قسوة القلب (إنجليزي🔠)

الخُطْبَةُ الأُوْلَى

إِنَّ الحَمْدَ للهِ، نَحْمَدُهُ وَنَسْتَعِينُهُ، وَنَسْتَغْفِرُهُ ونَتُوبُ إِلَيه، مَنْ يَهْدِ اللهُ فَلَا مُضِلَّ لَهُ، وَمَنْ يُضْلِلْ فَلَا هَادِيَ لَهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ.

أَمَّا بَعْد: فَاتَّقُوا اللهَ حَقَّ التَّقْوَى، واسْتَمْسِكُوا مِنَ الإِسْلامِ بِالعُرْوَةِ الوُثْقَى؛ ﴿وَتَزَوَّدُوا فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ الزَّادِ التَّقْوَى﴾.

Afterwards: Fear Allah as He should be feared, and hold fast to the firmest handhold of Islam Allah says: "And take provisions, for indeed, the best provision is fear of Allah"

عِبَادَ الله: أَعْظَمُ العُقُوْبَةِ: عَدَمُ الإِحْسَاسِ بِالعُقُوْبَة! وَمِنَ العُقُوبَاتِالخَفِيَّة: قَسْوَةُ القَلْبِ، والغَفْلَةُ عَنْ لِقَاءِ الرَّب! قال الإِمَامُ مَالِك: (مَا ضُرِبَ عَبْدٌ بِعُقُوبَةٍ: أَعْظَمَ مِنْ قَسْوَةِ القَلْبِ).

Servants of Allah: The greatest punishment is not feeling the punishment! Among the hidden punishments are a hardened heart and heedlessness of meeting the Lord. Imam Malik said, "A servant is not afflicted with a punishment greater than the hardness of the heart."

والإِصْرَار ُعلى المَعَاصِي: مِنْ غَيْرِ تَوْبَةٍ؛ سَبَبٌ لِلْقَسْوَةِ! قال تعالى: ﴿فَبِمَا نَقْضِهِمْ مِيثَاقَهُمْ لَعَنَّاهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَا قُلُوبَهُمْ قَاسِيَةً﴾.

Persisting in sin without repentance is a cause of hardness of heart! Allah says, "So because of their breaking the covenant, We cursed them and made their hearts hard"

والاِنْغِمَاسُ في طَلَبِ الدُّنْيَا، وَطُوْلُ الأَمَل؛ يُفْضِي إلى جَفَافِ العَيْنِ، وقَسْوَةِ القَلْبِ. يقول U: ﴿أَلَمْ يَأْنِ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنْ تَخْشَعَ قُلُوبُهُمْ لِذِكْرِ اللهِ وَمَا نَزَلَ مِنَ الحَقِّ وَلا يَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الكِتَابَ مِنْ قَبْلُ فَطَالَ عَلَيْهِمْ الأَمَدُ فَقَسَتْ قُلُوبُهُم﴾.

Indulging in the pursuit of worldly pleasures and having long hopes lead to dryness of the eyes and hardness of the heart. Allah says, "Has the time not come for those who have believed that their hearts should become humble at the remembrance of Allah and what has come down of the truth, and not be like those who were given the Scripture before, and the term was prolonged for them, so their hearts hardened"

قال بَعْضُ المُفَسِّرِيْن: (أَيْ لمَّا طَالَتْ آمَالُهُمْ: قَسَتْ قُلُوْبُهُمْ).

Some interpreters said, "When their hopes were prolonged, their hearts hardened."

وَقَسْوَةُ القَلْبِ: ضَلالٌ وحِرْمَان، وَحِجَابٌ عَنْ ذِكْرِ الرَّحْمَن؛ قال تعالى: ﴿فَوَيْلٌ لِلْقَاسِيَةِ قُلُوبُهُمْ مِنْ ذِكْرِ اللهِ أُولَئِكَ في ضَلَالٍ مُبِينٍ﴾.

Hardness of the heart is misguidance and deprivation, and a barrier to the remembrance of the Most Merciful. Allah says, "So woe to those whose hearts arehardened from the remembrance of Allah. Those are in clear error"

وَمِنْ صِفَاتِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ: القَسْوَةُ والاِسْتِكْبَار؛ ومَا خُلِقَتِ النَّارُ الحَامِيَة؛ إِلَّا لِإِذَابَةِ الْقُلُوبِ القَاسِيَة! قال ﷺ: (أَلاَ أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَهْلِ النَّارِ؟ كُلُّ عُتُلٍّ، جَوَّاظٍ، مُسْتَكْبِرٍ).

Among the characteristics of the people of Hell are hardness and arrogance; Hell was created only to melt the hardened hearts! The Prophet ﷺ said, "Shall I not inform you about the people of Hell? They are every cruel, harsh, and arrogant person."

قالَ ابْنُ عُثَيْمِين: (العُتُلّ: الشَّدِيدُ الغَلِيظُ، الَّذِي لا يَلِيْنُلِلْحَقِّ ولا لِلْخَلْقِ، الجوَّاظُ: الشَّحِيْحُ البَخِيْلُ).

Ibn Uthaymeen said, "The 'cruel' person is the severe, harsh one who does not yield to the truth or to people, and the 'harsh' person is the miserly and stingy one."

والفَظَاظَةُ والقَسْوَةُ: سَبَبٌ لِلْنُّفْرَةِ والوَحْشَةِ! قال اللهُ -لِنَبِيِّهِ ﷺ-:﴿وَلَوْ كُنتَ فَظًّا غَلِيظَ الْقَلْبِ لاَنفَضُّواْ مِنْ حَوْلِكَ﴾. قال ابْنُ كَثِير: (أَيْ: لُوْ كُنْتَ سَيّءَ الكَلَامِ، قَاسِيَ القَلْبِ؛ لَانْفَضُّوا عَنْكَ وَتَرَكُوْكَ، وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ جَمَعَهُمْ عَلَيْكَ، وَأَلَانَ جَانِبَكَ لَهُمْ).

Harshness and hardness cause repulsion and estrangement! Allah said to His Prophet ﷺ, "And if you had been rough, harsh-hearted, they would have disbanded from around you". Ibn Kathir said, "If you had been harsh in speech and hard-hearted, they would have dispersed from you and left you. But Allah gathered them around you and softened your nature towards them."

وَالقَلْبُ القَاسِي: أَضْعَفُ القُلُوْبِ، وَأَسْرَعُهَا قَبُوْلًا لِلْشُّبْهَةِ،وَوُقُوْعًا في الفِتْنَة. قال تعالى: ﴿لِيَجْعَلَ مَا يُلْقِي الشَّيْطَانُ فِتْنَةً لِلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَرَضٌ وَالقَاسِيَةِ قُلُوبُهُمْ﴾.

A hardened heart is the weakest of hearts and the quickest to accept doubts and fall into trials. Allah says, "That He may make what is thrown by the devil a trial for those in whose hearts is disease and whose hearts are hardened"

وإِذَا كَانَ القَلْبُ قَاسِيًا حَجَرِيًّا: فَإِنَّهُ لا يَقْبَلُ الحَقَّ، وَلَوْ كَثُرَتْدَلَائِلُهُ؛ كَمَا لَا تُنْبِتُ الأَرضُ الصَّلْبَة، وَلَوْ أَصَابَهَا كُلُّ مَطَرٍ!قالَ شَيْخُ الإِسْلَام: (إِنَّ القَلْبَ إذَا كَانَ قَاسِيًا غَلِيظًا؛ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الحَجَرِ: لَا يَنْطَبِعُ فِيهِ الإِيمَانُ وَالعِلْمُ؛ لِأَنَّ ذَلِكَ يَسْتَدْعِي مَحَلًّا لَيِّنًا).

If the heart is as hard as stone, it will not accept the truth, no matter how many proofs it has; just as the hard ground will not grow plants even if it receives all the rain! Shaykh al-Islam said, "If the heart is hard and harsh, like a stone, faith and knowledge will not imprint on it, because such a place requires softness."

وَخَيْرُ القُلُوْبِ: القَلْبُ الصَّافِي اللَّيِّن؛ فَهُوَ يَرَى الحَقَّ بِصَفَائِهِ،وَيَحْفَظُهُ بِلِيْنِهِ!

يقول تعالى: ﴿وَلِيَعْلَمَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْعِلْمَ أَنَّهُ الحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّكَ فَيُؤْمِنُوا بِهِ فَتُخْبِتَ لَهُ قُلُوبُهُم﴾. قال الكَلْبِي: (فَتَرِقَّلِلْقُرْآنِ قُلُوْبُهُمْ).

The best hearts are the pure and tender ones; they see the truth clearly and preserve it with their gentleness! Allah says, "And that those who were given knowledge may know that it is the truth from your Lord and that they may believe in it, and their hearts may humble to it". Al-Kalbi said, "So their hearts become soft towards the Quran."

وَمِنْ آثَارِ قَسْوَةِ القَلْبِ: سُوْءُ الفَهْمِ والقَصْدِ، وتَحْرِيْفُ الدِّيْن؛قال ﷻ: ﴿وَجَعَلْنَا قُلُوبَهُمْ قَاسِيَةً يُحَرِّفُونَ الْكَلِمَ عَن مَّوَاضِعِهِ﴾.

Among the effects of a hardened heart are poor understanding and intent, and distortion of the religion. Allah says, "And We made their hearts hard, they distort the words from their proper places"

وإِذَا أَرَادَ اللهُ بِعَبْدِهِ خَيْرًا: سَقَاهُ مِنْ أَدْوِيَةِ المَصَائِب، مَا يُلَيِّنُ قَلْبَه،قالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: (لَوْلَا مِحَنُ الدُّنْيَا وَمَصَائِبُهَا؛ لَأَصَابَ العَبْدَ مِنْ أَدْوَاءِ الكِبْرِ، وَالعُجْبِ، وَالفَرْعَنَةِ، وَقَسْوَةِ القَلْبِ؛ مَا هُوَ سَبَبُ هَلَاكِهِ!)؛ قال تعالى: ﴿فَلَوْلا إِذْ جَاءَهُمْ بَأْسُنَا تَضَرَّعُوا وَلَكِنْقَسَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ﴾.

If Allah wants good for His servant, He will give him the remedy of trials, which soften his heart. Some said, "If it were not for the trials and tribulations of this world, the servant would be afflicted with the diseases of pride, vanity, and hardness of the heart, which would be the cause of his destruction!" Allah says, "But why did they not humble themselves when Our punishment came to them? But their hearts were hardened"

وَمِمَّا يُلَيِّنُ القُلُوْبَ: مُخَالَطَةُ المَسَاكِيْن، وَمُسَاعَدَةُ المَكْرُوْبِيْن؛ فَقَدْ شَكَا رَجُلٌ إلى رَسُوْلِ اللهِ ﷺ قَسْوَةَ قَلْبِهِ؛ فَقَالَ لَهُ: (إِنْ أَرَدْتَ تَلْيِيْنَ قَلْبِكَ: فَأَطْعِمِ المِسْكِينَ، وَامْسَحْ رَأْسَ اليَتِيمِ).

Among the things that soften the hearts are interacting with the poor and helping those in distress. A man complained to the Prophet ﷺ about the hardness of his heart; the Prophet ﷺ said to him, "If you want to soften your heart, then feed the poor and wipe the head of the orphan."

وَقِرَاءَةُ القُرْآنِ بِالتَّدَبُّرِ: تَفْتَحُ مَغَالِيْقَ القُلُوْب، وَتُذِيْبُ قَسْوَتَها! قال تعالى: ﴿لَوْ أَنْزَلْنَا هَذَا القُرْآنَ عَلَى جَبَلٍ لَرَأَيْتَهُ خَاشِعًا مُتَصَدِّعًا مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللهِ﴾.

Reciting the Quran with contemplation opens the locks of the heart and melts its hardness! Allah says, "If We had sent down this Quran upon a mountain, you would have seen it humbled and breaking apart from fear of Allah"

قالَ ابْنُ القَيِّم: (فَهَذَا حَالُ الجبَالِ -وَهِيَ الحِجَارَةُ الصَّلْبَةُ- وَهَذِهِرِقَّتُهَا وَخَشْيَتُهَا مِنْ جَلَالِ رَبِّهَا؛ فِيَا عَجَبًا مِنْ مُضْغَةِلَحـْمٍ أَقْسَى مِنْ هَذِهِ الجِبَال! فَلَيْسَ بِمُسْتَنْكَرٍ على اللهِ:أَنْ يَخْلُقَ لَهَا نَارًا تُذِيْبُهَا؛ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَلِنْ للهِ في هَذِهِ الدَّارِقَلْبُهُ؛ فَلْيَتَمَتَّعْ قَلِيلًا؛ فَإِنَّ أَمَامَهُ المُلَيِّنَ الأَعْظَمَ!).

Ibn al-Qayyim said, "This is the state of mountains - which are hard stones - and this is their softness and fear from the majesty of their Lord; so how strange it is that a piece of flesh is harder than these mountains! It is not surprising for Allah to create for it a fire that melts it; so whoever does not soften his heart to Allah in this world, let him enjoy a little, for he has a much greater 'softener' ahead!"

وذِكْرُ الآخِرَةِ: يُزِيْلُ الغَفْلَةَ، ويُذِيْبُ القَسْوَةَ! قال ﷺ: (أَكْثِرُوا ذِكْرَ هَادِمِ اللَّذَّاتِ). يَعْنِي المَوْتَ.

And the remembrance of the Hereafter removes heedlessness and melts hardness! The Prophet ﷺ said, "Increase in the remembrance of the destroyer of pleasures," meaning death.

وَمِنْ أَدْوِيَةِ قَسْوَةِ القَلْب: زِيَارَةُ القُبُوْر، وَذِكْرُ البَعْثِ والنُّشُوْر؛ قال ابنُ الجَوْزِي: (إنْ وَجَدْتَ مِنْ نَفْسِكَ غَفْلةً؛ فَاحْمِلْهَا إلى المَقَابِرِ، وَذَكِّرْهَا قُرْبَ الرَّحِيل).

Among the remedies for a hardened heart are visiting graves and remembering resurrection. Ibn al-Jawzi said, "If you find heedlessness within yourself, take it to the graves and remind it of the proximity of departure."

وَمِنْ أَدْوِيَةِ قَسْوَةِ القَلْبِ: تَرْكُ الذُّنُوْب، وَذِكْرُ عَلَّامِ الغُيُوْب. قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِلْحَسَنِ البَصْرِي: (يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ، أَشْكُو إِلَيْكَ قَسْوَةَ قَلْبِي؟)قال: (أَذِبْهُ بالذِّكْرِ!).

Among the remedies for a hardened heart are abandoning sins and remembering the Knower of the unseen. A man said to Al-Hasan al-Basri, "O Abu Said, I complain to you about the hardness of my heart?" He said, "Soften it with remembrance of Allah!"

قال ابنُ القَيِّم: (في القَلْبِ قَسْوَةٌ، لا يُذِيْبُهَا إِلَّا ذِكْرُ الله؛ فَإِذَا ذَكَرَ اللهَ: ذَابَتْ تِلْكَ القَسْوَة: كَمَا يَذُوْبُ الرَّصَاصُ في النَّار).

Ibn al-Qayyim said, "The heart has a hardness that nothing can soften except the remembrance of Allah; so when he remembers Allah, that hardness melts away just as lead melts in the fire."

أَقُوْلُ قَوْلِي هَذَا، وَأسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ لِيْ وَلَكُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ ذَنْبٍ؛ فَاسْتَغْفِرُوْهُ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الغَفُورُ الرَّحِيم

الخُطْبَةُ الثَّانِيَة

الحَمْدُ للهِ عَلَى إِحْسَانِه، والشُّكْرُ لَهُ عَلَى تَوْفِيْقِهِ وَامْتِنَانِه، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنْ لا إِلَهَ إِلَّا الله، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبدُهُ وَرَسُولُه.

عِبَادَ الله: هَذِهِ القُلُوبُ تَقْسُوْ كَالْحَجَرِ، وَتَصْدَأُ كَالحَدِيْد، وَتَتَّسِخُكَالثِّيَاب؛ فَتَعَاهَدُوْهَا بِالتَّنْظِيْفِ والصِّيَانَة، وَلَيّنُوْهَا بِالتَّوْبَةِ والضَّرَاعَة، قَبْلَ أَنْ تَقُوْمَ السَّاعَة؛ ﴿يَوْمَ لا يَنْفَعُ مالٌ وَلا بَنُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى اللهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ﴾.

Servants of Allah: These hearts can become hard like stones, rust like iron, and become soiled like clothes; sotake care to cleanse and maintain them, and soften them with repentance and supplication before the Hour comes. Allah says: "The Day when neither wealth nor children will be of any benefit, except for one who comes to Allah with a sound heart"

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* اللَّهُمَّ أَعِزَّ الإِسْلامَ والمُسْلِمِينَ، وأَذِلَّ الشِّرْكَ والمُشْرِكِيْن.

* اللَّهُمَّ ارْضَ عَنْ خُلَفَائِكَ الرَّاشِدِيْن، الأَئِمَّةِ المَهْدِيِّين: أبي بَكْرٍ، وعُمَرَ، وعثمانَ، وعَلِيّ؛ وعَنْ بَقِيَّةِ الصَّحَابَةِ والتابعِين، ومَنْتَبِعَهُمْ بِإِحْسَانٍ إلى يومِ الدِّين.

* اللَّهُمَّ فَرِّجْ هَمَّ المَهْمُوْمِيْنَ، وَنَفِّسْ كَرْبَ المَكْرُوْبِين.

* عِبَادَ الله: ﴿إِنَّ اللهَ يَأْمُرُ بِالعَدْلِ وَالإحْسَانِ وَإِيتَآءِ ذِي القُرْبَى وَيَنْهَى عَنِ الفَحْشَاءِ وَالمُنْكَرِ وَالبَغْيِ يَعِظُكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ﴾.

* فَاذْكُرُوا اللهَ يَذْكُرْكُمْ، وَاشْكُرُوْهُ على نِعَمِهِ يَزِدْكُمْ ﴿وَلَذِكْرُ اللهِ أَكْبَرُ وَاللهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَصْنَعُونَ﴾.

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