قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الْإِسْلَامِ وَ الْإِيمَانِ أَ هُمَا مُخْتَلِفَانِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْإِيمَانَ يُشَارِكُ الْإِسْلَامَ وَ الْإِسْلَامَ لَا يُشَارِكُ الْإِيمَانَ فَقُلْتُ فَصِفْهُمَا لِي فَقَالَ الْإِسْلَامُ شَهَادَةُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ التَّصْدِيقُ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) بِهِ حُقِنَتِ الدِّمَاءُ وَ عَلَيْهِ جَرَتِ الْمَنَاكِحُ وَ الْمَوَارِيثُ وَ عَلَى ظَاهِرِهِ جَمَاعَةُ النَّاسِ وَ الْإِيمَانُ الْهُدَى وَ مَا يَثْبُتُ فِي الْقُلُوبِ مِنْ صِفَةِ الْإِسْلَامِ وَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ بِهِ وَ الْإِيمَانُ أَرْفَعُ مِنَ الْإِسْلَامِ بِدَرَجَةٍ إِنَّ الْإِيمَانَ يُشَارِكُ الْإِسْلَامَ فِي الظَّاهِرِ وَ الْإِسْلَامَ لَا يُشَارِكُ الْإِيمَانَ فِي الْبَاطِنِ وَ إِنِ اجْتَمَعَا فِي الْقَوْلِ وَ الصِّفَةِ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Jameel Bin Salih, from Sama’at who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup>, ‘Inform me about Al-<span class="iTxt">Islām</span> and <span class="iTxt">Al-Emān</span>, are these two different?’ So he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘<span class="iTxt">Al-Emān</span> contains the Al-<span class="iTxt">Islām</span>, but Al-<span class="iTxt">Islām </span>does not contain <span class="iTxt">Al-Emān</span>’. So I said, ‘So describe these two to me: ‘So he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘Al-<span class="iTxt">Islām</span> is the testimony that there is no god except for Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>, and the ratification in Rasool-Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup>. By it, the bloods are saved, and upon it the marriages flow, and the inheritances, and upon its apparent are the communities of the people. And <span class="iTxt">Al-Emān</span> is the guidance and what is affirmed in the hearts from the characteristics of Al-<span class="iTxt">Islām</span>, and whatever the deeds make apparent with; and <span class="iTxt">Al-Emān</span> is higher than Al-<span class="iTxt">Islām</span> by a level. <span class="iTxt">Al-Emān</span> contains the Al-<span class="iTxt">Islām</span> in the apparent, but Al-<span class="iTxt">Islām </span>does not contain the <span class="iTxt">Al-Emān</span> in the hidden although they are both together regarding the words and the description’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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