مَعنَى الإسلامِ The Meaning of Islam

15ـ رسولُ اللهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): الإسلامُ أن تُسلِمَ قَلبَكَ ويَسلَمَ المُسلمونَ مِن لِسانِكَ ويَدِكَ.

15– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Islam is that you submit your heart [to Allah], and that all Muslims feels safe from your tongue and your hand.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 17]
 

16ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): مَن أصبَحَ لا يَهتَمُّ بِاُمورِ المُسلمينَ فلَيسَ بمُسلمٍ .

16– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'He who wakes up in the morning unconcerned about the situations of fellow Muslims is not a Muslim.’[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 163, no. 1]
 

17ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الإسلامُ هُو التسليمُ ، والتسليمُ هُو اليَقينُ ، واليَقينُ هُو التصديقُ ، والتصديقُ هُو الإقرارُ، والإقرارُ هُو الأداءُ ، والأداءُ هُو العَملُ .

17– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Verily Islam is submission, and submission is conviction, and conviction is certification of something, and certification is attestation, and attestation of something is fulfilment of it, and fulfilment is the performance of required acts.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 125]
 

18ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): جانِبُوا الخِيانةَ ، فإنّها مُجانَبَةُ الإسلامِ.

18– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Repel treachery, for verily it repels Islam.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4742]
 

19ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن أعانَ على مُسلمٍ فقد بَرِئَ مِنَ الإسلامِ.

19– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Whoever aids and abets wrongdoing towards a fellow Muslim is not a Muslim.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 922]
 

20ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) لرجُلٍ شاميٍّ سَألَهُ عن مَسائلَ ، فلَمّا أجابَهُ قالَ : أسلَمتُ للّه‏ِ الساعَةَ : بَل آمَنتَ بِاللّه الساعَةَ ، إنَّ الإسلامَ قبلَ الإيمانِ وعلَيهِ يَتوارَثُونَ ويَتَناكَحُونَ ، والإيمانُ علَيهِ يُثابُونَ .

20– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) answered some questions that a Syrian man had come to ask him, after which the latter said, 'I am a Muslim right now.’ Imam said, 'No, rather you have faith right now, for Islam comes before faith [i.e. you were already a Muslim], and is the means by which people inherit each other and marry each other, whereas faith is the means by which they are rewarded.’[al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 173, no. 4]
 

21- الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الإسلامُ يُحقَنُ بهِ الدَّمُ وتُؤَدّى بهِ الأمانَةُ ، وتُستَحَلُّ به الفُروجُ ، والثَّوابُ على الإيمانِ .

21– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Islam is that through which life is spared, goods are entrusted, and women become lawful [through marriage], whereas faith is that which incurs reward.’[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 25, no. 6]