1006 - Abu al-Nadr Isma'il ibn 'Abd Allah al-'Ijli informed me, saying: Ahmad ibn Hanbal narrated to us, saying: Abu Salama al-Khuza'i narrated to us, saying: Malik, Sharik, Abu Bakr ibn 'Ayyash, 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Abi Salama, Hammad ibn Salama, and Hammad ibn Zayd said: "Faith (iman) is recognition (ma'rifa), confession (iqrar), and deed ('amal)."
