Faith And Belief

بِسْــــــــــــــــــمِ اﷲِالرَّحْمَنِ اارَّحِيم

Faith is confidence or trust in a person or entity. Depending on the religion, faith is belief in a single god or multiple gods or in the doctrines or teachings of the religion. While Belief is the psychological state in which an individual holds a proposition or premise to be true.

Some critics of faith have argued that faith is opposed to reason. In contrast, some advocates of faith argue that the proper domain of faith concerns questions which cannot be settled by evidence. This is exemplified by attitudes about the future, which (by definition) has not yet occurred. Logical reasoning may proceed from any set of assumptions, positive or negative. In this view, faith is simply a positive assumption. Informal usage of faith can be quite broad, including trust or belief without proof, and "faith" is often used as a substitute for "hope", "trust" or "belief".

Hadith on Faith and belief

Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah's Apostle said: Islam is based on (the following) five (principles) : 

1. To testify that there is no deity (owing the right to be worshipped) but Allah and that Muhammad is Allah's Messenger. 

2. To offer the (compulsory congregational) prayers dutifully and perfectly. 

3. To pay Zakat (i.e. obligatory charity) . 

4. To perform Hajj. (i.e. Pilgrimage to Mecca) 

5. To observe fast during the month of Ramadan.

Faith has more than seventy branches, the highest of which is to testify to the Oneness of Allah Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “Faith has seventy-some doors, the lowest of which is to remove something harmful from the road, and the highest of which is to testify that there is no god but Allah.”

(Sunan At-Tirmidh, Book38, Number 2614, Grade: Sahih)

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْإِيمَانُ بِضْعٌ وَسَبْعُونَ بَابًا أَدْنَاهَا إِمَاطَةُ الْأَذَى عَنْ الطَّرِيقِ وَأَرْفَعُهَا قَوْلُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ

Abu Huraira reported: An Arab bedouin came to the Messenger of Allah and said, “O Messenger of Allah, tell me about a deed if I did I would enter Paradise.” The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “Worship Allah and associate nothing with Him, establish the prescribed prayers, give the obligatory charity, and fast the month of Ramadan.” The man said, “By him in whose hand is my soul, I will not add and subtract anything from this.” When the Prophet heard this, he said, “Whoever would like to look at a man from Paradise, then look at him.”

(Sahih Muslim, Book 1, Number 14)

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا جَاءَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ دُلَّنِي عَلَى عَمَلٍ إِذَا عَمِلْتُهُ دَخَلْتُ الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ تَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ لَا تُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا وَتُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ الْمَكْتُوبَةَ وَتُؤَدِّي الزَّكَاةَ الْمَفْرُوضَةَ وَتَصُومُ رَمَضَانَ قَالَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَا أَزِيدُ عَلَى هَذَا شَيْئًا أَبَدًا وَلَا أَنْقُصُ مِنْهُ فَلَمَّا وَلَّى قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ إِلَى هَذَا