Arabic (Original)
قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمُبَارَكِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ أَبِي رَزِينٍ الْعُقَيْلِيِّ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ يُحْيِي اللَّهُ الْمَوْتَى قَالَ أَمَا مَرَرْتَ بِأَرْضٍ مِنْ أَرْضِكَ مُجْدِبَةٍ ثُمَّ مَرَرْتَ بِهَا مُخْصَبَةً قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ كَذَلِكَ النُّشُورُ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا الْإِيمَانُ قَالَ أَنْ تَشْهَدَ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَأَنْ يَكُونَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْكَ مِمَّا سِوَاهُمَا وَأَنْ تُحْرَقَ بِالنَّارِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ أَنْ تُشْرِكَ بِاللَّهِ وَأَنْ تُحِبَّ غَيْرَ ذِي نَسَبٍ لَا تُحِبُّهُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَإِذَا كُنْتَ كَذَلِكَ فَقَدْ دَخَلَ حُبُّ الْإِيمَانِ فِي قَلْبِكَ كَمَا دَخَلَ حُبُّ الْمَاءِ لِلظَّمْآنِ فِي الْيَوْمِ الْقَائِظِ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ لِي بِأَنْ أَعْلَمَ أَنِّي مُؤْمِنٌ قَالَ مَا مِنْ أُمَّتِي أَوْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ عَبْدٌ يَعْمَلُ حَسَنَةً فَيَعْلَمُ أَنَّهَا حَسَنَةٌ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ جَازِيهِ بِهَا خَيْرًا وَلَا يَعْمَلُ سَيِّئَةً فَيَعْلَمُ أَنَّهَا سَيِّئَةٌ وَاسْتَغْفَرَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مِنْهَا وَيَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ إِلَّا هُوَ إِلَّا وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ.
English Translation
He said, Ali ibn Ishaq told us: Abdullah — meaning Ibn al-Mubarak — informed us: Abd al-Rahman ibn Yazid ibn Jabir informed us, from Sulayman ibn Musa, from Abu Razin al-Uqayli, who said: I came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, how does Allah bring the dead to life?' He said, 'Have you not passed by a land of your lands that was desolate, then passed by it fertile?' I said, 'Yes.' He said, 'Just so is the Resurrection.' I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, what is faith?' He said, 'That you testify that there is no god but Allah alone, with no partner, and that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger; and that Allah and His Messenger be dearer to you than anything else; and that to be burned in the fire be dearer to you than to associate a partner with Allah; and that you love someone not related to you only for the sake of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. When you are like that, the love of faith has entered your heart, just as the love of water enters the thirsty person on a scorching hot day.' I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, how can I know that I am a believer?' He said, 'None of my nation — or this nation — is a servant who does a good deed, knowing it to be good and that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, will reward him well for it, and does not do a bad deed, knowing it to be bad, and seeks Allah's forgiveness for it, and knows that none forgives except Him — except that he is a believer.'