Loving the prophets and messengers of God is the second manifestation and realization of love in Islam. Discover in this khutbah why Allah loved these people so much and wanted us to love them too, especially Prophet Muhammad peace be upon them all. Importantly, we note the proper ways of loving the Prophet and ways to nurture this love.

Explanation of the fifth hadith in the Heart Therapy Series:
Explanation of the fifth hadith in the Heart Therapy Series:
The Messenger salla Allahi alayhi wa sallam said: (There is no heart except that it has a cloud like the clouds of the moon: while the moon is shining, it gets covered with a cloud and it gets dark; but when the cloud leaves it, the moon goes back to its shine)
Reported by al-Tabarani in al-Awsat and Abu Na‘im in al-Hulya. It is declared to be hasan by al-Albani in al-Silsilah al-Sahihah (2268)
قال رسول الله ﷺ: (ما مِنَ القُلوبِ قَلْبٌ إلا وله سَحَابَةٌ كَسَحابةِ القَمَرِ بَيْنا القمرُ مُضيئٌ إذْ عَلَتْ عَليهِ سَحابةٌ فأَظْلَمَ إذْ تَجَلَّتْ عنهُ فَأَضاءَ)
رواه الطبراني في الأوسط وأبو نعيم في الحلية وحسنه الألباني في السلسلة الصحيحة (2268

An explanation of the fourth hadith in the Heart Therapy Series:
The Messenger salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam said: (Virtue is what the soul is comfortable with and the heart is comfortable with, and sin is what the soul is uncomfortable with and the heart is uncomfortable with, despite what fatwa-givers might say)
Reported by Ahmad. Al-Nawawi declared it hasan, ibn Rajab declared its chain to be sound, and al-Albani declared it a sound hadith.
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: (البِرُّ ما سَكَنَتْ إليهِ النَّفْسُ واطْمَأنَّ إليهِ القَلبُ والإثْمُ ما لم تسْكُنْ إليهِ النَّفسُ ولم يَطْمَئِنَّ إليهِ القلبُ وإن أَفْتاكَ المُفْتونَ)
رواه أحمد وحسنه النووي وجود إسناده ابن رجب وصححه الألباني (صحيح الترغيب 1735)

We often hear that Islam is not a religion of love. Is this true? Is there no place for love in Islam? Here we investigate the relationship between love and Islam, and we try to understand the reasons behind the creation of this world and why we are in it.

Explanation of the 3rd hadith in the Heart Therapy Series:
The Messenger salla Allahi alayhi wa sallam said: (Fitan [pl. fitnah] will be presented to the heart, like the weaving of a straw mat, straw after straw. Any heart that absorbs them will have a black dot left in it and any heart that rejects them will have a white dot left in it. In the end there will be two types of hearts left: one white like a smooth and solid stone with no fitnah able to harm it as long as the heavens and earth endure, and another black and turbid, like an overturned vessel, that does not abide by virtue or reject evil except what agrees with its desire-soaked heart)
Reported by Muslim (124)
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: (تُعرَضُ الفِتَنُ عَلى القُلوبِ عَرْضَ الحَصِيرِ عُودًا عُودًا فَأَيُّ قلبٍ أُشْرِبَها نُكِتَتْ فِيه نُكْتَةٌ سَوداءُ وأيُّ قلبٍ أنْكَرَها نُكِتَتْ فيه نُكتةٌ بيضاءُ حتى يصِيرَ القلبُ أبيضَ مثلَ الصَّفا لا تَضُرُّه فِتنةٌ ما دامَتِ السمواتُ والأرضُ والآخَرُ أَسْوَدَ مُربَدًّا كالكُوزِ مُجَخِّيًا لا يَعرِفُ مَعروفًا ولا يُنكِرُ مُنكَرًا إلا ما أُشْرِبَ مِن هَواه)
رواه مسلم (124)

An explanation of the second hadith in the Heart Therapy Series:
The Messenger salla Allahi alayhi wa sallam said: (The qalb [heart] was given this name only because of its fluctuations. The heart is like a feather in the wilderness—at a base of a tree—that continues to be turned on its head by the wind) reported by Ahmad and al-Tabarani. Al-Iraqi declared it to be hasan, and al-Albani declared it as sahih.
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: (إِنَّما سُمِيّ القَلْبَ مِن تَقَلُّبِهِ إنَّما مَثلُ القلبِ مَثلُ ريشَةٍ بالفَلاةِ تَعَلَّقَتْ في أَصْلِ شَجَرَةٍ يُقَلِّبُها الرِّيحُ ظَهْراً لِبَطْنٍ)
رواه أحمد والطبراني وحسنه العراقي (تخريج أحاديث الإحياء) وصححه الألباني (صحيح الجامع 2365)

An explanation of the 1st hadith in the series on the Purification of the Heart:
The Messenger salla Allahi alayhi wa sallam said: (Halal is clear and haram is clear, and between the two are ambiguous matters that many people do not know their rulings. So whoever avoids the ambiguous matters will safeguard his religion and reputation. And the one who falls into them falls in the haram, like the shepherd who grazes around the sanctuary and is about to cross into it. Indeed, every king has a sanctuary and the sanctuary of Allah is His prohibitions. And indeed in the body there is a morsel of meat that if it is well, the rest of the body will be well; and if it is corrupt, then the rest of the body will be corrupt. It is the heart.) Reported by al-Bukhari and Muslim

How do we deal with pain in our lives? How can we understand it and process it so it turns into something positive? What might be the hidden benefits behind the challenges we face? How can we maintain our patience and sense of gratitude when confronting life's problems? This khutbah explains how pain and affliction can be guides to something spectacular in the life to come.

So often we hear the words:
“I feel hardness in my heart”
“I do not find any joy in worship”
“I feel that my faith has hit rock bottom”
“Reading the Quran doesn't move me”
“I fall into sins so easily”
If you find yourself saying these words too often (verbally or in your heart), then you need this free class. The instructor collected 40 hadith on the heart and its purification. You will:
Learn about the ailments of the the heart and their cures.
Gain a deeper understanding of nature of the human heart and how to perform it.
Learn the connection between the reformation of the heart and other facets of Islam.
Discover the effect of heart purification on the life of the individual and society.
And most importantly, you will also distinguish between the right and the wrong methods of purifying our hearts.

What impact did modernity have on our character and manners as human beings? Was it positive or negative? Why are manners (akhlaq) important in Islam? What type of manners and ethics are we in desperate need of today? This lecture tries to answer some of these questions and start a conversation on how we can re-introduce Islamic manners into our modern lives.