{"id":76750,"date":"2023-03-31T09:40:56","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T07:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/?p=76750"},"modified":"2023-03-31T09:40:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T07:40:56","slug":"how-to-soften-your-heart-in-ramadan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/how-to-soften-your-heart-in-ramadan\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Soften Your Heart In Ramadan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"76751\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/how-to-soften-your-heart-in-ramadan\/soften\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Soften.jpeg?fit=224%2C224&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"224,224\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Soften\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Soften.jpeg?fit=224%2C224&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-76751\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Soften.jpeg?resize=224%2C224&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"224\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; We are not feeling the true spirituality of Ramadan because our hearts have become hard.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Ibn Qaiyim: \u201c The greatest punishment from Almighty Allah is a hard heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Sin, love for the world, excessive laughter, and overindulgence in eating and drinking have caused our hearts to become hard.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6 Ways To Soften Your Heart<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) Remember Death<br \/>\n2) Visit the Qabristan<br \/>\n3) Pass your hand on the head of an orphan<br \/>\n4) Visit the sick<br \/>\n5) Dua<br \/>\n6) Recite the Noble Quraan while reflecting on the meaning.<\/p>\n<p>Click the link to listen to the full lecture<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"6 Ways To Soften Your Heart In Ramadan - Mufti Yusuf Moosagie by Radio Islam International\" width=\"1080\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1476512806&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;maxwidth=1080\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; We are not feeling the true spirituality of Ramadan because our hearts have become hard. &#8211; Ibn Qaiyim: \u201c The greatest punishment from Almighty Allah is a hard heart.\u201d &#8211; Sin, love for the world, excessive laughter, and overindulgence in eating and drinking have caused our hearts to become hard. 6 Ways To Soften [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5455],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islamic-discussions-podcasts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Soften.jpeg?fit=224%2C224&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc0QIf-jXU","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-19 13:18:42","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}