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1. Imam Jafar as-Sadiq (p): …The reward of
any good deed finally depends on belief.(B5,C14,T1)
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629.
2. Imam Jafar as-Sadiq (p): Belief is the declaration
of faith and acting according to its tenets while Islam is mere
declaration without action.(B5,C14,T2)
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630.
3. Imam Jafar as-Sadiq (p) was requested to explain
the verse: The Bedouins say: ‘We believe.’ Say: ‘You
believe not’, but say, ‘We submit’ and faith has
not yet entered into your hearts … (Q, 49:14).
The Imam (p): Do you not see that belief is different from faith
(submission)?(B5,C14,T3)
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4. Imam Jafar as-Sadiq (p) was requested to explain
the difference between ‘Belief’ and ‘Islam.’
The Imam (p): ‘Islam’ is just a formal appearance of
a person, namely, he bears witness to the oneness of God and that
Prophet Muhammad (p) is His prophet, to offer the prescribed prayers,
to pay Zakat, and to observe fast during the month of Ramazan, this
is Islam. While ‘belief’ is to acknowledge the Principle
of Imamate, one who does not believe in Imamate has gone astray.(B5,C14,T4) |
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