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239 — Abū Hafs ʿUmar ibn Ayyūb al-Saqatī narrated to us, saying: I heard Abū Jaʿfar Muhammad ibn Sulaymān, known as Luwayn, say: I heard Sufyān ibn ʿUyayna say on more than one occasion: “Faith is speech and action.” Ibn ʿUyayna said: “We received this from those before us: speech and action. Speech cannot exist without action.” Ibn ʿUyayna was asked, “Does it increase and decrease?” He replied, “What else, then?”
٢٣٩ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَفْصٍ عُمَرُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ السَّقَطِيُّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ سُلَيْمَانَ لُوَيْنًا يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ سُفْيَانَ بْنَ عُيَيْنَةَ، يَقُولُ غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ: " الْإِيمَانُ قَوْلٌ وَعَمَلٌ قَالَ: ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ: فَأَخَذْنَاهُ مِمَّنْ قَبْلَنَا: قَوْلٌ وَعَمَلٌ، وَإِنَّهُ لَا يَكُونُ قَوْلٌ إِلَّا بِعَمَلٍ قِيلَ لِابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ: يَزِيدُ وَيَنْقُصُ؟ قَالَ: فَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ إِذًا؟