Purification of The Heart

Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim

Ya Rabb, please change my dead heart

A comprehensive treatment plan for the heart's diseases is to deny the self of its desires,
enjoin hunger, keep worship vigilance in the night, silence, and meditation in private;
also keeping company with good people who possess sincerity, those who are emulated in their states and statements;
and, finally, taking refuge in the One unto whom all affairs return. That is the most beneficial treatment for all of the previous diseases.
This must be the point in which you are like a man drowning or someone lost in a barren desert and sees no source of succour
except from the Guardian, possessor of the greatest power. He is the one who responds to the call of the distressed.

[Imam al-Mawlud: Matharat al-Qulub (Poem line 170-175)]

Based on this enlightening poem, there are 4 ways that imam al-Mawlud have delineated in order for us to cleanse and purify our heart and soul. Masha Allah, this is a poweful reminder for me because I myself, are in the process of matharat al-qulub, tarbiyyah dzatiyyah and tazkiyyatun nafs. Allah, ya muqallibal qulub, thabbits qalbi 'ala deenik. Amin ya Rabbal 'alamin. These tips to purify the heart are:

1. Fasting
2. Qiyam al-lail
   
3. Silence
4. Nawafil prayers

..."in the day of judgement, that is the day which neither wealth nor children shall be of any benefit (to anyone) except one who comes to Allah with a sound (purified) heart"..

[as-syu'ara: 88-89]

wallahua'lam
All praise to Allah, Lord of the universe