The ruling on saying: "Everything increases and decreases except faith"
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on the one who says, "Everything increases and decreases except faith, for it increases and does not decrease"?
Answer:
And you see that faith increases; this is explicitly stated in the Qur'an, and it decreases, because what is necessary is that what increases also decreases. Likewise, in the hadith:Sahih Muslim 50a This indicates that faith decreases until it becomes like a mustard seed. [It says:] "Save from the Fire whoever has in his heart the weight of a mustard seed of faith." This indicates that faith decreases.
[Ali 'Imran 3:167] This is evidence that their faith was deficient until it became close to disbelief. But some people have boldness, and they mean to deny what they do not know, speaking out of ignorance. There is no power and no strength except with Allah.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on the one who says, "Everything increases and decreases except faith, for it increases and does not decrease"?
Answer:
And you see that faith increases; this is explicitly stated in the Qur'an, and it decreases, because what is necessary is that what increases also decreases. Likewise, in the hadith:
and beyond that there is no faith even to the extent of a mustard seed
الصحيح وليس وراء ذلك من الإيمان حبة خردلThey were nearer to disbelief that day than to faith
هُمْ لِلْكُفْرِ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَقْرَبُ مِنْهُمْ لِلْإِيمَانِ
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