Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 4684
Proof Of Increase And Decrease Of Faith
Arabic hadith text
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 .
Translation
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.