*TIPS TO INCREASE YOUR IMAN (FAITH)*
1. Knowledge - To have knowledge of the Quran and the sunnah. When you embrace the Quran it increases your Iman every day. Your knowledge of it makes you live according to the shariah.
2. Learn the beautiful names of Allah - Knowing Allah by his different names make us reflect and become even more conscious of His existence, power, might, and mercy.
3. Learning about the Seera (History of the Prophet PBUH) - In the life of the Messenger, we see the greatest embodiment of iman in him. We learn through his actions and inactions.
4. Reflecting on the Natural signs (Tadabbur) - Allah says we should reflect upon the signs around us that we take for granted the rain, the thumber, the atmosphere, the animals in the sea, the invisible creatures, the cycle of life etc, So Allah is asking us to think and reflect.
5. Doing good deeds - Every good deed we do is like watering the tree of iman. When we engage in salah, zikr, sadaqa, volunteering, our iman increases. Without good deeds the tree of Iman will wither away and die. So doing good deeds is like adding water and fertilizer to it.
6. Going for Hajj (pilgrimage) - One of the best acts of worship. Doing a Hajj once washes away your sins as if you were born today. And it makes you reflect and appreciate life. Seeing millions of people standing for the sake of Allah softens the hearts. The Messenger says "An accepted Hajj has nothing less than the reward of Jannah"
7. Fighting the number 1 enemy of Iman that is Shaitan. If you are able to fight shaitan then you have solved most of your problems. Insha Allah.
*Why Iman Decreases*
1. Ignorance - The is opposite of knowledge. When you dont know it leads you to doubt. And shaitan will come to you with many suggestions to confuse you even more. You start to doubt Allah and Islam. You start to question why must I do this or that. And the cure to ignorance is knowledge.
2. Heedlessness - To simply not care. Meaning, you just live a lifestyle where your heart is detached from Allah and goodness. This idea makes you self-centred, you only care about yourself. And the cure is ibadah, zikr, Quran and increase our taqwa.
3. Every day Sins - The sins we do are like weeds that grow near the Tree of our Iman. Like weeds eat the plant, so do bad deeds. In other words, every good deed makes the tree grows, and every sin weakens and kills the tree of iman. Literary every day our tree grows and shrinks according to our deeds, good or bad.
4. Love of this world - When the world tempts you a lot, then you tend to lose your iman and focus on ibadah. Your job, your family, your business, your fiancee, all these can become fitnah for you or otherwise. And when you make dunya your final goal, things come crumbling. When you balance your life, everything is good. And the cure of this is to think of death and the people who came before us.
5. Evil companionship (Friends) - These are people that are dragging us back rather than pushing us up. People that guide you to wrong and not good. Bad friends influence is the easiest way to make one lose their iman. Bcos friends are so tempting. The moment you hang around with people that are doing haram you will surely follow their suit. The Messenger says "A person follows the religion of his friends". And in Qiyamah you will be resurrected with your friends, either good ones or bad ones.
1. Knowledge - To have knowledge of the Quran and the sunnah. When you embrace the Quran it increases your Iman every day. Your knowledge of it makes you live according to the shariah.
2. Learn the beautiful names of Allah - Knowing Allah by his different names make us reflect and become even more conscious of His existence, power, might, and mercy.
3. Learning about the Seera (History of the Prophet PBUH) - In the life of the Messenger, we see the greatest embodiment of iman in him. We learn through his actions and inactions.
4. Reflecting on the Natural signs (Tadabbur) - Allah says we should reflect upon the signs around us that we take for granted the rain, the thumber, the atmosphere, the animals in the sea, the invisible creatures, the cycle of life etc, So Allah is asking us to think and reflect.
5. Doing good deeds - Every good deed we do is like watering the tree of iman. When we engage in salah, zikr, sadaqa, volunteering, our iman increases. Without good deeds the tree of Iman will wither away and die. So doing good deeds is like adding water and fertilizer to it.
6. Going for Hajj (pilgrimage) - One of the best acts of worship. Doing a Hajj once washes away your sins as if you were born today. And it makes you reflect and appreciate life. Seeing millions of people standing for the sake of Allah softens the hearts. The Messenger says "An accepted Hajj has nothing less than the reward of Jannah"
7. Fighting the number 1 enemy of Iman that is Shaitan. If you are able to fight shaitan then you have solved most of your problems. Insha Allah.
*Why Iman Decreases*
1. Ignorance - The is opposite of knowledge. When you dont know it leads you to doubt. And shaitan will come to you with many suggestions to confuse you even more. You start to doubt Allah and Islam. You start to question why must I do this or that. And the cure to ignorance is knowledge.
2. Heedlessness - To simply not care. Meaning, you just live a lifestyle where your heart is detached from Allah and goodness. This idea makes you self-centred, you only care about yourself. And the cure is ibadah, zikr, Quran and increase our taqwa.
3. Every day Sins - The sins we do are like weeds that grow near the Tree of our Iman. Like weeds eat the plant, so do bad deeds. In other words, every good deed makes the tree grows, and every sin weakens and kills the tree of iman. Literary every day our tree grows and shrinks according to our deeds, good or bad.
4. Love of this world - When the world tempts you a lot, then you tend to lose your iman and focus on ibadah. Your job, your family, your business, your fiancee, all these can become fitnah for you or otherwise. And when you make dunya your final goal, things come crumbling. When you balance your life, everything is good. And the cure of this is to think of death and the people who came before us.
5. Evil companionship (Friends) - These are people that are dragging us back rather than pushing us up. People that guide you to wrong and not good. Bad friends influence is the easiest way to make one lose their iman. Bcos friends are so tempting. The moment you hang around with people that are doing haram you will surely follow their suit. The Messenger says "A person follows the religion of his friends". And in Qiyamah you will be resurrected with your friends, either good ones or bad ones.
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