عنْ أبي هُرَيْرَةَ - رضي الله عنه - قال: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَنْظُرُ إِلَى أَجْسَادِكُمْ وَلَاإِلَى صُوَرِكُمْ؛ لَكِنْ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى قُلُوبِكُمْ». وَأَشَارَ بِأَصَابِعِهِ إِلَى صَدْرِهِ»
38 - Status of heart’s action
Abu Hurayrah narrated that God’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said:
1. God does not look at either your bodies or forms. 2. He only looks at your hearts. He pointed with his fingers to his chest.
Related by Muslim, 4779.
Related Quranic Verses
Let me not suffer disgrace on the Day when all shall be raised from the dead; (87) the Day when neither wealth nor children will be of any benefit; (88) but only the one who comes to God with a sound heart [will be happy].
(26: 87-89)
Truly, the noblest of you in the sight of God is the one who is most genuinely God-fearing.
(49: 13)
When you see them, their outward appearance may please you; and when they speak, you listen to what they say.
(63: 4)
