سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ الْإِيمَانُ مَا اسْتَقَرَّ فِي الْقَلْبِ وَ أَفْضَى بِهِ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ صَدَّقَهُ الْعَمَلُ بِالطَّاعَةِ لِلَّهِ وَ التَّسْلِيمِ لِأَمْرِهِ وَ الْإِسْلَامُ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْ قَوْلٍ أَوْ فِعْلٍ وَ هُوَ الَّذِي عَلَيْهِ جَمَاعَةُ النَّاسِ مِنَ الْفِرَقِ كُلِّهَا وَ بِهِ حُقِنَتِ الدِّمَاءُ وَ عَلَيْهِ جَرَتِ الْمَوَارِيثُ وَ جَازَ النِّكَاحُ وَ اجْتَمَعُوا عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ وَ الزَّكَاةِ وَ الصَّوْمِ وَ الْحَجِّ فَخَرَجُوا بِذَلِكَ مِنَ الْكُفْرِ وَ أُضِيفُوا إِلَى الْإِيمَانِ وَ الْإِسْلَامُ لَا يَشْرَكُ الْإِيمَانَ وَ الْإِيمَانُ يَشْرَكُ الْإِسْلَامَ وَ هُمَا فِي الْقَوْلِ وَ الْفِعْلِ يَجْتَمِعَانِ كَمَا صَارَتِ الْكَعْبَةُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَ الْمَسْجِدُ لَيْسَ فِي الْكَعْبَةِ وَ كَذَلِكَ الْإِيمَانُ يَشْرَكُ الْإِسْلَامَ وَ الْإِسْلَامُ لَا يَشْرَكُ الْإِيمَانَ وَ قَدْ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ قالَتِ الْأَعْرابُ آمَنَّا قُلْ لَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا وَ لكِنْ قُولُوا أَسْلَمْنا وَ لَمَّا يَدْخُلِ الْإِيمانُ فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ فَقَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَصْدَقُ الْقَوْلِ قُلْتُ فَهَلْ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ فَضْلٌ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنَ الْفَضَائِلِ وَ الْأَحْكَامِ وَ الْحُدُودِ وَ غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لَا هُمَا يَجْرِيَانِ فِي ذَلِكَ مَجْرَى وَاحِدٍ وَ لَكِنْ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ فَضْلٌ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِ فِي أَعْمَالِهِمَا وَ مَا يَتَقَرَّبَانِ بِهِ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ قُلْتُ أَ لَيْسَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ مَنْ جاءَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُ عَشْرُ أَمْثالِها وَ زَعَمْتَ أَنَّهُمْ مُجْتَمِعُونَ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ وَ الزَّكَاةِ وَ الصَّوْمِ وَ الْحَجِّ مَعَ الْمُؤْمِنِ قَالَ أَ لَيْسَ قَدْ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَيُضاعِفَهُ لَهُ أَضْعافاً كَثِيرَةً فَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ هُمُ الَّذِينَ يُضَاعِفُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَهُمْ حَسَنَاتِهِمْ لِكُلِّ حَسَنَةٍ سَبْعُونَ ضِعْفاً فَهَذَا فَضْلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ وَ يَزِيدُهُ اللَّهُ فِي حَسَنَاتِهِ عَلَى قَدْرِ صِحَّةِ إِيمَانِهِ أَضْعَافاً كَثِيرَةً وَ يَفْعَلُ اللَّهُ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَا يَشَاءُ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ قُلْتُ أَ رَأَيْتَ مَنْ دَخَلَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ أَ لَيْسَ هُوَ دَاخِلًا فِي الْإِيمَانِ فَقَالَ لَا وَ لَكِنَّهُ قَدْ أُضِيفَ إِلَى الْإِيمَانِ وَ خَرَجَ مِنَ الْكُفْرِ وَ سَأَضْرِبُ لَكَ مَثَلًا تَعْقِلُ بِهِ فَضْلَ الْإِيمَانِ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ أَ رَأَيْتَ لَوْ بَصُرْتَ رَجُلًا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ أَ كُنْتَ تَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ رَأَيْتَهُ فِي الْكَعْبَةِ قُلْتُ لَا يَجُوزُ لِي ذَلِكَ قَالَ فَلَوْ بَصُرْتَ رَجُلًا فِي الْكَعْبَةِ أَ كُنْتَ شَاهِداً أَنَّهُ قَدْ دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ وَ كَيْفَ ذَلِكَ قُلْتُ إِنَّهُ لَا يَصِلُ إِلَى دُخُولِ الْكَعْبَةِ حَتَّى يَدْخُلَ الْمَسْجِدَ فَقَالَ قَدْ أَصَبْتَ وَ أَحْسَنْتَ ثُمَّ قَالَ كَذَلِكَ الْإِيمَانُ وَ الْإِسْلَامُ.
Translation
A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, altogether from Ibn Mahboub, from Ali Bin Raib, from Humran Bin Ayn, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>, said, ‘I heard him<sup>asws</sup> saying: ‘<span class="iTxt">Al-Emān</span> is that which settles in the heart and leads with it to Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic, and the deeds ratify it with the obedience to Allah<sup>azwj</sup> and the submission to His<sup>azwj</sup> Command; but Al-<span class="iTxt">Islām</span> is what is apparent from the words or deeds, and it is what the communities of the people are upon, from all of the sects. And by it, the bloods are saved, and upon it flow the inheritances, and the marriages are validated, and they gather upon the <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>, and the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>, and the <span class="iTxt">Soām</span>, and the <span class="iTxt">Hajj</span>. Thus, by that, they are exiting from the disbelief and entering into the <span class="iTxt">Emān</span>; but the <span class="iTxt">Islām</span> does not include the <span class="iTxt">Emān</span>, but the <span class="iTxt">Emān</span> does include the <span class="iTxt">Islām</span>, and they are both together in the words and the deeds, just as the Kabah comes to be in the Masjid, and the Masjid is not in the Kabah, similarly the <span class="iTxt">Emān</span> includes the <span class="iTxt">Islām</span>, but the <span class="iTxt">Islām</span> does not include the <span class="iTxt">Emān</span>. And Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic has Said <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:49#h14"><a href="/books/quran:49#h14">[49:14]</a></a> The Bedouins say: We believe. Say: You do not believe but say, We submit; and Emān (belief) has not yet entered into your hearts</span>, and the Words of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic are the most truthful of the words’. I said, ‘So is there a preference for the Believer upon the Muslim with regards to anything from the merits, and the Ordinances, and the legal punishments, and other than that?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘No. They both flow with regards to that with one flow, but the Believer has superiority upon the Muslim regarding their deeds and (through) which they are getting closer with to Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic’. I said, ‘Isn’t Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Saying <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:6#h160"><a href="/books/quran:6#h160">[6:160]</a></a> Whoever comes with a good deed, he shall have ten like it</span>, and you<sup>asws</sup> alleged they are together upon the <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>, and the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>, and the <span class="iTxt">Soām</span>, and the <span class="iTxt">Hajj</span> along with the <span class="iTxt">Momineen (plural of Momin)</span>’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Hasn’t Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Said <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:2#h245"><a href="/books/quran:2#h245">[2:245]</a></a> Who is it that who will lend to Allah a goodly loan, so He will Multiply it to him manifold</span>? So, the <span class="iTxt">Momineen (plural of Momin)</span>, they are those for whom Allah<sup>azwj</sup> would Multiply their good deeds, for every good deed, a multiple of seventy. Thus, this is the superiority of the Believer, and Allah<sup>azwj</sup> will Increase for him with regards to the good deeds, upon a measurement of the health of his <span class="iTxt">Emān</span>, a manifold multiple, and Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Does with the <span class="iTxt">Momineen (plural of Momin)</span> whatever He<sup>azwj</sup> so Desires to, from the goodness’. I said, ‘What is your<sup>asws</sup> view of the one who enters into Al-<span class="iTxt">Islām</span>, would he not have entered into the <span class="iTxt">Emān</span>?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘No. But he would have been guided to the <span class="iTxt">Emān</span> and exited from the disbelief, and I<sup>asws</sup> shall strike for you an example you can get to know by it the superiority of the <span class="iTxt">Emān</span> over the <span class="iTxt">Islām</span>. What is your view, if you were to see a man in the Masjid, would you testify that you have seen him to be in the Kabah?’ I said, ‘That is not allowed for me’. He<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘So if you were to see a man in the Kabah, would you bear witness that he had entered the Sacred Masjid?’ I said, ‘Yes’. He<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘And how is that?’ I said, ‘He could not have arrived to enter the Kabah unless he had entered the Masjid (first)’. So he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘You are correct, and have done well’. Then he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘Like that is the <span class="iTxt">Emān</span> and the <span class="iTxt">Islām</span>’.
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