فجر is close so it's just meant to be short to the point and benefit straight away things that you can go home and implement I request and I ask you all to take these points very serious and benefit from the remaining days of Ramadan in that manner anything that I've said that was wrong or incorrect is from me الشيطان when Allah and His Messenger are free from it سبحانك اللهم وبحمدك الشهد والله إله إلا الله أستغفرك أن تولي