purification of heart

bismillahirrahmanirrahim,

assalamualaikum and peace be upon the Prophet Muhammad sallahualaihi wassalam.

alhamdulillah to Allah subhanallah for His Mercy. My prayers may Allah keep me in this straight path and protect my family, relatives, friends and mukmin/nats from hell fire and may Allah grant us peace in our hearts. this is a reminder for me

purifying the heart is not easy nor hard, inshaAllah. then what is it? it depends how u think, determination than inshaAllah, Allah will make it easier. and puring your heart the actions must not only from inside but outside. I mean your intention has to go along with your actions.

your heart is the most sensitif part in body and soul. as a hadith saying by Prophet Muhammad s.a.w

Surely there is in the body a small piece of flesh; if it is good, the whole body is good, and if it is corrupted, the whole body is corrupted, and that is surely the heart.

to my understanding of the hadith is not just metaphorical but also literally. subhanallah Allah is the Most Wise.

puring your heart is by putting your intention purely for Allah subhanahu wataa'la. when you have your niat (intention) purely for Allah. InshaAllah will guide you, so that you will be able to distinct between good and bad, halal and haram. you will try to do and think consciously of your actions just for Allah's sake.

your action must also equal to your niat. there should no contradictory between niat and actions. such as Robin Hood. there is always a good way to do good. unless that is the last resort. as I said when you do for Allah's sake inshaAllah your action will not contradicts.

if it contradicts we have to question again our intention, is it purely for Allah, are we ikhlas to Allah?

our surrounding also affects our purification, what we see, listen and what we do with our mouth. especially living in the West they are so many aurat on the road. then there is music and nice tempting food. all of these are needed for our nafs. so therefore in puring our heart we have to control our nafs. dont say these things out there are out of control. we can control!!!

we can lower our gaze when looking at maksiat, we can shut our eyes, we move our sight to trees and flowers maybe to cars too. our ears can be protect by listening to quran, listening to lectures and others that will remind you of Allah.

be cautious in what you do with your mouth. try to say nice things. dont provoke people to tell bad things about someone, dont say something your not sure of and dont spread fitnah. do dzikir and salawat. teach something good to the people next to you.

and this is a reminder to me... O Allah make me stay in your path.