SIX WAYS WE CORRUPT OUR HEARTS WITHOUT REALISING:

 

Six Diseases of the Heart: A Reminder from Hasan al-Basri (رحمه الله)

وَعَنِ الْحَسَنِ الْبَصْرِيِّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّ فَسَادَ الْقُلُوبِ عَنْ سِتَّةِ أَشْيَاءَ

أَوَّلُهَا: يَذْنِبُونَ بِرَجَاءِ التَّوْبَةِ ، وَيَتَعَلَّمُونَ الْعِلْمَ وَلَا يَعْمَلُونَ بِهِ ، وَإِذَا عَمِلُوا لَا يُخْلِصُونَ ، وَيَأْكُلُونَ رِزْقَ اللَّهِ وَلَا يَشْكُرُونَ ، وَلَا يَرْضَوْنَ بِقِسْمَةِ اللَّهِ ، وَيَدْفِنُونَ مَوْتَاهُمْ وَلَا يَعْتَبِرُونَ

1) Delaying repentance while persisting in sin. ✅

2) Seeking knowledge without putting it into practice. ✅

3) Practising acts of worship without sincerity (Ikhlāṣ). ✅

4) Consuming Allah’s blessings without showing gratitude to Him. ✅

5) Being displeased with Allah’s decree and failing to accept His wisdom. ✅

6) Burying the dead without taking a lesson from their departure. ✅

📚 Reference

Naṣā’iḥ al-ʿIbād (نصائح العباد), in the section quoting al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī رحمه الله