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Īmān (Faith)

Faith, and the debate over its definition (assent, profession, works) and whether it increases and decreases.

Faith, and the debate over its definition (assent, profession, works) and whether it increases and decreases.

How it traveled

  1. Sahih al-Bukhari
    Nishapur · 870
    explains
  2. Maqalat Islamiyyin
    Basra · 936
    explains
  3. Sharh Usul Khamsa
    Basra · 1025
    explains
  4. Intisar
    Karbala · 1044
    explains
  5. Fisal Fi Milal
    Cordoba · 1064
    explains
  6. Duties of the Heart
    Zaragoza (Saragossa) · 1080
    explains
  7. Qawaʿid al-ʿAqaʾid
    Gorgan (Jurjan) · 1111
    redefines
  8. Majmuʿat Rasaʾil
    Gorgan (Jurjan) · 1111
    redefines
  9. Jamiʿ al-Rasaʾil
    Harran · 1328
    explains
  10. Darʾ Taʿarud al-ʿAql wa-l-Naql
    Harran · 1328
    explains
  11. Istiqama
    Harran · 1328
    explains

Key passages(20)

REF ref-abul-ala-mawdudi-towards-understanding-islam

Towards Understanding Islam · Abul A'la Mawdudi

Citation only · not on Sefaria
Very high

Fisal Fi Milal · Ibn Hazm

Very high

Majmuʿ al-Fatawa · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Fatawa Kubra · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Fawaid · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

Very high

Hashiya ʿala Sunan Abi Dawud · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

Very high

Ihyaʾ ʿUlum al-Din · al-Ghazali

Very high

Maqalat Islamiyyin · al-Ash'ari

Very high

Bayan Talbis Jahmiyya · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Bidayat Mujtahid · Ibn Rushd

Very high

al-ʿAqida, Riwayat Abi Bakr al-Khallal · Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Very high

al-ʿAqida al-Wasitiyya · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Daqaiq Tafsir · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Ghunya · Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

Very high

Ihkam Fi Usul Ahkam · Ibn Hazm

Very high
Iman 1055↗explains

Iman · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high
Insaf 166↗explains

Insaf · al-Baqillani

Very high

Kashf Murad · al-'Allama al-Hilli

Very high

Mafatih Asrar · al-Shahrastani

Very high

Mafatih Ghayb · Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

Very high

Modern teachers who discuss this idea

Modern and living teachers whose books take up Īmān (Faith). These works are still in copyright, so we can’t show the text here — each links out to the book.