7 Things that harden the heart

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Things that harden the heart

1. Music
2. Missing 3 jummas
3. Arguments and Conflicts
4. Arrogance
5. Breaking the promise

Stages of the hardening of the heart

1. Black spots appear on heart. I keep sinning and they start layering on top of another. 
2. So much so that the hearts become rusty. 
3. So much so that hearts become hard. Long time passes when we don't remember Allah, our hearts become like stones. In fact, harder than stones. 
4. So much so - that Allah Himself puts a seal on their hearts. When Allah seals it, who is gonna open it?
5. There's a lock on the heart. 

Its Cures

1. Ahsaas us Zia - feeling how bad our heart is. Any person who doesn't recognize that they're in trouble. The first is to perceive the problem. 
2. Crying
3. Avoiding Sins
4. Controlling the gaze
5. Regimen of dhikr
6. Recite Quran
7. Stay Hungry 
8. Duas in the last part of the night
9. With all of this: Companionship of the pious. Konoo ma'assadiqeen.

One who stays away from the remembers away from the remembrance of Allah, we designate a shaytan for him. And that Shaytan becomes his companion. 

Remember Allah abundantly. Not a bit. Who are those people who remember Allah only a bit? The munafikeen.