Fariq Naik – Does Eemaan increase and 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