1249 - Abu 'Abd Allah narrated to us, he said: Abu Salamah al-Khuza'i narrated to us, he said: Malik, Sharik, Abu Bakr, 'Ayyash, 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Abi Salamah, Hammad ibn Salamah, and Hammad ibn Zayd said: "Faith is knowledge, affirmation, and action." However, Hammad ibn Zayd used to distinguish between faith (iman) and submission (islam), considering islam to be general and faith to be specific.