Fariq Naik – Does Eemaan increase and decrease
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The speaker discusses the three types of Eman: belief, words and actions of a believer, and actions of a believer. They stress the importance of being involved in good deeds and doing daily prayers in order to achieve peace in one's life. The speaker also suggests participating in good deeds and voluntary charity to reduce chances of one's Eman may decrease.
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Assalamu alaikum I'm urban. My question is, does Eman increase
and decrease.
Eman can be divided into three types. The first is the belief in
your heart that is faith. The second is the words or sayings of
a believer. The third is the actions of a believer. Imam it
does increase and it decreases and the sahaba. Even their Eman it
increased and it decreased the Sahaba they came to our beloved
Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him and they told that oh prophet of
Allah when we are with you, our Imam it is at its highest it is at
its peak. But when we are away from you and Eman it decreases. So
even the Sahaba their Eman, it increased and decreased. Now let's
talk about the first category of Eman that is the belief of faith.
The more we are in the company of good people of righteous people
the more our Eman it will increase. We should be involved in
good deeds in righteous deeds be in the company of good people. If
we do so Inshallah, our Eman it will increase. The same case was
with the sahaba. When they were in the company of the Prophet their
Eman it increased. So we should see to it that we are in the
company of good people. The second is the sayings and the words of a
believer we should involve in the vicar in the remembrance of Allah
subhanaw taala Allah subhanaw taala says in the Glorious Quran
surah chapter number 13 was number seven, Allah be decree law, he
taught my nan Kulu wearily in the remembrance of Allah do hearts
find satisfaction, the more we keep our tongue moisten the
remembrance of Allah subhanaw taala the more we'll find peace
and tranquility in our life and the more our Eman it will
increase. So we should be involved in the remembrance of Allah
subhanaw taala besides this, we should also read the Glorious
Quran and if you do not have Arabic as the language we should
read the translation of the Glorious Quran so inshallah our
Eman it will increase and there will be less chances that our Eman
it will decrease. The third is the actions or the deeds of a
believer. We should try to do as many good deeds as many righteous
deeds as possible. If we do so our Eman it will increase and there'll
be less chances that our demanded will decrease among the righteous
deeds that we can do is offer the five daily prayers in JAMA for the
men which is very important. Fasten the month of Ramadan gives
aka there is no better time to give zakat then to give it in the
month of Ramadan. Such a great reward. Imagine you're giving
zakat in this blessed month of Ramadan. When the gates of heaven
they are open and the gates of * they're closed. Among the
other good deeds and righteous deeds that we can do is perform
Hajj, stay away from all the things that are haram. Do as many
sunnah acts as possible. In Ramadan, we can offer the Tarawih
prayer
and we should see to it that we offer with a prayer regularly
because after the five daily prayers the most important prayer
it is the winter prayer. Besides this, we should also give
voluntary sadaqa voluntary charity
even smiling at your Muslim Brother, it is a charity. So we
should involve in good deeds and unrighteous deeds and inshallah
our Eman it will increase. We should try to be in the company of
good people of righteous people try to involve in good Islamic
activities, for example, doing Dawa involving in Islamic
activities attending Islamic programs etc. The more you are
connected to Islam, the more you are connected to the Glorious
Quran, the more your Eman it will increase and there'll be less
chances that your Eman it will decrease. And we should see too
that we make our intentions pure any act we do it should be solely
for the pleasure of Allah subhanaw taala. And even when our Eman it
is at its lowest we should see to it that we do not commit anything
that is haram. Even our lowest level of Eman it should not lead
us to commit something that is haram the Sahaba their lowest
level of Eman was much higher than the highest level of Imam, the
sahaba. They could give their life for the sake of Islam, their Eman
It was much better. In fact you cannot compare the Imam of the
Sahaba to our Imam. So Eman it does increase and it does
decrease. But the more we are connected to the Glorious Quran
the more we are involved in good deeds and righteous deeds
The more we do Likkle remembrance of Allah subhanaw taala inshallah
our Eman it will be at its highest and increase