Perfection of Imaan

بسم الله الواحد القهار

Sheikh Al-Kulayni:

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa and Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid and Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father and Sahl ibn Ziyad all from ibn Mahbub from Ali ibn Ri’ab from abu ‘Ubaydah al-Hadhdha’ from abu ‘Abd Allah, recipient of divine supreme covenant, who has said the following:

“Abu ‘Abd Allah, recipient of divine supreme covenant, has said, ‘Whoever loves for the sake of Allah, hates for the sake of Allah and gives for the sake of Allah, he is of those whose Imaan is complete.’”

Al-Majlisi II: 

It is Sahih.

Sheikh Al-Kulayni: 

Ibn Mahbub has narrated from Malik ibn ‘Atiyah from Sa’id al-A’raj from abu ‘Abd Allah, recipient of divine supreme covenant, who has said the following:

“The strongest ring of Imaan to hold onto is to love for the sake of Allah and hate for the sake of Allah, to give for the sake of Allah and deny for the sake of Allah.”

Al-Majlisi II: 

Its chain and meaning is like the hadith before.

Source: Mir'atul Uqool, Vol. 8 Pg. 257-258

Al-Barqi:

Narrated Mohammad Ibn Isa Al-Yaqtini from abu al-Hassan Ali ibn Yahya (as far as I know) from

‘Amr ibn Mudrik al-Ta’i from abu ‘Abd Allah, recipient of divine supreme covenant, who has said the following:

“The Messenger of Allah once asked his companions, ‘Which ring of Imaan is stronger to hold on to?’ They said, ‘Allah and His Messenger know best.’ Certain individuals among them said, ‘It is prayer,’ others said, ‘It is al-Zakat (charity)’, a few of them said, ‘It is fasting’, others said, ‘It is Hajj and ‘Umrah’ and still others said, ‘It is Jihad (hard work against the enemies).’

“The Messenger of Allah then said, ‘For everything you said there is a merit but is not such a ring. In fact the strongest ring of Imaan to hold on to is love for the sake of Allah, hate for the sake of Allah, support and love those who have received authority from Allah and to disassociate from the enemies of Allah.’”

Source: Al-Mahasin, Pg. 411