In Search of A Weeping Heart lecture 5⁄5 Shk Khalil Jaffer

Shk Khalil Jaffer delivers a lecture on developing a "weeping heart" in Islam, emphasizing its importance and discussing factors that harden or soften it. He addresses a question about escaping passive sinning in modern society, suggesting strengthening one's spiritual immune system and considering the potential for hypocrisy in seeking forgiveness without genuine change. He uses the analogy of physical illnesses to explain passive sinning, differentiating between major sins that necessitate leaving an environment and minor ones that require strengthening one's spiritual defenses. He also discusses materialism, defining it as prioritizing wealth accumulation over spiritual growth, and identifies five qualities of a materialist, urging listeners to remember death, prioritize the afterlife, avoid selling faith for worldly gains, use wealth as a means rather than an end, and dedicate free time to spiritual pursuits. The lecture concludes with the virtues of weeping and verses from the Quran about paradise for those with penitent hearts. The talk ends with a story of Zainab's mourning after the tragedy of Karbala.