ভূমিকা

Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Abu Talib, the Faithful of Quraysh Al-Mo’min (The Faithful) Iman is the infinitive form of the verb (aamana) and it means believing or trusting. Later on the word, Iman takes a religious sense to mean faithfulness and it has its special definition. Al-moímin is the opposite of al-kafir (the unfaithful).

Iman according to the religious definition is: faith in the heart (mind) and certification by the tongue of what has been revealed by Allah to the Prophet (S). So al-moímin (the faithful) is he, who has these two conditions with their requirements of performing the religious obligations. As for the faith of the heart, it can’t be known by people[^1] except by Allah the Creator, Who is the only aware of the hidden thinking and what is in the conscience of man.

As long as people are unable to know the hidden beliefs of each other, so they decide according to the outward of each other. Whenever they see the signs of faithfulness in someone, then no one has the right to criticize that someone and whoever dares to do that will be a slanderer and has to be punished. Allah says, … and do not say to anyone who offers you peace: You are not a believer.

(The Holy Quran, Shakir 4:94) Allah forbids from saying to anyone, who offers salaam, that he is not a faithful so how about that, who confesses faithfulness every moment and does his best to take care of the first seed of the mission!

If someone wants to know about the faithfulness of someone else, it will be not so easy unless that one shows one’s faithfulness through one’s sayings then it is decided that that one is faithful and it is decided that one will be among the people of Paradise if one’s sayings and inner beliefs were identical. Also it is decided that someone is faithful if the Prophet (S) or any other infallible one witnesses that that one is a faithful because the Prophet (S) as Allah says about him.

…Doesn’t speak out of desire. It is naught but revelation that is revealed. (The Holy Quran, Shakir 53:3-4) The infallible one informs of what he has heard from the Prophet (S), who receives revelations from his God, so there is no distortion, fabrication, guessing or estimation coming out of emotion or fancy.