The Reality of Faith
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Creator: Shaykh Muhammad Salih al-Munajjid
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Subject: iman
Title: The Reality of Faith
Created on: Wed Dec 26 13:59:28 -0500 2007
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Abstract: ... nish and the heart will once more regain its full health and brightness. In the process of healing weak Iman, it is important to know that Iman increases with working the good deeds and decreases by indulging in sin, for, according to Ahlu as-Sunnnah wal Jama`ah (who following the Quran, the Sunnah and the understanding of the companions), Iman entails acknowledgement with the tongue, belief in the heart implementing the Commandments. Furthermore, Allah said, what translated means, "That they may grow more in Faith" [48:4], and "Which of you has had his faith increased?" [9:124] Also, the Messenger of Allah said, what translated means, "He among you who witnesses an evil, let him change (stop, remove) it with his hand, if he could not, then with his tongue, and if he could not, then with his heart, and this is the weakest Iman." [Al-Bukhari] The effect of indulging in sin or performing good deeds is well-known, as Iman in the heart will be affected by experiencing either a decrease or an increase. When one goes to the marketplace and spends the time there looking at women and listening to the often unnecessary speech that people indulge in and then goes to a grave site, he will experience an immediate change in the status of Iman in his heart while he is in the graveyard as compared to when he was at the marketplace. Some of our righteous Salaf (ancestors) said, "It is a sign of the slave’s Fiqh (knowledge of the religion) that he concerns himself with enhancing the status of his Iman when it experiences a decrease. Also, it is a sign of the slave’s Fiqh to know if his Iman is on the increase or on the decrease. Furthermore, it is a sign of one’s Fiqh that he knows why and where the evil whispers of Satan are coming from." It is important to know that it is a turn to the worse and a dangerous precedent to let the decrease in Iman that the heart is experiencing lead to abandoning some of the obligations. Such behavior lea... [Full Article...]
