Siraj Wahhaj - Affairs of the Heart

Siraj WahhajDecember 24, 20180 comments

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In this wide-ranging lecture, Imam Siraj Wahhaj explores the central role of the heart in Islamic spiritual life, drawing on Quranic verses, hadith, and vivid real-world examples to illustrate how the heart is constantly vulnerable to corruption and how it must be actively guarded. He warns against the diseased heart — hardened by sin, careless consumption of media, and neglect of remembrance — and calls attendees to strive for excellence in every dimension of their deen. The lecture concludes with a powerful reminder that the cure for a diseased heart is the remembrance of Allah and a living connection with the Quran.

Imam Siraj Wahhaj is one of the most influential Muslim leaders in American history. Born in Brooklyn in 1950, he embraced Islam in 1969 and received imam training at Umm al-Qura University in Makkah in 1978. He founded Masjid At-Taqwa in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, where his community became nationally famous for leading anti-drug patrols that transformed the neighborhood. In 1991, he became the first Muslim to offer the opening prayer (du'a) before the United States House of Representatives. A former vice president of ISNA and a founding figure of the Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA), he remains one of the most sought-after speakers in the American Muslim community.

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