Types of Hearts in Islam: Healthy, Sick, and Dead Hearts

Understanding the Three Types of Hearts in Islam

Types of Hearts 

There are three main types of hearts:

1 - A Sound & Healthy Heart:

A sound and healthy heart is that which is attached to Allāh alone. A person with a true and sincere heart will:

• Rely, love and hope in Allāh.

• Forgive people for the sake of Allāh.

• Control anger and desires for the sake of Allāh.

• Be humble and kind with parents, spouse, friends, children for the sake of Allāh.

• And all other praiseworthy traits of the heart.

2 - A Dead Heart:

A dead heart is the opposite of a healthy heart. It does everything to please itself. It is slave of its own desires. If money is what a person with a dead heart desires, then he becomes a slave of money. He does everything and anything for the sake of earning money irrespective of whether it is earned in a Halāl or Harām way.

3 - A Sick Heart:

A sick heart swings between a healthy and a dead heart. This person has love for Allāh, faith in his heart, sincerity towards his duties but at the same time, also loves his desires and prefers them. 

See for more information 'Lagāthatul Lahfān Fī Maṣāyid Ash-Shayṭān' by Imām Ibn Al-Qayyim (d. 751H).

Action Plan: 

- Memorise the following supplications: 

اللهُمَّ طَهِّرْ قَلْبِي مِنْ كُلِّ سُوْءٍ

“O Allāh purify my heart from every evil.”

اللهُمَّ طَهِّرْ قَلْبِي مِنْ كُلِّ خُلُقٍ لا يُرْضِيْكَ

“O Allāh, purify my heart from every characteristic that is not pleasing to You”

اللهُمَّ طَهِّرْ قَلْبِي مِنَ الغِلِّ والحِقْدِ والحَسَدِ والكِبْرِ

“O Allāh, purify my heart from hatred, resentment, jealousy, and arrogance.”

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