PODTAFSEER: CHAPTER 2 — AL BAQARAH, VERSE 74 — PART 6

“Then your hearts became hardened after that, being like stones or even harder. For indeed, there are stones from which rivers burst forth, and there are some of them that split open and water comes out, and there are some of them that fall down for fear of Allah…” Chapter 2 Al Baqarah 74.

The three types of stones describe the stages of a hardened spiritual heart becoming a soft sound spiritual heart. This journeys involves learning and acting on the teachings of Islam so that one replaces their negative characteristics with positive ones.

The last type meaning, the stones that fall down from the fear of Allah, the Exalted, is the spiritual heart which has sincerely submitted to Allah, the Exalted, even if it does not benefit others.

In a Hadith found in Jami At Tirmidhi, number 1660, the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, mentioned the two most virtuous people. The second person mentioned is the one who secludes themself from society thereby, keeping their evil away from people and remains firm on the obedience of Allah, the Exalted. A Muslim is not allowed to behave in this manner if they possess dependents as neglecting them is a sin. This has been warned in a Hadith found in Sunan Abu Dawud, number 1692.

In addition, one should not avoid people in order to be safe from their evil they should instead do so to keep their own evil away from people. As the former attitude can lead to pride where a person believes they are righteous while all others are sinful. It is important to remember that an atom’s worth of pride is enough to take someone to Hell. This has been warned in a Hadith found in Sahih Muslim, number 265. Reducing socializing with people can lead to great good as it reduces the chances of a Muslim committing sins through their speech and actions.

In addition, it will free their time up to learn and act on Islamic knowledge which leads to true and lasting success in both worlds. But the more one unnecessarily interacts with others the more chance of committing sins and the more preoccupied they will become with worldly things. Benefit might be obtained by interacting with people but in this day and age it is far safer to avoid socializing unnecessarily.

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