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According to a hadith report preserved in Bukhari’s famous collection of the sayings of the Prophet, Muhammad once said: “The religion of God has three parts: islam, iman, and ihsan (or islah), and the first of these has given name to the religion.” Islam means “submission” and indicates what a Muslim must do to submit his/her life to God’s will. The Arabic word islam means surrender or submission and denotes the active surrender of one’s life to God. A Muslim is a person who submits one’s life to God. When Muslims say the religion of Islam has three parts, they mean three essential aspects: 1) islam: deeds, actions, what a Muslim must do, 2) iman (faith): the more interior concept believing what God has taught, 3) ihsan (goodness) or islah (uprightness), the process of interiorizing the divine commands so that they give shape and expression to an upright, good life that reflects God’s own goodness. Ihsan is thus the fruit of carrying out the pillars of islam and accepting the pillars of iman, and goes beyond the basic minimum to integrate all that God has revealed and commanded into every aspect of one’s daily behavior. Islamic belief and practice has two sources: the Qur’an and the hadith. The Qur’an is the scripture, the revealed book of Islam. The hadith are the sayings, deeds, and decisions of Muhammad and, together with the Qur’an, form the basis of Islamic belief and practice. The practice of islam rests on five “pillars,” or basic acts which are obligatory for all Muslims.