A man came to Al Hasan Al Basri and said, “ I do not know what is the matter with us. It seems that our hearts are asleep.” Hasan Al Basri replied " i asked what was the matter. The man replied, “Our hearts are not affected when you recite the Holy Quran and Hadith to us.”
Hasan Al Basri said to him, “If reading of the Holy Quran and Hadith do not affect your hearts, do not say that your hearts are asleep. Instead say that your hearts are dead. Even a sleeping person awakes when shaken awake. If someone sleeping does not awaken when shaken, he is not asleep but dead.” When advice and guidance do not affect the heart, it is an indication that the heart has died.
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