We believe that Allah chose Islam as His religion, and it is the religion of all prophets and messengers (peace be upon them), and it is the natural disposition upon which Allah created people; and it is the covenant Allah Almighty took from Adam and his children.
And we believe that this Islam is the advice Ibrāhīm (peace be upon him) gave to his children, and the advice Ya‘qūb (Jacob) (peace be upon him) also gave to his children; that it is the best, most complete, and most perfect among all religions; and that Allah accepts no other religion but it.
And we believe that this religion is the religion Jibrīl brought down to Muhammad (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him), and it has three degrees: Islam, Imān (faith), and ihsān (excellence). Each of these has its own pillars.
And that this religion comprises all goodness and includes all acts of the heart and the body.
We know that Imān consists of words, deeds, and belief, and its people excel one another by their deeds, and we believe that faith increases and decreases; it increases with good deeds and decreases with sins.
We affirm that the people of faith are the winners in this life and in the Hereafter, and that the followers of this true religion will end up in Paradise, though with different degrees and ranks.
We know that many verses and Hadīths urge us to adhere to the Sunnah and warn us against opposing it; and they also forbid us from disunity and conflict.