Shu'ab al-Iman
Shuab ul Iman,, is a multi-volume Hadith book compiled by Imam al-Bayhaqi. The author provides an exhaustive textual commentary relating to foundations of faith and its branches.
Description
It is one of the major collection of Hadiths compiled by Imam Behaqi besides his other major work in the field of Hadiths. According to Al-Maktaba Al-Shamela it contains almost eleven thousands Hadiths. This book describes branches of faith and Imam basically has chosen the name of the book according to a Hadith of Mohammad in which he mentioned that there are more than seventy branches of faith.According to the book, Iman has three major branches as follows. 'Iman bil Qalb' : It refers to the states of one's ‘Qalb’ including the ‘Niyyah’, ‘Aqayid’, and other deeds of the heart. This entirely depends upon a person's ‘Batin’ states.'Iman bil Lisan' : It refers to the confirmation of all the essentials of Islam and adhering to them through one's ‘Lisan’. In other words, it is ‘Zahir’ in one's life, reflects the state of one's heart and generates through the tongue. 'Iman bil A’maal' : It refers to one's ‘A’maal’ and is also ‘Zahir’, and is also a reflection of one's heart but generates from one's deeds and actions.