5-Endless Bliss Fifth Fascicle - Hakikat Kitabevi

The number of gold coins to be circulated and the number of
circulations will be calculated accordingly.
If no gold coins are available, the guardian borrows some
gold articles such as bracelets or rings from a woman he
knows. Weighing these, he puts an amount equal to the
(number of years during which the deceased person omitted his
prayers of namâz x 7.2 grams) in a handkerchief. There are
now as many gold coins as the number of years during which
the dead person omitted his namâz in the handkerchief. When
number sixty is divided by the number of the poor Muslims
taking part in the dawr, the result shows the number of dawrs
(circulations) to be performed. If the gold pieces are insufficient,
half the amount in the former case is weighed. In this case the
number of dawrs will be twice the number that would be
performed in the former case. According to our example, six
dawrs will be performed with ten poor people if we have
48x7.2=350 grams of gold, and the number of dawrs will be
thirty if the amount of gold possessed weighs 70 grams. When
the process of dawr is over, the poor Muslim occupying the final
position gives the gold as a gift to the guardian, who in his turn
gives them back to the person he has borrowed them from. If
the guardian has gold coins, the dawrs are performed with as
many gold coins as the number of years during which the
deceased person did not perform namâz. When the number 60
is divided by the number of the poor people sitting for the dawr,
the result is the number of dawrs to be performed. If the gold
coins are several times fewer than the number of years of debt
of namâz, the number of dawrs should be as many more.
According to the example given above, if you have 48 gold
coins, you will make 60 dawrs with one poor person, 15 dawrs
with four poor people, and 6 dawrs with ten poor people. If the
number of gold coins is 10, the number of years will be
supposed to be 50 instead of 48 and 75 dawrs will be
performed with four poor people. If the poor people are ten, 30
dawrs will be performed.
After the isqât for the namâz is finished, for the isqât of the
forty-eight years’ fasts omitted, that is, for the ones that must be
made qadâ of, he (the inheritor or his deputy) makes three
dawrs with five gold coins and four poor people. For, the isqât
for the kaffârat of a year’s (thirty days’) fasting requires fifty-twoand-a-half
kilograms of wheat, or 5.25 grams of gold, i.e. 0.73
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