A discussion on the moral state of people in the end times, particularly regarding the hardness of hearts in relationships, as mentioned by the Commander of the Faithful.
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Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
Indeed, sins and transgressions are moral diseases that Islamic law has warned against due to their repercussions on both the soul and the body. Sin weakens the spirit (sins are a disease, and repentance is the cure), and thus we read in the supplication:
"O my God, my sins have clothed me in the garment of humiliation, and my distance from You has covered me with the garment of my misery, and my great sins have killed my heart; so revive it with a repentance from You, O my hope and desire."
From this, repentance brings life back to the hearts. However, if a person remains in their sins and transgressions, their heart will become increasingly hardened.
(Then your hearts became hardened after that, and they are like stones or even harder.)
This is a natural consequence of the abundance of sins, which leads to the hardness of hearts.
This is what was conveyed to us by the author of Al-Bihar from the Book of Shariah.
The Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him) said: "Tears do not dry up except due to the hardness of hearts, and hearts do not harden except due to the abundance of sins."
It has been narrated that the prevalence of this phenomenon (hardness of hearts) is one of the signs of the end times, and some narrations explicitly state that it is a general sign preceding the appearance of the Khalifah of the Merciful.
The scholar Al-Majlisi mentioned in Al-Bihar:
In the Samari letter, he (peace be upon him) said: "Listen, may Allah increase the reward of your brothers for you, for you will die within six days. Gather your affairs and do not leave a successor after your death, for the complete occultation has occurred, and there will be no appearance except by the permission of Allah, and that will be after a long time, the hardness of hearts, and the earth being filled with injustice."
Some narrations have made the hardness of hearts the measure for those who walk on the truth and are saved or deviate and fall.
As mentioned in (Kamāl al-Dīn), the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him) said:
"The one from us who is in occultation has a long absence, and I see the Shiites wandering like cattle in his absence, seeking pasture but finding none. So, whoever remains steadfast in his faith and does not harden his heart due to the long absence of his Imam will be with me in my rank on the Day of Resurrection."
Therefore, we must take care of our hearts according to what has been conveyed by our Imams, as they are the focus of our Lord's care and are crucial for our salvation. They are the measure for joining the ranks of our master and Imam.
May Allah grant us and you the righteousness of our hearts, by the right of our Prophet Muhammad and our Imam Ali, peace be upon them both.