How does Iman increase through obedience and decrease through sin?
2026-09-21
T47 · Ibn Taymiyyah
Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah
شيخ الإسلام أحمد بن تيمية
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النص العربي
المقتطف
وَعَلَى أَنَّ الْإِيمَانَ يَزِيدُ وَيَنْقُصُ؛ يَزِيدُ بِالطَّاعَةِ وَيَنْقُصُ بِالْمَعْصِيَةِ، وَعَلَيْهِ جَمَاعَةُ أَهْلِ الْآثَارِ وَالْفُقَهَاءُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْفُتْيَا فِي الْأَمْصَارِ.
English translation
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And [they hold] that faith increases and decreases: it increases through obedience and decreases through disobedience. This is the position of the body of scholars of transmitted reports and the jurists who give religious rulings in the various regions.
Source and editorial notes
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā 7/331
مجموع الفتاوى
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā
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