{"id":15304,"date":"2025-05-29T04:04:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T11:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/?p=15304"},"modified":"2025-05-29T04:04:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T11:04:35","slug":"can-iman-faith-increase-and-decrease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/29\/can-iman-faith-increase-and-decrease\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Im\u0101n (Faith) increase and decrease?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddb11dc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-25611\" data-id=\"ddb11dc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cc2af7 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7cc2af7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p><span class=\"elementor-drop-cap\"><span class=\"elementor-drop-cap-letter\">I<\/span><\/span>m\u0101n (faith) is dynamic, capable of increasing and decreasing based on a person\u2019s actions. Engaging in righteous deeds and obedience to All\u0101h strengthens one\u2019s Im\u0101n, while committing sins and neglecting religious obligations weakens it. In severe cases, persistent sinful behavior and abandonment of obligatory acts can diminish Im\u0101n to the point where it is nearly extinguished.<\/p>\n<p>This concept is supported by the teachings of early Islamic scholars.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, Al-Awzaa\u2019ee, a renowned scholar, was asked about Im\u0101n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cDoes it increase?\u201dand stated:\u201dYes, until it is like the mountains.\u201d He was then asked, \u201cAnd does it decrease?\u201d He said, \u201cYes, until there is nothing left of it.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Im\u0101n (faith) is dynamic, capable of increasing and decreasing based on a person\u2019s actions. Engaging in righteous deeds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islamqa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15305,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15304\/revisions\/15305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}