Faith is indeed a blessing from Allah and should not be taken for granted. Faith may increase or decrease according to someone’s virtues. Hence it becomes very important for Muslims to take steps not only for the presence of the faith and to increase. The foremost step in faith is the true, sincere and committed belief on Almighty Allah.
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) says: “Faith wears out of any one’s just as clothes wear out, so ask Allah to renew the faith in your hearts.”
Muslims’ level and straight of faith are blessed upon his attitude and approach when he/she fulfills this. This approach and attitude fall in two categories:
1. The obligatory acts, which we are asked to do and from which we are avoided for the benefits of the individual and society.
2. Those after than the obligatory deeds, which lead us to be good in this life and arise our level in the hereafter.
To increase the first steps is to work harder to do the second category of option good deeds. Therefore we should aware of the things that help us increasing the faith.
· Perform Salah (Prayer):
Prayer is the most important factor of the faith, after Shahada, where Shahada is the basic and fundamental aspect of the faith and Salah is the second factor, as this being in one of the most important practiced acts of faith, than it must have a very strong connection with the faith in Islam. Muhammad (PBUH) says: “The covenant between us and them is prayer, so if anyone abandons it he has become a disbeliever”. So let us establish the Prayer and never abandon it.
· Recitation of the Quran:
Allah says: “This is a book (Quran) which We have sent down to you, full of blessing that they may ponder over the verses and that men of understanding may remember”.
So the better way to increase faith is to recite Holly Quran regularly and make us to be blessed by this. It is also important to understand and recite the Holly Quran with Tajweed.
· Fasting:
Fasting helps us to thank Almighty Allah, for His merciful on us and there are various benefits of the fasting.
· Carrying out good deeds:
As being Muslims it is our duty to carry out good deeds and must spend our life according to the codes of Islam revealed in the Quran. We must deed those act, to which we are advice to do so and avoid those deeds, from which we are avoided.
To remembering the Death, gaining more knowledge about the religion Islam, making as much as dua. Give charity to the poor one and help others in the other way. Always speak the truth and forgave those, who do you wrong.
May Allah help us to increase strengthen our faith and give us the way to do so. Ameen
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) says: “Faith wears out of any one’s just as clothes wear out, so ask Allah to renew the faith in your hearts.”
Muslims’ level and straight of faith are blessed upon his attitude and approach when he/she fulfills this. This approach and attitude fall in two categories:
1. The obligatory acts, which we are asked to do and from which we are avoided for the benefits of the individual and society.
2. Those after than the obligatory deeds, which lead us to be good in this life and arise our level in the hereafter.
To increase the first steps is to work harder to do the second category of option good deeds. Therefore we should aware of the things that help us increasing the faith.
· Perform Salah (Prayer):
Prayer is the most important factor of the faith, after Shahada, where Shahada is the basic and fundamental aspect of the faith and Salah is the second factor, as this being in one of the most important practiced acts of faith, than it must have a very strong connection with the faith in Islam. Muhammad (PBUH) says: “The covenant between us and them is prayer, so if anyone abandons it he has become a disbeliever”. So let us establish the Prayer and never abandon it.
· Recitation of the Quran:
Allah says: “This is a book (Quran) which We have sent down to you, full of blessing that they may ponder over the verses and that men of understanding may remember”.
So the better way to increase faith is to recite Holly Quran regularly and make us to be blessed by this. It is also important to understand and recite the Holly Quran with Tajweed.
· Fasting:
Fasting helps us to thank Almighty Allah, for His merciful on us and there are various benefits of the fasting.
· Carrying out good deeds:
As being Muslims it is our duty to carry out good deeds and must spend our life according to the codes of Islam revealed in the Quran. We must deed those act, to which we are advice to do so and avoid those deeds, from which we are avoided.
To remembering the Death, gaining more knowledge about the religion Islam, making as much as dua. Give charity to the poor one and help others in the other way. Always speak the truth and forgave those, who do you wrong.
May Allah help us to increase strengthen our faith and give us the way to do so. Ameen