Healing the Weak Iman

by **samirisaoui** Sun Nov 24, 2013 4:25 am

Healing the weak iman (faith) is through thinking about and trying to understand meanings of the Glorious Qur’an, which God has sent down for His slaves to clarify all things, and as a Light He gives to whom He wills among His slaves.

The Qur’an contains tremendous medicine for all ills of the heart.

Indeed, the Qur’an contains tremendous medicine for all ills of the heart, as God said:
And We sent down from the Qur’an that which is a healing and a mercy to those who believe (in the pure Monotheism). (Al-Israa’ 17:82)
The Qur’an contains pure Monotheism; God’s promises, warnings and commandments, stories of previous nations, and codes of the best conduct and behavior. These various subjects in the Qur’an have different effects on the heart. Some chapters of the Qur’an are more frightening than others. The Messenger of God (peace be upon him) said: “Hud (Surat 11) and its sisters (related surahs, 56, 77, 78 and 81) have brought me white hairs before their due time.” (As-Silsilah as-Sahihah)
Hud and its sisters brought white hairs to the Messenger of Allah because of what they contain of matters of Faith. These chapters, and the rest of the Qur’an, showed their effect on the Messenger of Allah and his Companions, exactly as they were ordered in the Qur’an:
So stand (ask God to make) you (Muhammad) firm and straight (on the religion of Islamic Monotheism) as you are commanded and those (your companions) who turn in repentance (unto God) with you. (Hud 11:112)
The Companions would also be deeply moved with emotions when they recited the Qur’an. Abu Bakr (may God be pleased with him), for example, who was a soft-hearted man, used to cry while reciting the Qur’an when leading Muslims in prayer. Once, `Umar (may God be pleased with him) became ill as a result of his reciting the verse:
Verily, the Torment of your Lord will surely come to pass. There is none that can avert it. (Al-Baqarah 2:7-8)
On another occasion, `Umar wept when he was reciting the verse:
I (Prophet Jacob) only complain of my grief and sorrow to God. (Yusuf 12:86)
And he was clearly heard by those who were standing behind him. Furthermore, `Uthman ibn `Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) said: ’If our hearts were pure, they will never have enough from reciting Allah’s Speech (the Qur’an).’
As for later generations, Ayyub said: ’I heard Sa`d ibn Jubayr recites the verse: “And be afraid of a Day when you shall be brought back to Allah” (Al-Baqarah 2:281), repeating it more than twenty times.’ This is the last verse that was revealed to the Messenger of Allah, and it ends with:
Then every person shall be paid what he earned, and they shall not be dealt with unjustly. (Al-Baqarah 2:281)
Also, Ibrahim ibn Bashshar said:
If you could but see where they will be held over the (Hell) Fire! They will say: Would that we were but sent back (to the world). Then we would not deny the Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, revelations, etc.) of our Lord, and we would be of the believers!” (Al-An`am 6:27), was the verse that `Ali ibn al-Fudhayl died while reciting. I was among those who prayed the janazah (funeral) prayer on him, may Allah grant him His mercy.’
Furthermore, when our predecessors would reach a portion of the Qur’an where prostration is warranted, they treated this incident different than ordinary people. A man once recited: “And they fall down on their faces weeping and it adds to their humility” (Al-Israa’ 17:109), and then fell in prostration. Then, he said to himself: ’Here you are, you do the prostration; so where is the crying?’
Ibn Al-Qayyim said with regard to what one should do to cure his weak faith using the Qur’an: ‘First you should remove your heart from the life of this world and settle it in the Last Life. Then, pay your full attention to pursuing the meanings of the Qur’an, and try to comprehend and understand them and what they were sent down to accomplish. Then, offer these meanings to the sickness that your heart feels, and when they touch the disease, they will cure the heart, Allah willing.’

By Sheikh Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid
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Source: islaam.com
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