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2. Samaa requested Imam Jafar as-Sadiq (p) to explain
the difference between ‘Islam’ and ‘Belief’
(Iman).
The Imam (p): I shall give you an example. ‘Islam’ and
‘Belief’ are like the Sacred Precincts and the Kaba
respectively. Sometimes a person is inside the Holy Precincts but
not inside the Kaba and also cannot reach inside the Kaba without
entering into the Sacred Precincts. Similarly, a person can be a
Muslim but not a believer (Momin). But he cannot be a believer (Momin)
unless he is a Muslim…(B5,C16,T2) |