Belief Spreads In all Parts of the Body

Al-Kāfi|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 18
Al-Kāfi

Volume 2, Book 1, Chapter 18

Belief Spreads In all Parts of the Body

4ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ مَا الإسْلامُ فَقَالَ دِينُ الله اسْمُهُ الإسْلامُ وَهُوَ دِينُ الله قَبْلَ أَنْ تَكُونُوا حَيْثُ كُنْتُمْ وَبَعْدَ أَنْ تَكُونُوا فَمَنْ أَقَرَّ بِدِينِ الله فَهُوَ مُسْلِمٌ وَمَنْ عَمِلَ بِمَا أَمَرَ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بِهِ فَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ.
4. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa from ‘Abd Allah ibn Muskan from certain individuals of his people who has said the following: “I asked Abu ‘Abdillah عليه السلام ‘What is Islam?’ He said, ‘It is the name of the religion of Allah. It was the religion of Allah before you were as you are now and after you it will be there. Whoever professes the religion of Allah, is a Muslim. Whoever does what Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, has commanded, is a believer.’”
  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi
    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (7/244)
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī