Forces Of The Heart

Forces Of The Heart

Since the heart has two forces; the force of demand which is that of desire and the force of escape which is that of apprehension and since the believer demands his interests fleeing away from the injuries so, the Prophet combined these two facts in the entrust to Him when saying:” Willingly and apprehensively”.

After that, the Prophet praised Allah confessing that “ There is neither an escape from You nor a shelter but with You”. Thus, Allah is the o­ne to Whom the believer seeks refuge in order to avoid him from His punishment. This hadith is enforced by another hadith saying: “I protect myself from Your wrath with Your satisfaction. From Your punishment with Your forgiveness and I resort to You from You”. Allah the Praised Who shelters the believer in Him, saves him from the misfortunes He created. So, both; the infliction and the aid, the escape from and resorting to are His deeds. He is the Master of everything and nothing can happen without His will. Allah said

قُلْ مَن ذَا الَّذِي يَعْصِمُكُم مِّنَ اللَّهِ إِنْ أَرَادَ بِكُمْ سُوءًا أَوْ أَرَادَ بِكُمْ رَحْمَةً وَلَا يَجِدُونَ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ اللَّهِ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَصِيرًا

“ If Allah should let any harm touch you no o­ne would remove it except He Himself “ Qur’an (6-17).

قُلْ مَن ذَا الَّذِي يَعْصِمُكُم مِّنَ اللَّهِ إِنْ أَرَادَ بِكُمْ سُوءًا أَوْ أَرَادَ بِكُمْ رَحْمَةً وَلَا يَجِدُونَ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ اللَّهِ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَصِيرًا

“Say: ‘ Who is there to shield you from Allah if He should want any ill for you or wants mercy for you? ‘ Qur’an (33-17).

The Prophet concluded his invocation with his belief in the Book and God’s Messenger who is the angle of deliverance and win in the present life and the Here after. This is the Prophet’s method in his sleep. A poet said: “Had not he said:’ I am the Messenger of Allah ‘ there would have been another witness, which is his guidance expressing that he is a Prophet”.

The Prophet’s Wakefulness

It was the habit of Prophet to get up at dawn when the crows. Then he praises his God the Exalted to proclaim His Glory, to invoke Him. He then brushes his teeth, performs ablution, gets ready to pray invoking Him by whispering, praising Him, hoping in Him, willing and awful. Then, which preservation to the heart, body, soul, forces good of the present life and Here after is above this?

Activity “ Exercises”

We are going to mention his method in arranging conditions of movement and stillness. This method shows his conformity in this range with the most perfect, correct and praised way.

Thus, we say: It is known fact that the body is short of food and beverage, this food does not form a part of the body but there will be after every digestion some excrements that contribute quantity and quality. If these excrements increase they will close and burden the body causing retention diseases and if they are extracted, the medicine will afflict the body for most medicines are poisonous and will drift some beneficial elements with them. Also, its quality damages the body for it heatens either by itself or by putridity or cools by itself or weakens the instinctive heat that becomes unable to bring it to maturity.

It is no doubt the excrements obstructions are harmful whether they are left or extracted. In fact, the movement is the strongest reason that prevents the formation of excrements for movement heatens the organs, removes the excrements that can’t be formed through days, makes the body used to light and activity, strengthens the appetite for food, hardens the ligatures and protects the body from the material diseases as well as the humor diseases. This is beneficial if the activenessis used moderately o­n the condition that rest of rules are totally performed.

Exercising Time

The suitable time of activeness is after the descending of the food and digestion. The moderate exercising is the o­ne that causes the reddishness of the skin, the growth of the flesh and that makes the body moistened. The exercising that causes the perspiration flowing is extravagant o­ne. The activity strengthens the power of the organ that practices this activeness and so o­n for every force and the ability of thinking increases for minds think much. Every organ has its own exercising. So, the activeness of the chest “heart” is the reading which graduates from reading silently to loudly. The exercising of audition is to hear voices gradually from the lowest to the highest, so is the training of the tongue in talking and so o­n for the sight and walking step by step.

The Advantage of great sport Games:

Knighthood, throwing arrows and races o­n feet are exercises of the whole body and they eliminate the chronical diseases such as leprosy, dropsy and constipation.

Training of souls

The training of soul is performed by learning, entertainment, happiness, pleasure, patience, steadfastness, bravery, forgiveness, charity and like. Patience, love bravery and charity are the greatest exercises to souls for souls practise these properties till they become fixed qualities and steady o­nes. So, if you observe the prophet’s guidance in this field you will find that it is the most perfect o­ne to preserve health and forces and it is efficient for this life and in the Hereafter.

Benefits of Prayers

It is certain that prayer participates in the most efficient thing to the body for it eliminates the humors and excerments of the body, It also maintains the soundness of faith and the happiness of the present life and the Hereafter.Also, getting up at the midnight to achieve prayers is o­ne of the aspects that preserves health and it prevents the occurrence of many incurable diseases as well as it causes vividness to the body, soul and heart.It is confirmed in the Two” As-Sahih” that the prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said :

Tbe Satan performs three knots o­n the occiput of the sleeper when he sleeps, saying o­n each knot: it is too long night so still asleep”.

If the sleeper gets up to remember Allah, o­ne of these knots is broken loose, if he performs ablution another o­ne is broken loose, if he says his prayers all the knots are broken loose, so he wakes up in the morning active and vivided soul. Otherwise he will be lazy and bad tempered o­ne.

Benefits of fast

The benefits of the lawful fast can not be refuted by a sane man for it includes the reasons of health preservation and training of the body and soul.

Advantages of Fighting ( For the sake of Allah) “Aljihad”

Al- Jihad implies the entire movements that participate in reasons of force, health preservation, soundness of the heart and bodies repulsing their excrements, taking away the concerns, anguish and sorrows. These properties of Al-Jihad are o­nly known by persons who share in it.

The same situation is applied to Pilgrimage, achievement of duties towards Allah, the horse races with spears, walking to answer the demands of people, walking to them, visiting their patients, participating in the funerals, walking to pray Fridays prayers in mosques with masses,the motion of ablution achievement and purification and other aspects.

This guidance contains, at least, the exercises that help in health preservation and repulsing the excrements. The legitimacy of obtaining the boons of this life and the Hereafter and repulsing the misfortunes is a reward beyond that. Thus, his method in guidance is known to be better than any other adopted method in the medicine of the bodies and hearts, their health preservation and their disease repulse. There is no necessity to add anything whatever it may be for a reasonable person. And Allah grants success. 

About the Author

Imam Ibn ul Qayyim al Jawziyyah