A Sound Heart

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Allaah تعالى says:

﴿إِلاَّ مَنْ أَتَى اللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ﴾

{Except him who brings to Allaah a sound heart} [Surah al-Shu`araa’ (26): 89]

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:

The heart cannot attain absolute safety till it is protected from five things:

1. From Shirk which negates Tawheed.

2. From Bid`ah which opposes the Sunnah.

3. From Desire which opposes the Command.

4. From Negligence which negates Remembrance.

5. From Whim which negates Sincerity.

[al-Jawaab al-Kaafee (1/122)]