concerning faith and Islam (Hadith 50). Sahih Muslim, 1:36, Book of Faith, chapter 1, “Clarification of Faith and Islam” (Hadith 1). From the words “and he combined them” to the end of the hadith is omitted in manuscript C. (1) Manuscript C reads “principles” in place of “the five principles.” (2) Manuscript C reads “is strengthened” in place of “rests.” (3) Manuscript C reads “like the sun to sight” in place of “a direct perception whose relation to inner vision is like that of the sun and moon.” (4) Ibn al-Qayyim states in Madarij al-Salikin: “Direct perception is of two kinds: visual perception and perception by inner insight. Visual perception is the sight’s falling upon the object itself or upon its external image, such as seeing the image of a form in a mirror or water. Perception by inner insight is the intellect’s apprehension of the conceptual representation that corresponds to the external object. Its apprehension of it is thus like the eye’s perception of an external image” (3:248). (5) The base manuscript and manuscript B read, “Faith is certainty in its entirety,” which is incorrect; the reading adopted here is from manuscript C. Waki transmitted this report as attributed to the Companion Abdullah ibn Masud: “Patience is half of faith, and certainty is faith in its entirety.” Kitab al-Zuhd by Waki, 2:456, report no. 203. Al-Tabarani also transmitted it in al-Mujam al-Kabir, 9:107, Hadith 8544. Al-Haythami said, “Its narrators are those of the Sahih.” Majma al-Zawaid, 1:220. It was also transmitted by others; see its detailed authentication in the marginal notes to Waki’s Kitab al-Zuhd =