The Reality of Faith

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Faith is not [acquired] through embellishment or wishing. Rather faith is that which is pure in the heart and is certified by actions.

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Faith is inner knowledge by means of the heart, attestation with the tongue and action with the limbs.

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Faith is patience and liberality.

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Every thing has a reality, and a servant will never reach the reality of faith until he acknowledges that whatever afflicts him would never have missed him and whatever has missed him would never have afflicted him.

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘A servant will never attain the reality of faith until he is angered only for the sake of Allah and is pleased only for Allah. When he does that, he truly becomes deserving of the reality of faith.

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘A servant will not have faith until he loves for others the good that he loves for himself.

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Faith is sincerity of action.

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Faith is patience during calamity, and thanksgiving during ease.

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The fountainhead of faith is honesty.

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘A servants faith is not true until his confidence in that which rests in Allahs Hand is more than that which rests in his own hands.

Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Verily the reality of faith is for you to prefer right, even if it is to your detriment, over wrong, even if it is to your benefit.