The Danger of a Darkened Heart - 287

A heart covered in darkness can no longer see right from wrong.

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Miftaah Portal & Mufti Taha Masood
April 10, 2025

Est. Read time: 2 min
Edition Number: 287
Adapted from: The Pathway of A Believer
Instructor: Mufti Taha Masood

Assalamu Alaykum,

Today’s gem is from Mufti Taha Masood’s course: The Pathway of A Believer. In this gem, Mufti Taha Masood explains that constant exposure to sin darkens the heart, making it blind to truth and desensitized to wrongdoing.

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We begin in the Name of Allah ﷻ, the Most Merciful and Compassionate,
We ask that He ﷻ sends Peace and Blessings upon our noble and beloved
Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

We witness immorality and wrongdoing every day—our children, elders, and society at large are constantly exposed to it. The danger is that, over time, we begin to see these things as normal. When sin becomes normalized, something very serious has occurred within us.

The Prophet ﷺ mentioned in a hadith that when a believer commits a sin, a black dot appears on their heart. If they continue sinning without seeking forgiveness, more dots accumulate until the entire heart is covered in darkness. Scholars explain that this blackness represents spiritual blindness.

Just as in complete darkness we cannot see what is harmful or beneficial, a heart darkened by sin loses its ability to recognize what is right and wrong. This is how people become desensitized to sin—they no longer perceive the danger or even acknowledge that something is wrong.

May Allah ﷻ purify our hearts, keep us aware of sin, and guide us to righteousness.

أقول قولي هذا وأستغفر الله لي ولكم، فاستغفروه إنه هو الغفور الرحيم

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