3-Endless Bliss Third Fascicle - Hakikat Kitabevi

alaihi wa sallam’ declares in a hadîth quoted by Jâbir bin
Abdullah ‘rahmatullâhi alaih’: “If there is a river in front of
someone’s house and if he bathes in the river five times
each day, will there be any dirt left on him?” “No, O
Rasûlallah!” we said. “Likewise, the small sins of those who
perform namâz five times each day will be pardoned.”
[Upon hearing this hadîth some ignoramuses say, “Then, I shall
both perform namâz and live as I wish. In any case, my sins will
be pardoned.” It is not good to think so. For, a namâz that has
been performed observing its conditions and adabs and which
has been accepted will shake off the sins. Furthermore, even if
one’s small sins are pardoned, it will be a grave sin to go on
committing small sins. And it will cause disbelief to insist on
doing grave sins.] Ibni Jawzî says in his explanatory book
named Almughnî, “Hadrat Abû Bakr Siddîq ‘radiyallâhu anh’
said that when the time for each of the five prayers of namâz
comes angels say: ‘O the Sons of Adam, get up! Perform
namâz to extinguish the fire which has been prepared to burn
people.’ ”A hadîth declares: “The difference distinguishing
the Believer from the disbeliever is namâz.” In other words,
a Believer will perform namâz, but a disbeliever will not. And
munâfiqs perform namâz sometimes, and sometimes they do
not. Munâfiqs will be tormented very bitterly in Hell. Abdullah bin
Abbâs, the shah of mufassirs, says, “I heard Rasûlullah say,
‘Those who do not perform namâz will find Allâhu ta’âlâ
angry on the Day of Resurrection.’ “
Savants of hadîth say unanimously, “A person who omits
one namâz on purpose, that is, who does not feel sorry for not
performing the namâz as its due time goes past, becomes a
disbeliever, or he dies without îmân at last. This being the case,
what will become of those who never think of namâz and who
do not even consider it as a duty?” Savants of the Ahl assunnat
unanimously said, “Worships are not parts of îmân.” But
there was not unanimity on namâz. Of the savants of fiqh,
Imâm-i Ahmad ibni Hanbal, Is’hâq ibni Râhawaih, Abdullah ibni
Mubârak, Ibrâhim Nahâî, Hakam bin Utayba, Ayyûb Sakhtiyânî,
Dâwûd Tâî, Abû Bakr ibni Shayba, Zubayr bin Harb and many
other great savants said that a person who omitted one namâz
on purpose would become a disbeliever. Now, o my brother-in-
Islam, do not omit even one namâz, nor perform it slackly; do it
willingly! What will you do if Allâhu ta’âlâ punishes in the next
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