Summary of Sunni concepts
The effect of the inner actions of the hearts on the outer actions of the limbs
The outward actions of the limbs are closely linked to the inward actions of the hearts
The apparent actions are not valid or beneficial
Except for the health of the inner workings of the heart
Prayer is invalid
Zakat is also invalid
As God Almighty said
O you who have believed, do not nullify your alms with insults and harm
Like the one who spends what he has to show off to people
Therefore, the actions of the hearts and repairing the secrets are more obligatory for the servant than the actions of the limbs
Although you are obligated to do both
By correcting it, the phenomena are corrected
And with its corruption, it becomes corrupted
He, may God bless him and grant him peace, said
Indeed, there is an embryo in the body, and if it is fixed, the whole body is fixed
If it is corrupted, the whole body is corrupted
Namely, the heart
Agreed
Is the reality of the true believer distinguished from the hypocrite except by the deeds and conditions in the heart of each one of them?
Hearts are the subject of God Almighty’s gaze
As he, may God bless him and grant him peace, said
God does not look at your pictures and your money
But he looks at your hearts and your deeds
Narrated by Muslim
Glory be to Him who has the secret openly
And the secrets of hearts are evident to Him
The bottom line
What is required is that one strive to achieve both the servitude of the limbs and the servitude of the heart
The apparent must be compatible with the internal and emanating from it
This is what the predecessors took pains to take care of
To purify their beds from impurities and pests