Accompanying One’s Loved Ones in Paradise and What Increases Faith
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The questioner:
The Shaykh said to him: It is not the companion; it is not the letter ba. It is enough that this person is present. Unless the messenger took it, in which case it becomes impossible, for example. And the hadith is written in the sense of "now," even if it did not reach his hope. That he be with the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) or not his hope.
The Shaykh:
He will be with them in Paradise, even if he does not reach their level, but he will be with them in Paradise, and he will dwell with whom he loves on the Day of Resurrection. The people of Paradise differ in their dwellings according to their deeds. As for faith, they say it increases with two things. The first is obedience, and we have mentioned this. The second is knowledge. The more a person increases his knowledge of the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger, the more his faith increases. Knowledge increases faith; the more a person learns,
and the more he understands the religion of Allah, the more his faith increases. There is no doubt that the ignorant one is the most deficient of Allah’s servants in deficiency, because the knowledgeable one knows many things or believes in them, whereas the ignorant one has only a general faith. So the knowledgeable one who acts upon his knowledge is more perfect in faith than the ignorant one.
The questioner:
And that he be in more than one position.
The Shaykh:
Therefore, Allah the Exalted says:[Fatir 35:28] And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also said: Likewise, the more a person learns of beneficial knowledge, the more his faith increases with it. Yes.
The Shaykh said to him: It is not the companion; it is not the letter ba. It is enough that this person is present. Unless the messenger took it, in which case it becomes impossible, for example. And the hadith is written in the sense of "now," even if it did not reach his hope. That he be with the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) or not his hope.
The Shaykh:
He will be with them in Paradise, even if he does not reach their level, but he will be with them in Paradise, and he will dwell with whom he loves on the Day of Resurrection. The people of Paradise differ in their dwellings according to their deeds. As for faith, they say it increases with two things. The first is obedience, and we have mentioned this. The second is knowledge. The more a person increases his knowledge of the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger, the more his faith increases. Knowledge increases faith; the more a person learns,
and the more he understands the religion of Allah, the more his faith increases. There is no doubt that the ignorant one is the most deficient of Allah’s servants in deficiency, because the knowledgeable one knows many things or believes in them, whereas the ignorant one has only a general faith. So the knowledgeable one who acts upon his knowledge is more perfect in faith than the ignorant one.
The questioner:
And that he be in more than one position.
The Shaykh:
Therefore, Allah the Exalted says:
Only those fear Allah, from among His servants, who have knowledge.
إِنَّمَا يَخْشَى اللَّهَ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الْعُلَمَاءُThe scholars are the heirs of the prophets,
العلماء ورثة الأنبياء،
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية [ صالح الفوزان ] [ الشرح القديم ]، الإيمان قول وعمل يزيد وينقص — islamhouse.com (1:13:02)
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