Faith on which Salvation depends
قَالَتِ الْأَعْرَابُ آمَنَّا ۖ قُلْ لَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا وَلَٰكِنْ قُولُوا أَسْلَمْنَا وَلَمَّا يَدْخُلِ الْإِيمَانُ فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ ۖ وَإِنْ تُطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ لَا يَلِتْكُمْ مِنْ أَعْمَالِكُمْ شَيْئًا ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ {14}
The Bedouins said, ‘We believe!’ Say: ‘You do not believe! But say, ‘We submitted’ (become Muslim via Islam), and ‘الْإِيمَانُ’ the Eman has not entered into your hearts. And if you were to obey Allah and His Rasool, He will not Reduce anything from your deeds. Surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful’ [49:14]
و عنه: عن علي بن إبراهيم، عن أبيه، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن العلاء، عن محمد بن مسلم، عن أحدهما (عليهما السلام)، قال: «الإيمان إقرار و عمل، و الإسلام إقرار بلا عمل».
And from him, from Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Al-A’ala, from Muhammad Bin Muslim,
One of them-asws (5th. Or 6th Imams-asws) having said: ‘The Eman is the acceptance and the action, whereas Al-Islam is acceptance without there being any action’.[1]
فقال: «فالقني في البيت». فلقيه، فسأله عن الإسلام و الإيمان، ما الفرق بينهما؟ فقال: «الإسلام هو الظاهر الذي عليه الناس، شهادة أن لا إله إلا الله [وحده لا شريك له] و أن محمدا عبده و رسوله، و إقام الصلاة، و إيتاء الزكاة، و حج البيت، و صيام شهر رمضان، فهذا الإسلام
He-asws (the 6th Imam in a Hadith) said: ‘Come and meet me-asws in the house’. So, he met him-asws, and asked him-asws about Al-Islam and the Eman, ‘What is the difference between the two?’ So he-asws said: ‘Al-Islam is the apparent which the people are upon – testifying that there is no god except for Allah-azwj, One with no associates to Him-azwj, and that Muhammad-saww is His-azwj servant and His-azwj Rasool-saww, and the establishing of the Salat, and the giving of the Zakat, and the Hajj of the House, and the Fasting in the Month of Ramadhan, so this is Al-Islam’.
و قال: «الإيمان: معرف؟ هذا الأمر مع هذا، فإن أقربها و لم يعرف هذا الأمر، كان مسلما و كان ضالا
And he-asws said: ‘The Eman (الإيمان) – (can they) recognise it? It is this command (Al-Wilayah) along with this. So, if one accepts it (Al-Islam) but does not recognise this command (Al-Wilayah), he would be a Muslim, but would be in straying.[2]
عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ أَيْمَنَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ الصَّيْرَفِيِّ شَرِيكِ الْمُفَضَّلِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ الْإِسْلَامُ يُحْقَنُ بِهِ الدَّمُ وَ تُؤَدَّى بِهِ الْأَمَانَةُ وَ تُسْتَحَلُّ بِهِ الْفُرُوجُ وَ الثَّوَابُ عَلَى الْإِيمَانِ
Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father, who from ibn abu Umyr, who from Yunus, who from Al-Hakam ibn Ayman, who from Al-Qasim Al-Sayarfi friend of Al-Mufaddal, who says:
I heard Abu Abd Allah-asws saying, Islam is to spare lives, protect the trust and make the marriage lawful, but the reward (for the deeds only) come from Eman’.[3]
NB: Islam, Eman and the Temporary Eman | Hubeali
[1] الكافي 2: 20/ 2.
[2] الكافي 2: 20/ 4
[3] الكافي (ط – الإسلامية)، ج2، ص: 24, H. 1.