Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

How to measure increase and decrease of faith?

“There is a hadith that the faith of a person increases and decreases. How can I know that my faith is decreasing or increasing? Is there a way to find that out? Please advise.”Asked by عبدالغنی, مائسور

He answers at 52:16 in Principle of Loss · 2 min 28 sec

His answer, in his own words
52:16
maulana, agla sawal kya hai abdul ghani sahib ne mysore se, aur unhone likha hai ke maulana, there is a hadith that iman of a person increases and decreases. how can i know that my iman is decreasing or increasing? is there a way to find that out? please advise. dekhiye, is ko aap lafz badlie, samajh mein aa jayega. yaani increase aur decrease ki jagah ek lafz doosra istemal kijiye. explanatory lafz woh hai spirit, yaani spirit ghatti aur badhti hai. iman form ka naam nahi hai ke ek kuch alfaaz aap munh se bol diya to iman hasil ho gaya.
53:07
iman haqeeqatan spirit ka naam hai. to spirit jo hai, ghatti badhti hai. ghatti badhti hai ka matlab kya hai? ke jaise aaj maine ek cheez discover ki, yaani principle of yeh jo maine bataya aap ko, principle of loss, principle of truncation. to main bohat bohat zabardast, mujhe ek aayat ke Allah taala ne kaisi kaisi baatein batai hain insaan ko, ek ajeeb qism ki nayi is se paida ho gayi. to yeh matlab hai ke ke aap ka experience, aap ki study, aap ka ghaur o fikr, is se aap ko naye naye artim milte hain jo aap ki spirit ko badhate hain.
53:52
aur jab aap na sochein to speed ghatti rahegi, to us waqt kami ke level par rahega aap ka iman. to woh hadith mein jo lafz aayi hai, jo lafz aaya hai, us lafz ko aap badlie ke speed mein kami beshi hoti rehti hai, aur us ke sabab yeh hota hai ke aap hamesha is tarah se nahi kar kar paate. ghaurs o fikr aur zyada cheezon mein zyada dhyan dena ke distract ho jate hain. to jab aap distract ho jayenge to kami ho jayeg
54:29
i. jab ghaur o fikr karenge to speed pe izafa ho jayega. yeh matlab hai is ka. maulana, agla sawal merit se farooqi sahib ne kiya hai, aur unhone likha hai ke maulana, there is a hadith that a time will come when no one would be able to save oneself from the evil of time.
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