Eemaan is crucial to every muslim as it is essential for a muslim to practice his religion and get entry to paradise. Eemaan or faith can be increased or decreased, if a person constantly remembers his lord it will increase but if a person doesn’t and forgets his creator he will enter a state of ignorace and disobedience. Eemaan is the greatest blessing Allah :swt: can bestow upon his creation. We should seek him :swt: for this great blessing.
May Allah :swt: give me and you a stronger Eemaan.
Always remember Islam is a state of becoming and not being.
Have sustaining will-power put in a genuine effort and your Eemaan will gradually increase :insha:.
Re: Eemaan
How would you explain this? this seems to be from famous muslim scholar.
Ali Ibn Abi Talib
In his book, “The Biography of the Prophet” (part 3, p. 113), Ibn Hisham relates this episode:
“Ali Ibn Abi Talib encountered a man called ’Umru and told him, ‘I indeed invite you to Islam.’ ’Umru said, ‘I do not need that.’ ’Ali said, ‘Then I call you to fight.’ (This was the same policy Muhammad used with those who rejected his invitation.) ’Umru answered him, ‘What for my nephew? By God, I do not like to kill you.’ ’Ali said, ‘But, by God, I love to kill you”’ (see Al Road Al Anf part 3, p. 263).
It is obvious from the dialogue that ’Umru does not like fighting because he does not want to kill ’Ali while he is defending himself. He wonders, “What for? I do not want to embrace Islam.” But ’Ali says to him, “By God I love to kill you,” and he did kill him.
We would like to conclude these stories by relating another moving episode which the Muslim Chroniclers recorded, among them, Isma’il Ibn Kathir in his book, “The Prophetic Biography” (part 3, p. 596). Ibn Kathir says that Muhammad’s followers met a man and asked him to become a Muslim. He asked them, “What is Islam?” They explained that to him. He said, “What if I refuse it? What would you do to me?” They answered, “We would kill you.” Despite that, he refused to become a Muslim and they killed the poor man after he went and bade his wife farewell. She continued to weep over his corpse for days until she died of grief over her slain beloved who was killed for no reason.
Allah (swt) says in the Qur'an that :
''Let there be no compulsion in religion: Truth stands out clear from error: whoever rejects false deities and believes in Allah has grasped the most trustworthy hand-hold that never breaks''
(Qur'an 2:256)
How would you explain your claims and references in contrast to the teachings of the holy Qur'an? Allah (swt) clearly states in the Qur'an that Let there be no compulsion in religion. So why would they kill for no reason and go against the teachings of the Qur'an.