Category: Purification of the Heart

Looking a non-mahram – Major or Minor sin?

Looking a non-mahram – Major or Minor sin?

Q: Shaykh last time spoke about vision that eyes are the windows to the heart, now when a person’s sight falls on a woman unintentionally or intentionally would this be regarded as a minor sin or a major sin Gist of the answer:The questioner has asked two separate things – unintentionally and intentionally 1. Unintentionally would be the notion of […]

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Change my dead Heart

Change my dead Heart

Lyrics of the Poem[Munajaat], “Change my dead heart” Wash all the filth away and change my dead heart Wash all the filth away and change my dead heart Make me alive again, give me a fresh start Wash all the filth away and change my dead heart Make me alive again, give me a fresh start So change my heart please and wash the filth away Don’t leave me drowning here alone and astray. I spent my life […]

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Understanding the Three Types of Nafs

Understanding the Three Types of Nafs

CII talk delivered by Shaykh Kamaluddin Ahmed. 18-11-10 [Question 1 of 3] Q1: Can you please explain the different types of nafs, nafs-e-ammara, nafs-e-lawwama and nafs-e-mutmainna. A: In the Quran-e-Kareem the word nafs is used in two ways. 1. First way that the word nafs is used, is to indicate our own-self. Some people would translate it in English as self, some people would translate […]

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