{"id":13060,"date":"2019-05-28T15:19:17","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T15:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/?p=13060"},"modified":"2021-07-16T10:10:54","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T10:10:54","slug":"a-weak-spiritual-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/au\/spirituality\/a-weak-spiritual-state\/","title":{"rendered":"A Weak Spiritual State | Questions with Dr. Omar Abdel Kafi"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/amp-jwplayer>\n\n\n

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We thank Allah and send peace and blessings upon His Prophet Muhammad \ufdfa<\/span><\/p>\n

Spiritual apathy is something everybody is afraid of and we have all passed through it<\/span><\/p>\n

First, I would like to tell you that our hearts have two states:<\/span><\/p>\n

Reception and Rejection <\/span><\/p>\n

As Ali (RA) said: \u201cSurely hearts are sometimes receptive and other times rejecting. So when it is receptive, perform the recommended extra acts of worship and when it is rejecting, limit it to the obligatory acts of worship.\u201d  <\/span><\/p>\n

However, if the period of spiritual apathy lingers for a long time, <\/span><\/p>\n

you must find the reason behind your withdrawal<\/span><\/p>\n

Did you use to make a certain act of charity that you\u2019ve stopped doing now?<\/span><\/p>\n

Did you use to uphold ties of kinship that you\u2019ve broken recently?<\/span><\/p>\n

Did you have a certain Wird (act of remembrance) that you used to do but have stopped?<\/span><\/p>\n

Did you use to pray 2 rakaat (prostrations) at night and have now stopped doing so?<\/span><\/p>\n

Search for the reason behind you feeling far from Allah for long periods of time.<\/span><\/p>\n

If your heart is in a rejection state, don\u2019t be sad and get depressed from that fact <\/span><\/p>\n

It was narrated that Hanzalah Tamimi Al-Usaiyidi, the scribe, said:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe were with the Messenger of Allah (\ufdfa) and we spoke of Paradise and Hell until it was as if we could see them. Then I got up and went to my family and children, and I laughed and played (with them). Then I remembered how we had been, and I went out and met Abu Bakr, and said: \u2018I have become a hypocrite!\u2019 Abu Bakr said: \u2018We all do that.\u2019\u201d So Hanzalah went and mentioned that to the Prophet (\ufdfa), who said: \u201cO Hanzalah, if you were (always) as you are with me, the angels would shake hands with you in your beds and in your streets. O Hanzalah, there is a time for this and a time for that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

This is a prophetic answer straight from the mouth of the Prophet \ufdfa <\/span><\/p>\n

May Allah make our hearts ever receptive and never rejecting or away from Him swt. <\/span><\/p>\n

Peace be upon you.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ENGLISH TRANSCRIPTION We thank Allah and send peace and blessings upon His Prophet Muhammad \ufdfa Spiritual apathy is something everybody is afraid of and we have all passed through it First, I would like to tell you that our hearts have two states: Reception and Rejection As Ali (RA) said: \u201cSurely hearts are sometimes receptive […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13061,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow4-bBDA:productID":"","content-type":"","newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":["https:\/\/news-api.apple.com\/sections\/f1402f44-8994-4c23-83de-48d0d766f08f"],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"series":[],"speaker":[],"coauthors":[140],"class_list":["post-13060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spirituality","post_format-post-format-video","entry"],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/FEELING_LOW_ON_IMAN.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/onepathnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mums-on-the-RunV3.jpg?fit=2160%2C2160&ssl=1","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":[],"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/au\/feed\/podcast\/mums-on-the-run","embedCode":"

A Weak Spiritual State | Questions with Dr. Omar Abdel Kafi<\/a><\/blockquote>