Sufyan on Hearts: Time will come when dead hearts are in live bodies

Al-Harith ibn Mansur reported: Sufyan al-Thawri, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “A time will come to people in which the hearts are dead even as the bodies are alive.”

Source: Ḥilyat al-Awliyā’ 7/82

عَنْ الْحَارِث بْن مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ الثوري رحمه الله يَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ زَمَانٌ تَمُوتُ فِيهِ الْقُلُوبُ وَتَحْيَى الْأَبْدَانُ

7/82 حلية الأولياء وطبقات الأصفياء

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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