Sick Heart: Signs and healing (part 2)

Know that if God wills good to a servant, then he made known disgrace himself. Who has the eyes of the heart, he will not be afraid to disgrace himself. If he knew disgrace himself, allowing him to treat it. But the majority of people do not want to know disgrace himself. Germs across the sea appeared, the elephant in the eyelid is not visible. Dirt in the eyes of his friend appeared, tree trunks before his eyes did not appear.

Who would want to know disgrace yourself, then there are four roads that could be taken:

1. Facing an embarrassing sheikh soul can know, so that he could identify his embarrassment and at the same time treat. Like this happens, and quite a lot of doctors who handle
2. Looking for close friend of honest, reliable and good religion. He could make close friends as companions, to give warning of morality or bad deeds. Commander of the Faithful 'Umar ibn al-Khattab radi anhu once said, "May God bless anyone who would show us to our shame." One time he asked Salman about the shame he had ever done. So Salman replied, "I heard you had to collect two kinds of vegetables in your food table and you are wearing two different kinds of clothes, one for daytime and one for night." Umar said, "Are there other than that?" "No", said Salman. "If two things that I have not done it again," said Umar ibn al-Khattab. Umar also Hudzaifah once asked, "Did I include hypocrites?" he needs to ask that question, because anyone who rank higher, then the charges against him also become more frequent. Only today there is rarely an honest best friend with a character like this. Very few friends who do not seek advance or not malice. Salaf people really like it if there is someone who shows their disgrace. While today we are very angry when someone shows our shame. This shows the weakness of faith. Because of bad character is like a scorpion. If there is someone who warns that there is in the clothes of one of us there is a scorpion, so fast that we did not act to kill the scorpion. While the lowly character is more dangerous than a scorpion, for people who do not realize it.
3. Taking advantage of disgrace himself from the narrative of his enemy. For eyes full of hatred that would be radiated evil. Benefits that can be taken one of the enemy, can remind disgrace himself. This is more beneficial to him than close friends who seek my face and closed her shame.
4. Mingling with people. As he saw something reprehensible in themselves, then he quickly away.

Quoted from: Al-Imam Ash-sheikh ibn Ahmad ibn Abd al-Maqdisy Qudama, "Muhtashor Minhajul Qoshidin, Issue Indonesia: Minhajul Qashidhin Way People Get Help", Pustaka Al-Kautsar, East Jakarta, 1997, pp. 193-195.