"There is no doubt that the heart becomes covered with rust, just as metal dishes - silver, and their like - become rusty. So the rust of the heart is polished with dhikr (remembrance of Allah), for dhikr polishes the heart until it becomes like a shiny mirror. However, when dhikr is abandoned, the rust returns; and when it commences then the heart again begins to be cleansed. Thus the heart becoming rusty is due to two matters: sins and ghaflah (neglecting remembrance of Allah. Likewise, it is cleansed and polished by two things: istighfaar (seeking Allah's forgiveness) and dhikr." -
Ibn Al Qayyim
no doubt. my favourite zikr is istighfar because when we do istighfaar, both zikr and istighfaar combines.
ReplyDeleteTrue. A person can very easily slip into ghaflah if he or she is not alert and then starts commiting sins. So we must always be alert via zikr and always remember and repent for our sins via istaghfar
ReplyDeleteAsa wr wb. JAk k! My eemaan has been on a slump for a while now and I stumbled upon ur blog and Alhamdullilah found the cure. Please keep us reminded of these beautiful refreshers. JAk k!
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