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Where can the second narration from Abu Hanifa be found regarding the definition of faith, which states that faith is "attestation" (تصديق), and what is its chain of transmission?

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What is well-known about Imam Abu Hanifa is that faith (Iman) is affirmation and تصديق (assent/belief). There is another narration attributed to him—widespread in Hanafi books—that verbal affirmation (إقرار باللسان) is a condition for the application of rulings (إجراء الأحكام). However, the authenticity of this narration attributed to him requires a chain of transmission (Isnad) or a text from a knowledgeable scholar. Both narrations contradict the stance of Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah, which is that faith is statement and action, increasing with obedience and decreasing with disobedience.

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