The Book of Faith

كتاب الإيمان

Chapter 23: People excel over one another in faith, and the superiority of the people of Yemen in faith

Abu Huraira said

I heard the Prophet (may peace and blessings be upon him) saying: There came the people of Yemen, they are tender of feelings and meek of hearts. The belief is that of the Yemenites, the sagacity is that of the Yemenites, the tranquillity is among the owners of goats and sheep, and pride and conceitedness is among the uncivil owners of the camels, the people of the tents in the direction of sunrise.

Chapter 25: Clarifying that the religion is sincerity

Sufyan narrated on the authority of Ziyad b. 'Ilaqa that he heard Jarir b. 'Abdullah saying

I pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah may peace and blessings be upon him) on sincerity and well-wishing for every Muslim.

Chapter 12: The evidence that one who dies believing in tawhid will definitely enter paradise

It is narrated on the authority of Anas that 'Itban b. Malik told him that he became blind. He sent a message to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) that he should come and mark a place of worship for him. Thereupon came the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and his people and then there was a discussion among them about a man who was known as Malik b. Dukhshum, and subsequently the narrator described the hadith of Sulaiman b. Mughira as stated above.

Chapter 14: Clarifying the number of branches of faith, the best and the least of them, the virtue of modesty (Al-Haya') and the fact that it is part of faith

It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Prophet (ﷺ) said

Iman has over seventy branches, and modesty is a branch of Iman.

It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him) said

Faith has over seventy branches or over sixty branches, the most excellent of which is the declaration that there is no god but Allah, and the humblest of which is the, removal of what is injurious from the path: and modesty is the branch of faith.

Zuhri has narrated this hadith with the addition of these words

He (the Holy Prophet) happened to pass by a mass of Ansar who was instructing his brother (about modesty).

Chapter 19: The evidence that one of the attributes of faith is to love for one's brother muslim that one loves for oneself of goodness

It is narrated on the authority of Anas b. Malik that the Prophet (may peace and blessings be upon him) observed

"None amongst you believes (truly) until he loves for his brother" - or he said "for his neighbour" - "that which he loves for himself."

Chapter 20: Clarifying the prohibition of annoying one's neighbor

It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessing be upon him) observed

He will not enter Paradise whose neighbour is not secure from his wrongful conduct.

Chapter 21: Encouragement to honor one's neighbor and guest, and the obligation to remain silent unless one has something good to say, and the fact that all of that is part of faith

It is reported on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed

He who believes in Allah and the Last Day should either utter good words or better keep silence; and he who believes in Allah and the Last Day should treat his neighbour with kindness and he who believes in Allah and the Last Day should show hospitality to his guest.

Chapter 23: People excel over one another in faith, and the superiority of the people of Yemen in faith

It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah observed

There have come the people of Yemen; they are tender of hearts, the belief is that of the Yemenites, the understanding (of the faith) is that of the Yemenites and sagacity is that of the Yemenites.

It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him) observed

The belief is among the Yemenites, and the unbelief is towards the East, and tranquillity is among those who rear goats and sheep, and pride and simulation is among the uncivil and rude owners of horses and camels.

Qutaiba b. Sa'id and Zubair b. Harb say

Jarir narrated this on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of narrators (as mentioned above).

Shu'ba narrated the hadith as reported by Jarir with the same chain of narrators with this addition

Pride and conceitedness is among the owners of the camels and tranquillity and sobriety is found amongst the owners of sheep.

Chapter 24: Clarifying that no one will enter paradise but the believers; loving the believers is part of faith and spreading Salam is a means of attaining that

Abu Huraira reported

The Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessing be upon him) observed: You shall not enter Paradise so long as you do not affirm belief (in all those things which are the articles of faith) and you will not believe as long as you do not love one another. Should I not direct you to a thing which, if you do, will foster love amongst you: (i. e.) give currency to (the practice of paying salutation to one another by saying) as-salamu alaikum.

Zuhair b. Harb said

Jarir reported on the authority of A'mash with this chain of transmitters that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed: By him in Whose hand is my life, you shall not enter Paradise unless you believe. The rest of the hadith is the same as narrated by Abd Mu'awiya and Waki'.

Chapter 25: Clarifying that the religion is sincerity

It is narrated on the authority of Tamim ad-Dari that the Prophet (ﷺ) said

"The Religion is sincerity." We said, "To whom?" He said "To Allah, to His Book, To His Messenger, and to the leaders of the Muslims and their masses."

Umayya b. Bistam narrates the same hadith of the Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him) on the authority of Tamim ad-Dari.

It is narrated on the authority of Jarir that he observed I gave pledge of allegiance to the Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him) on the observance of prayer, payment of Zakat, and sincerity and well-wishing for every Muslim.

Chapter 13: Evidence that the one who is content with Allah as his Lord, Islam as his religion and Muhammad (saws) as his prophet, then he is a believer, even if he commits major sins

It is narrated on the authority of 'Abbas b. 'Abdul-Muttalib that he heard the Messenger of Allah saying

He has found the taste of faith (iman) who is content with Allah as his Lord, with Islam as his religion (code of life) and with Muhammad (ﷺ) as his Prophet.

Chapter 14: Clarifying the number of branches of faith, the best and the least of them, the virtue of modesty (Al-Haya') and the fact that it is part of faith

It is narrated on the authority of 'Imran b. Husain that the Prophet (may peace and blessings be upon him) said

Modesty brings forth nothing but goodness. Bushair b. Ka'b said: It is recorded in the books of wisdom, there lies sobriety in it and calmness of mind in it, Imran said: I am narrating to you the tradition of the Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him) and you talk of your books.