✨The Most Important Necessity

Imān (faith) is a necessity and there is no comfort without imān, and there is no tranquility for the hearts except with imān. For imān is the most important of necessities. Through imān, one’s heart will have peace and their soul will be content, and their happiness will increase, and their sadness fades, and their worry and distress vanish. And with Imān, one will taste the sweetness of life. Through imān, one is able to face life’s burdens, problems, and hardships. So they sleep with peace of mind. And they toil in fulfilling their worldly affairs, equipped with imān (faith).

With imān, ones knows their beginning and ending and are certain of their return to their Lord. Allah Almighty said:
Al Baqarah (2) 46: Who are certain that they will meet their Lord and that they will return to Him.

Through Imān, one knows the two paths and their respective destinies. Allah Almighty said:
Insan (76) 3: Indeed, We guided him to the way, be he grateful or be he ungrateful.

And Allah Almighty said:
Ash Shurah (42) 7: A party will be in Paradise and a party in the Blaze.

And with Imān, a person knows that their sustenance and lifespans are written and decreed. No one owns sustenance and lifespans except Allah Almighty, so a person does not worry or occupy themselves with them. Sustenance and the lifespan are coupled and guaranteed. As long as there is lifespan left, the sustenance will come. Allah Almighty said:
Hud (11) 6: And there is no creature on earth but that upon Allāh is its provision,

And Allah Almighty said:
An Nisa (11) 78: Wherever you may be, death will overtake you,

And with Imān, a person works for their afterlife because it is the permanent home. And works in their worldly life seeking their afterlife for their knowledge that this world is fleeting and the abode of afflictions.

Allah Almighty said:
Al Qasas (28) 77: But seek, through that which Allāh has given you, the home of the Hereafter; and [yet], do not forget your share of the world.

And with Imān, a person knows that this world is a fleeting enjoyment. So they are not deceived by what fortunes come to them, nor are they distressed by what they miss out on. And they do not envy anyone for its sake. And they do not devote themselves to it.

Allah Almighty said:
Ar Rad (13) 26: And they rejoice in the worldly life, while the worldly life is not, compared to the Hereafter, except [brief] enjoyment.

And Allah Almighty said:
Al Hadid (57) 20: And what is the worldly life except the enjoyment of delusion.

And with Imān, a person spends from their worldly life to maintain their religion. And they do not spend their religion for the sake of maintaining their worldly life. For they will inevitably leave it.

Allah Almighty said:
Al Isra (17) 18-19: (18) Whoever should desire the immediate – We hasten for him from it what We will to whom We intend. Then We have made for him Hell, which he will [enter to] burn, censured and banished. (19) But whoever desires the Hereafter and exerts the effort due to it while he is a believer – it is those whose effort is ever appreciated [by Allāh].

And with Imān, a person is steadfast through trials of ease and hardship. So they are not deceived by good fortune that has befallen them, nor do they despair because of an adversity that has befallen them because of their knowledge that trials and tribulations are afflictions from Allah Almighty and those who respond appropriately will be greatly rewarded.

Allah Almighty said.
Al Anbiya (21) 35: And We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned.

And with Imān, a person fulfills the rights and obligations due to Allah Almighty and His creation. So the person does not shortchange anyone because they are mindful of Allah regarding their obligations and does not monitor what others are obligated to do. Allah Almighty said:
An Nisa (4) 58: Indeed, Allāh commands you to render trusts to whom they are due.

And every right that you owe to others is a trust that you must fulfill.

And the person whose heart is filled with Imān, loves for others what they love for themselves. And they hate for others what they hate for themselves. So they love Imān and the sunnah for others and they call others to them. And they hate disbelief, bida’ (introduced matters without a basis) and sin. So out of kindness and goodwill and genuine concern, they deter and advise others away from them. For the believers, good is for themselves and others and they do not like bad for others.

Allah Almighty said:
Al Imran (3) 104: And let there be [arising] from you a nation inviting to [all that is] good, enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong, and those will be the successful.

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