the corruption of the heart

The Corruption of Hearts

Al-Hasan al-Basri said, "The corruption of people's hearts is in six things -

the first is that they sin with the hope of repentance;

they seek knowledge but do not act upon it;

if they do act upon it they are insincere in doing so;

they eat the sustenance Allah has provided them but do not show gratitude for it;

they are not content with the allotment (qisma) of Allah;

and they bury their dead but do not take heed