BismillahirRahmanir Rahim [from Barika, by Abu Sa'id Muhammad Hadimi, d. 1762 A.D.

, Konya] A Muslim as a first priority should strive to cleanse his (spiritual) heart because heart is the leader of the body and all organs are under its command. Our Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, once said: "There is a piece of meat in the human body. If this is good, all the organs will be good. If this is evil, all the organs will be evil. This piece of meat is the heart." What is described in this hadith is not the physical heart but the spiritual heart that is located over the physical heart. The following hadiths should never be forgotten: 1. "A servant of Allahu ta'ala who does not have much worships will have high grades in the hereafter if he has good manners." 2. "The easiest and the most useful worship is to talk less and be a goodnatured person." 3. "A servant of Allahu ta'ala may have many worships but, his evil nature will deliver him into the depths of hell. Furthermore, will sometimes lead him into disbelief." 4. It is reported that once the companions, may Allahu ta'ala be well pleased with them, communicated to Rasulullah, peace be upon him, that someone in the community was a very devout person. He was spending his days with fasting and his nights with praying but also had an evil nature. Rasulullah, peace be upon him, responded, "His state is not a good one. His destination will be hell fire." 5. "I was sent to complete the virtues and to help the people so that they may absorb these virtues." 6. "A good-natured person will acquire both worldly and next worldly happiness." 7. "Hell fire will not burn a person who has a good nature and has a beautiful physical appearance." 8. "Being good-natured means to approach or establish close relationship with those who run away from you or to forgive those who oppresses you or to give away money or the like to those persons who are stingy toward you."

9. "Allahu ta'ala will fill the heart of a person with belief and trustworthiness

if he treats others with soft manners while he is angry."