Hamza Yusuf

Cells require oxygen, so we breathe. If we stop breathing, we die. The heart also needs to breathe, and the breath of the heart is none other than the remembrance of God

hearts need to be nourished.

The heart is created vulnerable to anxiety and agitation (QUR’AN , 70:19).

The second category of disease concerns the base desires of the self and is called shahawāt. This relates to our desires exceeding their natural state,

All deeds are thus valued according to the intentions behind them, and intentions emanate from the heart. So every action a person intends or performs is rooted in the heart.

The basic rule is to ask God and then work;

dignity with God comes to those who are humble before Him, those who place prime value on how they are received by their Maker and not by how they will be judged by the ephemeral norms of people