Abū ‘Ubaid al-Qâsim bin Sallâm on Faith

Another statement I translated a few years ago, edited and posted for your benefit.

In his Kitâb al-Îmân, Imam Abū ‘Ubaid al-Qâsim bin Sallâm, may Allah have mercy on him, explained:

And thus, faith is degrees and ranks, even if its people call it one name. Certainly it is a deed from the deeds Allah subjected His servants with and made incumbent upon their limbs. He made its root in the heart’s cognition, then He made the speech a witness over it, then the deeds an attestation for it. And certainly, Allah gave every limb a deed that He did not give to the other. Thus the heart’s deed is the belief, the tongue’s deed is the statement, the hand’s deed is the receiving, the leg’s deed is the walking, and the name “deed” sums them all up. Thus faith, according to this understanding, all of it is certainly built upon the deed, from its beginning to its end, except that it contends for precedence in degrees according to what we described.

Women-Only Subway Cars to be Introduced in South Korea

Brother Sameer Parker has posted a story about South Korea’s subway corporations introducing “women-only cars next year to make rides more comfortable and free of groping male hands.” (Source).

I recalled reading something similar a few years back, but only in Japan, so I ran a search on Google and found the following blog entry written in April of 2004: Groping Grand Champions.