Hadith 21248

Chapter 16

باب 16

(16) باب الدَّلِيلِ عَلَى زِيَادَةِ الإِيمَانِ وَنُقْصَانِهِ

(1692) Chapter: Proof Of Increase And Decrease Of Faith (ID)
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ ثَوْرٍ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ، قَالَ وَقَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ { قُلْ لَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا وَلَكِنْ قُولُوا أَسْلَمْنَا } قَالَ نَرَى أَنَّ الإِسْلاَمَ الْكَلِمَةُ وَالإِيمَانَ الْعَمَلُ .

Explaining the verse, "say ; You have no faith, but you only say :
We have submitted our wills to Allah", Al-Zuhri said : We think that ISLAM is a word, and faith is an action. (ID)

Reference (ID): Sunan Abi Dawud 4684 (ID)

In-book reference (ID): Book 42, Hadith 89 (ID)

English translation (ID): Book 41, Hadith 4667 (ID)