Faith
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Faith is inner knowledge by means of the heart, attestation with the tongue and action with the limbs.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 283 link
Faith is patience and liberality.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 57; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 284 link
Every thing has a reality, and a servant will never reach the reality of faith until he acknowledges that whatever afflicts him would never have missed him and whatever has missed him would never have afflicted him.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 12; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 284 link
A servant will never attain the reality of faith until he is angered only for the sake of Allah and is pleased only for Allah. When he does that, he truly becomes deserving of the reality of faith.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 99; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 284 link
A servant will not have faith until he loves for others the good that he loves for himself.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 95; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 284 link
Faith and action are two brothers, bound together with a single rope. Allah will not accept either one without the other.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 59; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 285 link
The murji'a have been cursed by seventy prophets. They are those who say that faith is attestation without action.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 637; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 285 link
A sin cannot expel the faithful person from his faith, just as an act of goodness cannot expel an infidel from his faithlessness.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 1333; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 286 link
Whoever sincerely says: 'There is no god but Allah' (La ilaha illallah) will enter Paradise.' He was asked, 'And where does the sincerity of it [i.e. the statement] lie?' He said, 'In guarding it from what Allah has prohibited.'
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 205; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 286 link
[The statement] 'There is no god but Allah' will benefit whoever recites it until he depreciates it. And depreciating its right is when sins are openly committed, and they neither prohibit them, nor do they change them.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 223; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 287 link
Three qualities, when present in an individual, will complete his faith: a man who does not fear the reproach of an admonisher for the sake of Allah, who never shows off in any of his actions, and who when faced with two matters, one for this world and the other for the Hereafter, he chooses the matter of the Hereafter over the world.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 43247; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 287 link
A servant's faith is incomplete until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself, and until he fears Allah both in times of jesting as well as seriousness.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 106; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 287 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Faith appears as a white spot in the heart. So whenever faith increases in magnitude, the whiteness increases. When faith is completed, the entire heart becomes white.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 1734; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 289 link
God will make one's faith vanish when s(he) commits adultery or drinks wine, just as one puts off his/her shirt.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 761; Page No. 109 link
God will not accept faith without deed and deed without faith.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 765; Page No. 109 link
If faith were in the firmament, (some) men of Persia would find a way to it.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 989; Page No. 140 link
The best of faith is to know that Allah is with you wherever you are.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 66; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 289 link
The best of faith is patience and liberality.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 74; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 289 link
Faith has about seventy branches, the best of them is the statement: "There is no god but Allah", and the lowest of them is to remove obstacles from the path. And chastity is a branch of faith.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 52; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 290 link
The strongest bonds of faith are: accepting Allah's guardianship, to love for the sake of Allah and to hate for the sake of Allah.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 43525; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 291 link
Three qualities which, when present in a person, enable him to savour the taste of faith: that nothing is more beloved to him than Allah and His Messenger, that to be burned in the Fire is more beloved to him than to denounce his religion, and that he loves for the sake of Allah and hates for the sake of Allah.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 72]; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 293 link
The believer is dearer to Allah than His closest angels.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 821; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 296 link
The believers' blood is coequal, and they are one hand against others, the most inferior among them is empowered by their protection [of him].
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 402; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 297 link
The believer is nice and simple, such that he could be mistaken to be stupid because of his simplicity.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 690; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 297 link
The believer is he whom people trust with their blood and their property.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 739; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 297 link
The believer is he whose soul is inconvenienced because of him so people can be at ease.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 752; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 297 link
The believer initiates the greeting of peace (sal?m) whereas the hypocrite says, 'Not until it is said to me first!
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 778; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 297 link
The believer likes others and is well-liked by them, and there is no good to be found in one who does not get along with others and whom people do not get along with. The best of people is the most useful from among them.'
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 679; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 298 link
He whose good deed pleases him and whose sin upsets him is indeed a believer.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 700; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 298 link
The faith of one who has seen me is no great wonder, but what is truly amazing is for the people who have only seen pages with black [ink] on it [i.e. the Qur'an] and have believed in it from beginning to end.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 34582; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 303 link
When will I see my brothers?!' to which they replied, 'Are we not your brothers?' He said, 'No, you are my companions. My brothers are those who believe in me without having seen me, and I am filled with longing for them.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 34583; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 303 link
Having hope in God, and having faith (in this world) are sufficient for me.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 865; Page No. 123 link
Faith (in God) requires the following five attributes, and faithless is the one who lacks any single one of them: surrendering to the will of God, being pleased with His decrees, leaving one's affairs to Him, relying on Him, and keeping patient when one first faces a disaster.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 581; Page No. 85 link
Faith abides not in wishes, but dwells in hearts, and (should) be verified by deeds.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 582; Page No. 85 link
Faith consists of recognition by heart, acknowledgment by tongue and performance by (bodily) organs.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 583; Page No. 85 link
Faith has two halves: one half is patience and the other, thanksgiving.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 584; Page No. 85 link
Faith lies in patience and generosity.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 585; Page No. 85 link
Faith requires the following three: being generous in poverty, greeting the learned, and being just.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 586; Page No. 86 link
Faith requires the following three: to avoid doing wrong in anger, to refrain from keeping distance with truth in satisfaction, and to stop seizing others' property in power.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 587; Page No. 86 link
Faithless is the one who doesn't keep his promises.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 588; Page No. 86 link
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