Hardening Of The Heart

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what are the lists of sins that harden the hearts, the deadly ones a muslim should stay away from?

[CheifJunior]

Pride & Arrogance

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As Salam Alikum

In the Name of Allah the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.


Any sin which you commit slowly starts to decay the heart.

Hudhayfa ibn al-Yamani, may Allah be pleased with him, said:

The Messenger of Allah (s) said, "Temptations are presented to the heart, one by one. Any heart that accepts them will be left with a black stain, but any heart that rejects them will be left with a mark of purity, so that hearts are of two types: a dark heart that has turned away and become like an overturned vessel, and a pure heart that will never be harmed by temptation for as long as the earth and the heavens exist. The dark heart only recognises good and denounces evil when this suits its desires and whims" (Sahih Muslim, Kitab al-Iman, 2/170 (with different wording).


Unnecessary Talking being one of them since it leads to sin.

It is reported in al-Musnad, on the authority of Anas, that the Prophet (s) said: The faith of a servant is not put right until his heart is put right, and his heart is not put right until his tongue is put right" (Da'if hadith, Al-Mundhari, 3/234; and al-Iraqi in al-Ihya, 8/1539.)

At-Tirmidhi relates in a hadith on the authority of Ibn Umar: "Do not talk excessively without remembering Allah, because such excessive talk without the mention of Allah causes the heart to harden, and the person furthest from Allah is a person with a hard heart." (Da'if hadith, at-Tirmdihi, Kitab az-Zuhud, 7/92, gharib; no one else has transmitted it other than Ibrahim ibn Abdullah ibn Hatib, whom adh-Dhahabi mentions, 1/43, stating that this is one of the gharib hadith attributed to him. )