The Meaning of the Increase and Decrease of Faith
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, we say that faith increases and decreases. Does this mean the reward and the rank, or the certainty that resides in the heart?
Answer:
It means what is in the heart increases and decreases; that is the intended meaning. So whenever a person performs an act of obedience, his faith and certainty in his heart increase, and whenever he commits a sin, his faith and certainty in his heart decrease. As for the issue of increasing reward or increasing punishment for sin, that is a separate matter, a well-known matter. Yes.
The presenter:
All right.
Honorable Shaykh, we say that faith increases and decreases. Does this mean the reward and the rank, or the certainty that resides in the heart?
Answer:
It means what is in the heart increases and decreases; that is the intended meaning. So whenever a person performs an act of obedience, his faith and certainty in his heart increase, and whenever he commits a sin, his faith and certainty in his heart decrease. As for the issue of increasing reward or increasing punishment for sin, that is a separate matter, a well-known matter. Yes.
The presenter:
All right.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 29 من 36/شرح العقيدة الواسطية (مع الأسئلة)/الإيمان قول وعمل/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (59:24)
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