Hearts

Types of Hearts: 

1) The healthy heart:

This heart is free from any desires that oppose to the command of Allah (swt) and from any doubts that contradict what He reveals. It submits completely and relies on Allah (swt). 

This type of heart is humble, gentle, and lving. It is pure and only has love for and fear of Allah (swt).  It loves the things that Allah loves and hates that which He hates.

Signs of a sound, healthy heart are:

• considering oneself as belonging to the next world and not this word; eager to reach the hereafter
• feeling upset after committing sin, until repentance is complete
• feeling unhappy if he/she is missing daily recitation of the Qur'an or remembering Allah (swt) through praising and supplicating to Him.
• finding pleasure in worshipping Allah (swt) more satisfying than any other pleasure.
• finding that worldly worries and concerns are absent when praying
• being worried, above all else, with acting for the sake of Allah (swt)
• being more concerned with the correctness of a deed than with its performance
• trying to use time wisely instead of wasting time

2) The dead heart

The dead heart is ignorant of its Creator, neither knowing its Lord nor worshipping Him. 

It follows its whims and desires and is immersed in the pleasures of this world.  It will follow its own desires regardless of whether Allah (swt) loves those acts or not.

This is a harsh and dreary heart. When this heart hears the mention of Allah or the Qur'an, this heart reacts with aversion. 

Those who reject guidance have blind and deaf hearts. Their ability of reason  and perception id dead. When a person sins, the heart is marked or stained. Repentance and forgiveness may wash stain away but if a person doesnt repent the stain will deepen and spread more.

signs of dead heart:

• not feeling guilt, hurt, or pain when committing sins
• finds pleasure in committing sins and  acts of disobedience to Allah (swt)
• showing concern about less important matters while neglecting important ones
• disliking truth or having hard time accepting or submitting to it
• feeling discomfort among righteous believers, while feeling happiness and contentment among misguided people, sinners, or even evildoers
• being susceptible to misconceptions and doubts; being attracted to discussions related to misconceptions rather than to reading Qur'an or doing good deeds
• not being affected by admonition

3)The sick heart

This heart is between the first two kinds of hearts. It has some life but yet, is also defective. It contains love for Allah, but at the same time, it has the love of vain desires and the material world. This heart is wavering between safety and destruction. 

If a person engages in prohibited and doubtful matters, the heart will become weaker  and will be open to further attacks and diseases. This may lead it to become a dead heart if efforts are not made to purify it.