Why does Iman include belief, speech and action?
2026-09-21
T46 · Ibn Taymiyyah
Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah
شيخ الإسلام أحمد بن تيمية
Selected explanation · Selected source passage(s) — fully translated
Selected report: Ibn Taymiyyah transmits these words from al-Awzāʿī through the named narrators. The English translates every displayed Arabic paragraph; this selection is not the complete surrounding work. Square brackets identify translator-supplied clarification.
النص العربي
المقتطف
وَقَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو: عَنْ أَبِي إسْحَاقَ الفزاري عَنْ الأوزاعي قَالَ: لَا يَسْتَقِيمُ الْإِيمَانُ إلَّا بِالْقَوْلِ وَلَا يَسْتَقِيمُ الْإِيمَانُ وَالْقَوْلُ إلَّا بِالْعَمَلِ وَلَا يَسْتَقِيمُ الْإِيمَانُ وَالْقَوْلُ وَالْعَمَلُ إلَّا بِنِيَّةِ مُوَافِقَةٍ لِلسُّنَّةِ. وَكَانَ مَنْ مَضَى مِنْ سَلَفِنَا لَا يُفَرِّقُونَ بَيْنَ الْإِيمَانِ وَالْعَمَلِ؛ الْعَمَلُ مِنْ الْإِيمَانِ وَالْإِيمَانُ مِنْ الْعَمَلِ
English translation
English translation reviewed against the displayed Arabic by SalafAlSalih editorial preparation (AI-assisted); explanatory additions appear in square brackets or separate notes.
Selected explanation
Muʿāwiyah ibn ʿAmr narrated from Abū Isḥāq al-Fazārī, from al-Awzāʿī, who said: “Faith is not sound without speech; faith and speech are not sound without deeds; and faith, speech, and deeds are not sound without an intention that accords with the Sunnah. Those of our predecessors who have passed on did not separate faith from deeds: deeds belong to faith, and faith belongs to deeds.”
Source and editorial notes
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā 7/296
مجموع الفتاوى
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā
Arabic passage checked against the cited volume and printed page. English reviewed against every displayed Arabic paragraph on 14 October 2026.