All praise is due to Allah Subhanawatallah , May Allah Subhanawatallah send peace and blessing upon our messenger and his Family and Companions
Taken from Book Of Shaykh Abdur Razzaaak Al Abbaad son of illustrious scholar;Sheikh Abdul Muhsin ibn Hamad al Abbaad Al Badr , who is Scholars of Al Madeenah anNabawiyyah and lecturer at the Prophet´s sallallahu alyhiwasalam -Mosque May Allah Subhanawatalah preserve them Both..
Sheikh Abdur Razzaak Himslf is a Distinguished person of knowledge and he is an associate professor at the Department of Aqqedah in the Faculty of Dawah and Usool Ad Deen at the Islamic University In Al Madeenah.
* Causes Behind the Increase and Decrease of Eemaan
*Causes for the increase of Emaan
1.Learning the benefical knowledge Derived from the book of Allah and the Sunnah o fHis Messenger Sallallahu Alyhi Wasallam
Reciting the noble Quran and contemplating
Knowledge of Allah ´s most Beautifull Names and most Exalted Attributes
To look Attentively to the biography of Our Noble Prophet Sallallahu Alyhi Wasalaam
Pondering over th eMerit and the Qualities of the Religion of Islaam
Reading the life Histories of Salaf of the ummah
2. Reflecting on the universal sings (Ayaath Kawniyyah) of Allah
3 Exerting Efforts Toward Acommplishing Sincere Righteous Actions
Action of the Qalb-(heart)
Action of the Tongue
Action of the Limbs
Causes for the decrease Of Emaan
*Internal causes
A. Ignorance
B. Heedlessness,Aversion of forgetfullness
C. Commtting Disobedience and Embraking upon Sinful Deeds
D. The Soul that Greatly Comman Evil
*External Causes
Shytan
The Word and its Allurments
ill Associates
The greatest Blessings Allah, Subhanawatallah can bestow Upon Us Insaan in this world is the blessing Of eemaan
Eemaan is of levels it is of degree and forever fluctuating, this a serious matter which we can all witness in ourselfs..... When we are active and obedient, we Sence a solidness of Eemaan and when we fall short in error and disobey Allah Subhanawatallah We feel how miskeen how our Eemaan is or has becomoe due to our Sinfull Deeds... Subhanallah
*Eemaan is of levels( parts )it Increase and decreases
This matter is of great Evidence that is mentiond is Quran and Hadeeth.Even though this matter is extremely important as there are Some Muslims they Believe that Eemaan is Somthing Whole and solid,and that everyone holds the same eemaan . Unfortunetly this is not correct , the severity of this corrupt belief can be Comprehended when once Realizes that the holder of this belief will not therefore seek to find out ways that to increase there Eemaan in order to implement them and that nor will he/she averse himslef/herself with the matter that can weaken his eemaan so that he can avoid them because of his lack of belief the increase and decrease of eemaan!
*Sealed Belief
Such a person has therefore sealed this tremendous door and bars himself from entering to succeed in obedience to Allah subhanawatallah and shun Disobedience.
* Diffrent group Hold Eemaan
Some group Believe that eemaan does not increase and decrease,action donot effect it and hence they councluded that sins have no bearing upon ones Eemaan whatsoever.
Another Group says eeman is affected by actions but as they did not recognize that it was of levels and parts .They held that a person who commits Major sins is no longer a Muslim and he will be reside in the Jahanaam forever due to his eemaan completely vanishes on account of the sin as it cannot decrease!
Asthaghfirulah ! Look at how shaytaan deceive and plots against Insaan to drive then towards disobedience in belief and actions.
Sheikh says ...We seel Allah subhanawatalah´s Protection from the constant Bombardment of his Whispers.
How do we actually Increase our Eemaan?
How do we safeguard ourself from Matters that would weaken our Eemaan
Lexically, let alone from the shariyah viewpoint,eemaan is not synonymous with tadeeq(belief orfaith)
Eemaan is much closer in meaning to the word Iqraar, which embodies the belief of the heart,which is tasdeeq as well as the action of heart which is inqiyaad (compliance and submissiveness)
when we examine the contents of Shareeah one can understand more, The Scruitinizer wil find that it consists of two catagories:Khabr information, news,..and arm command of Allah subhanawatallah.
Whatever I have written that is true is from Allaah alone while anything that is false is from myself and shaytan.
Subhanaka Allaahummah wa bihamdika, ash hadu an la illaha illa anta, astaghfiruka wa atuboo ilayk
to be continued.....
Wasallam alykum
Last edited by madeenahsh; 09-23-2005 at 08:59 AM.
Re: * Causes Behind the Increase and Decrease of Eemaan
Allah Subhanawatalla tells us in the Quran we wil be rasie up After we Die and that we face Him. this information is one which we respond to it with belief in our hearts wich is called Tasdeeq..
Also When Allah subhanawatallah orders us to fast in the holy Month or Ramadhan we don say yes we believe Rather we Follow the command of Allah subhanawatallah. Since its A command As We All knows this.
Its the willingness in the heart which makes us accept the command of Allah subhanawatallah and enact it.
Its extremely Unlikely for someone to actually remain having Eemaan if his hear tis void of any willingness to Obey The commands Of Allah Subhaanawatallah,Theissue is to have minimum level of comploance for Eemaan to exist this is the general willingness of The Qalb to enact the Commands, to want to Obey Allah subhanawatalla
Eemaan Has basic levels ,and without these Levels in Heart the Eemaan can not exist in such a heart.The last point is exactly this Basic level.The belief of the Heart and the basic levels of certain cationds of the Qalb, such as the minimun level of Compliance, Love of Allah subhanawatallah, Taqwa ,And Tawaqal..etc
Eemaan has higher parts and levels,Above the most Important Level. The ones who Possess Eemaan Become of diffrent ranks and this is where the increase and decrewase take place .For this reason with the regard to the actions of Qalb Some have Greater Love of Allah than others ,Whilst Others fear Allah Subhanwatalah more and have more Tawaqal and others have Superior in thier Ikhlas and Dhirk of Allah subhanawatallah in their Hearts and much more...Concerning the action of the Tongue ,Some Recite Quraán more than others , some do more dhirk soem speak only Good like this the list is endless and there is Action of limbs some Pray Tahjjud Some perfom Jihaad..In contras of others This kind of Eemaan is termed as being a condition for the perfection of ones Eemaan.
Eemaan in the Shariya is defined How Prophet (Sallallahu alyhi wasallam) Defined it When Questiond by Jibreel (Alyhisallam) Eemaan in Allah subhanawatallah , the Angles the books, the Messengers, the last day and Al Qadar.
Where has Eemaan clearly Shown by Scholars , its Shows it self in the Qalb of believers the tongue and upon the lims and it increases and decreases. Ruling on this this world and hereafter are connected to the terms of Eemaan.
Re: * Causes Behind the Increase and Decrease of Eemaan
Albanee reafirmed the madhaab of the salaf in that action constituted the perfection fo emaan and not the condition of it.
This notion leaves the takfeeris to beleive that this is irj'aa and the worse part of this is that they claim that what was with Albanee and the rest of ahlu-sunnah in this regard is that their (so called) irj'aa (as claimed by the kharijiyyah ajadeeda) is worse than that of jahm ibn Safwan, truely an abominable statement.
May Allah reward Alamaah Abdul-Muhsin al-Abbad and his sone Abdur-Razzaq hafidhahullah and for special thanks for Abdul-Muhsin in his exposing the fitnah of the haddadiyyah ghulaat
Re: * Causes Behind the Increase and Decrease of Eemaan
The misconception or error concerning the term Eemaan is not like other error concerining other terms, because the ruling of this world and hereafter are very much connected to the term of Eeman.
Islam kurf Nifaaq and many other terms are important to study which embodies all this, is referd to by some of the scholars as Baab Al Asma wa al ahkaam. the filed of names and rulings.And Allah knows best.
The lofy rank and high station eemaan possesses is not something obsecure,Eemaan is the most imprerative of al obligations , it is also the greatest and most glorious of them,All our deeds in this world and hereafter life is dependet upon the presence of eemaan and on this solid and soundness .
For the the muslim who is granted Tawfeeq,his concern for his eemaan is greater than any other concern,hey may have- and this must be so.When this became evident to the salaf of this ummah , the first and best of this ummah , their concern for thie eemaan was very eminent and the attention they gave to it was enormous.
They May Allah be pleased and have mercy upon them, used to tend to their eemaan, inspect their action and give eachother advice,Report of this nature from the salaf are numerous:
Umar Ibn Al Khattab May Allah subhanawatAllah be pleased with him, used to say to his companions"come on , so that we may Increase our eemaan".
Abdullah Ibn Masood,may Allah subhanawataAllah be pleased with him, used to say:sit with us , so that we may increase in eemaan." He used to say in his Dua (Supplications: "O Allah subhanawatAllah Increase me in Eemaan, certainty and understanding."
Mua'ad Ibn Jabal may Allah subhanawatAllah be pleased with him used to say:
sit with us so that we may have eemaan for an hour"
Abdullah Ibn Rawaahah , May Allah subhanawatAllah be pleased with him, used to take some of his companions by the hand and say:"come on, so that we may have eemaan for an hour.Come on lets remember Allah so that we increase in eemaan by obeyin Him ;He may remember us by forgiving us:"
Aboo Dardaa, May Allah subhanawtaAllah be pleased with him, used to say:It is from the intellingence of he servant to know wheather his increasing of decreasing and indeed, it is from the intelligence of the servant to know how, where the whisper of shaytaan apear to him:
Umayr Ibn Habeeb Al Khatmee, may Allah be please with him , used to say:Eemaan increases and decreases:"someone asked What increase if and wat decrease it?"He replied if we remember Allah , Praise Him , and decalre His perfection that is what increases it .If we heedless , squader and forget ;that is what decreases it."
Alqamah Ibn Qays An Nakba'ee, may Allah subhanawatAllah have mercy upon him, who is one of the senior and revered of the taabieen, used to say to his companions"come with us , so that we increase in eemaan."
Abdur Rahmaan Ibn Amr Al Azwaa'ee, May Allah subhanawatAllah have mercy upon him, was askd about eemaan:"Does it increase ?" He replied:Yes until it like mountain.He was then asked Does it decrease.he Answered,"Yes up until there is nothing left of it."
Imaam of the Ahl as Sunnah Ahmad Ibn Hanbal may Allah subhanawatAllah have mercy upon him, was asked as to whether eemaan increase and decrease, He replied:"it increases until reaches the highestpart of the seventh heaven, and it decreases until it reaches th elowest part of the seventh plane:"
Added Eemaan is speech and actions in increase and decrease.If you perform goo deeds, it increases, and if you do wrong, it decreases.
the examples are numerous!
=\ jazakillahu khayr for that sis! inshaAllah i will use this to my advantage. as well as the other brothers and sisters =)
"Believers see their sins as if they were sitting at the foot of a mountain and feared that it may fall on them, while the corrupt see their sins as if they were a mere fly that flew by their nose."
In the Name of Allaah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. By the time! Verily mankind is at loss – except for those who believe and perform righteous deeds, and advise one another towards the truth and advise one another towards patience.’
Re: How do you pump up your eeman throughout the day/week/month?
The closest way to get to Allah through Fear and Love, is to increase concentration in Prayer, increase in reciting Quran, as such recitation moistens the heart, increase in seeking knowledge, increase in optional deeds, avoid as many sins as possible, and turn to Him through Du'a and in seeking forgiveness.
Also one should ponder upon The Grave, Paradise, Hell and the Day of Judgement that will last 50,000 years.
Re: * Causes Behind the Increase and Decrease of Eemaan
*bump
25:36 And the true servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk the earth with humility and when the ignorant address them, they respond with words of peace.
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