Question: What is the best way for a person increase his or her eman?
Answerer: Shaykh Yasir Qadhi
The single greatest way to increase your eman is to gain knowledge.
Study what eman is, study tawhid, the pillars of eman, etc. It automatically increases your eman.
Good deeds also increase eman–each and every single good deed and act of worship you perform increases your eman. Fast a day. Read Qur’an. Pray Tahajjud.
Towards the end of Judgement Day–a day that will last 50 000 years (Surah Al-Maarij, verse 4)1, after the judgement has been decreed, the people will have to cross the Sirat–a bridge sharper then a sword and thinner then a hair2, that runs over Hell–in order to get to Jannah. People will fall off–there will be hooks like thorns of a size known only to Allah, to snag people into the Fire. Some people will be cut up into pieces as they fall into the Fire3.
Continuing our study of the fruits of eman, here are some additional fruits that spring from the tree of eman:
In Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) says:
Translation: And continue to remind, for surely the reminder profits the believers. (Surah Adh-Dhariyat, verse 55)1
Notice, here, who benefits from the reminders–not all humankind, but believers. Why? Try this hypothethical situation on for size: there’s a guy who’s sinning–say he’s drinking beer in front of you inside his home. You give him advice to stop drinking–and remind him of the rewards, punishments, etc. of good deeds and bad deeds. What happens? He’ll cry and acknowledge your advice and inshaAllah move to practical steps.
Continuing our study of the fruits of eman, here are some additional fruits that spring from the tree of eman:
In Surah Maryam, Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) says:
Translation: On those who believe and work deeds of righteousness, (Allah) The Most Gracious bestows love. (Surah Maryam, verse 96)1
That is: on those who have eman and perform good deeds, Allah decrees for them love. We know from another hadith (does anyone know the source?) that when Allah loves them, he tells the angels, who love them, and the angels tell the creation, and all the creation loves that person.
Continuing our study of the fruits of eman, here are some additional fruits that spring from the tree of eman:
In Surah Hujraat, Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) says:
Translation: The Believers are but a single Brotherhood … (Surah Hujraat, verse 10)1
If you’ve ever been to a different city, you walk into the grocery store, and nobody says anything. People just buy their own stuff and ignore you. Probably the most you’ll get out of the cashier when you check out is a “hi”.
Continuing our study of the fruits of eman, here are some additional fruits that spring from the tree of eman:
In Surah Noor, Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) says:
Translation: Allah has promised, to those among you who believe and work righteous deeds, that He will, of a surety, grant them in the land, , inheritance (of power), … [when] they worship Me (alone) and not associate aught with Me. (Surah Noor, verse 55)1
Continuing our study of the fruits of eman, here are some additional fruits that spring from the tree of eman:
In Surah Fussilat, Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) says:
Translation: In the case of those who say, “Our Lord is Allah”, and, further, stand straight and steadfast, the angels descend on them [and say]: “Fear ye not, nor grieve! but receive the Glad Tidings of the Garden (of Bliss), the which ye were promised! (Surah Fussilat, verse 30)1
Continuing our study of the fruits of eman, here are some additional fruits that spring from the tree of eman:
In Surah Nahl, Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) says:
Translation: Whoever works righteousness, man or woman, and has Faith, verily, to him will We give a new Life, a life that is good and pure and We will bestow on such their reward according to the best of their actions. (Surah Nahl, verse 97)1
Continuing our study of the fruits of eman, here are some additional fruits that spring from the tree of eman:
In one hadith, the Prophet (صلي الله عليه وسلم) said: “How amazing is the situation of the believer. His affair is always for the best, and this is not true for anyone besides the believer. If good befalls him he is thankful and this is best for him. If ill befalls him he is patient and this is best for him.” [Sahih Muslim]?
Continuing our study of the fruits of eman, here are some additional fruits that spring from the tree of eman:
In Surah Furqan, Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) says:
Translation: [Whoever] repents, believes, and works righteous deeds, Allah will change the evil of such persons into good, and Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful,” (Surah Furqan, verse 70)1