Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Knowing increase or 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?”Asked by Abdul Ghani, Mysore

He answers at 51:09 in Principle of Loss · 2 min 19 sec

His answer, in his own words
51:09
molana agla sawal kya hai abdul ghani sahib ne mysore se, aur unhone likha hai ke molana der as 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 advice.
51:34
dekhen, is ko aap lafz badlie, samajh mein aa jayega, یعنی increase اور decrease کی جگہ ایک لفظ دوسرا استعمال کیجئے، explanatory لفظ وہ ہے spirit، یعنی spirit ghatti hai aur badhti hai. iman form ka naam nahi hai ke ek kuch alfaaz hum munh se bol diya to iman hasil
51:55
ho gaya, iman haqeeqat mein spirit ka naam hai. to spirit jo hai ghatti badhti hai, ghatti badhti hai ka matlab kya hai ke jaise aaj mein ne ek cheez d discover ki, yani principle of yeh jo maine bataya aap ko, principle of loss, principle of truncation. To main bohat zabardast, mujhe ek aah ki Allah taala ne kaisi kaisi baatein batai hain insaan ko, ek ajeeb qism ki nayi is pe paida ho gayi. To yeh matlab hai ke ke aap ka experience, aap ki study, aap ka ghaur o fikr, is se aap
52:40
کو نئے نئے ائٹم ملتے ہیں جو آپ کی اسپیڈ کو بڑھاتے ہیں، اور جب آپ نہ سوچیں to speed ghatti rahegi, to us waqt kami ke level par rahega aap ka iman. to wo hadith mein jo lafz aayi hai, jo lafz aaya hai, us lafz ko aap badlie ke speed mein kami beshi hoti rehti hai, aur is ke sabab yeh hota hai ke aap hamesha is
53:04
tarah se nahi kar pate, g or o fikr aur zyada cheezon mein zyada dhyan dena, distract ho jate hain. to jab aap distract ho jayenge to kami ho jayegi, jab ghor o fikr karenge to speed pe izafa ho jayega, yeh matlab hai is ka.
53:29
molana agla sawal merit se farooqi sahib ne kiya hai, aur unhone likha hai ke molana der
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