A phrase that sums up Islam

It is narrated on the authority of Sufyan b. 'Abdulla al-Thaqafi that he said:

I asked the Messenger of Allah to tell me about Islam a thing which might dispense with the necessity of my asking anybody after you. In the hadith of Abu Osama the (words) are: other than you. He (the Holy Prophet) remarked: Say I affirm my faith in Allah and then remain steadfast to it.


Sahih Muslim, The Book of Faith, Chapter: A phrase that sums up Islam, 65/1, hadith: 38

A phrase that sums up Islam