Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Meaning of iman increasing and decreasing

“Hadith mentions that iman gets reduced and increased. What does that mean? Please clarify.”Asked by Faiz, California

He answers at 49:03 in Natural Warning · 1 min 28 sec

His answer, in his own words
49:03
Is mein aap ke personality ka development hota hai. Maulana, agla sawal lene se pehle ek comment padhna chahenge jo Dr. Safeena ne bheja hai Ajmer se aur unhone likha hai ke Maulana sahib only you are showing mirror to the Muslim community. May our efforts be accepted. Jazak Allah. Maulana, agla sawal California se Faiq sahib ne bheja hai aur unhone likha hai Hadith mentions that imaan gets reduced and increased yaani imaan ghaṭta hai aur baṛhta hai. Maulana, is ka kya matlab hai? Is ko wazeh karein. Dekhiye, imaan ko agar log maante hain ke bas kalma padh liya to imaan mil gaya to samajh mein nahi aata ke kaise ghaṭta baṛhta hai. Kya imaan ek qualitative cheez ka naam hai, spirit ka naam hai, yaqeen ka naam hai.
50:05
To yeh to ghaṭe baṛhega kyun ke dunya mein hum challenges ke beech mein rehte hain, tarah tarah ke odds pesh aate hain. To is mein jo spirit hai, jo yaqeen hai, woh kabhi zyada hoga, kabhi kam hoga, yeh to hoga hi hoga. It is but natural. To jo log imaan ka matlab samajhte hain ke kalma padh liya to imaan mil gaya, woh un ke saamne yeh baat nahi aati. Aur jo log imaan ko spirit ke maani mein lein to un ke liye is ko samajhna kuch mushkil nahi hai. Maulana, unhone ek aur sawal aap se poocha hai, unhone likha hai ke in Al Bukhari it is mentioned verily paradise has one hundred levels and between each level is a distance like the distance between the earth and the sky.
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