As vital as it is for a student of knowledge to possess a burning zeal, it is even more essential to purify the vessel-𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭, in which that knowledge is kept.
Imagine toiling to bring clean, life-saving water for your family, only to serve it in filthy glasses.-
Most of Muslim Twitter doesn’t know how to recite Surah Fatiha properly.
Instead of learning how to recite properly, they engage in debates that are disguised as “beneficial knowledge.”
While people are becoming Kafir, MT is still figuring how to prioritize.
A persons aesthetic bookshelf does not define his knowledge. His ability to act upon that knowledge defines him.
Let us not be like camels carrying loads of books on their backs, yet not benefiting from them.
Ibrahim Al-Khawwas said:
“The remedy for the heart lies in five things:”
1.Reciting the Qur’an with reflection.
2.Emptying the stomach (i.e., moderate eating or fasting).
3.Praying at night
4.Humbling oneself in the early hours
of the morning.
5.Sitting with the pious.