Imaan

Imaan consists of the belief of the heart, the confession of the tongue to the truth of Islam and the confirmation of faith by doing righteous actions.

6 Articles of Imaan (Arkaanul – Eeman or Pillars of Eeman)

  1. Belief in Allah (عَزَّوَجَلَّ)
  2. His Angels
  3. His Books
  4. His Messengers
  5. The Final Day
  6. The Divine Decree (AI-Qadar) [the good of it and the bad of it]

Imaan consists of the following

  1. The firm belief that Allah (عَزَّوَجَلَّ) exists, that He is the Lord of the world and the Creator of the universe and all that is in it.
  2. The firm belief that Allah (عَزَّوَجَلَّ) has the Most Beautiful Names and the perfect attributes, which are in no way similar to those of His creatures.
  3. The firm belief that Allah (عَزَّوَجَلَّ) Alone deserves to be worshipped.

Imaan also includes belief in anything mentioned by Allah or His Messenger (عَزَّوَجَلَّ) such as Hellfire, Paradise, As-Siraat (the bridge set over HeIIfire). River promised by AI-Kawthar and AI-Meezaan (the scales in which people’s actions will be weighed on the Day of Judgment).

Imaan has signs, and some of them are mentioned in the following – sayings of the Prophet ﷺ:

 “None of you will have faith (Imaan) until he likes for his [Muslim] brother what he likes for himself.”
(AI-Bukhari)

“There are three qualities which, when present in anyone, will cause him to taste the sweetness of faith: that Allah and His Messenger be dearer to him than all else; that he should love others only for Allah’s sake; and that he should hate to return to kufr (disbelief) after Allah has rescued him from it, just as he would hate to be thrown into the Fire.”
(AI-Bukhari and Muslim)

“Let him who believes in Allah and the Last Day either speak good or keep silent, and let him who believes in Allah and the Last Day be generous to his neighbor, and let him who believes in Allah and the Last Day be generous to his guest.”
(Muslim)

Imaan increases through the performance of good actions and decreases through the commission of evil deeds. Only the believers will be admitted into Paradise, and no one with an atom’s weight of faith will remain in Hellfire.

(See Allah, AI-Malaa’ikah, Yawm AI-Qiyyaamah, Rasool, AI-Qadar, Jannah, Jahannam and As-Siraat)

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