Iman in Islam means truly believing in God, His angels, His books, His messengers, the Last Day and God's decree. When the angel Gabriel asked the Prophet ﷺ about iman, he answered with these pillars — they are the root of everything a Muslim does.
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Iman (faith)
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In the famous hadith of Gabriel, the angel asked the Prophet ﷺ about iman and he answered: 'to believe in God, His angels, His book, the meeting with Him, His messengers, and to believe in the resurrection.' Muslims thus count six pillars of faith named in the Qur'an and Sunna: belief in God, His angels, His books, His messengers, the Last Day, and the decree, its good and its hard side. Early scholars differed on whether deeds are part of the word 'iman': most Sunnis held that faith is word and deed, increasing and decreasing; the Murji'a separated deeds from the name; the Khawarij were stricter. Iman is tied in theology to islam and ihsan — the three divisions of the religion in the same hadith.
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