3-Endless Bliss Third Fascicle - Hakikat Kitabevi

39 — WHAT IS A TRUE MUSLIM LIKE?
The first advice is to correct the belief in accordance with the
tenets which the Ahl-i sunnat savants communicate in their
books. For, it is this Madhhab only that will be saved from Hell.
May Allâhu ta’âlâ give plenty of rewards for the work of those
great people! Those scholars of the four Madhhabs, who
reached up the grade of ijtihâd, and the great scholars
educated by them are called Ahl as-sunna scholars. After
correcting the belief (îmân), it is necessary to perform the
worship informed in the knowledge of fiqh, i.e., to do the
commands of the Sharî’at and to abstain from what it prohibits.
One should perform the namâz five times each day without
reluctance and slackness, and observe its conditions and ta’dîl-i
arkân. He who has as much money as nisâb should give zakât.
Imâm-i a’zâm Abû Hanîfa says, “Also, it is necessary to give the
zakât of gold and silver which women use as ornaments.”
One should not waste one’s precious life even on
unnecessary mubâhs. It is certainly necessary not to waste it on
the harâm. We should not busy ourselves with taghannî,
singing, musical instruments, or songs. We should not be
deceived by the pleasure they give our nafses. These are
poisons mixed with honey and covered with sugar.
One should not commit giybat. Giybat is harâm. [Giybat
means to talk about a Muslim’s or a zimmî’s secret fault behind
his back. It is necessary to tell Muslims about the faults of the
harbîs, about the sins of those who commit these sins in public,
about the evil of those who torment Muslims and who deceive
Muslims in buying and selling, thus helping Muslims beware of
their harm, and to tell about the slanders of those who talk and
write about Islam wrongfully; these are not giybat. Radd-ul-
Muhtâr: 5-263)].
One should not spread gossip (carry words) among
Muslims. It has been declared that various kinds of torments
shall be done to those who commit these two kinds of sins.
Also, it is harâm to lie and slander, and must be avoided. These
two evils were harâm in every religion. Their penalties are very
heavy. It is very thawâb to conceal Muslims’ defects, not to
spread their secret sins and to forgive them for their faults. One
should pity one’s inferiors, those under one’s command [such
as wives, children, students, soldiers] and the poor. One should
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