1 - Endless Bliss - Hüseyin Hilmi Işık

The i’tiqâds communicated in ancient religions were defiled in
the course of time. The only righteous i’tiqâd today is the i’tiqâd
which is communicated by the Islâmic religion. He who does not
have this correct i’tiqâd will not be saved from Hell. It will be
impossible for him to escape the torment of the next world.
There is hope for those without ’amal to be saved. They may
depend on the mercy of Allahu ta’âlâ, who may forgive them, if
He wants, or may torment them to the extent of their sins, if He
wants, and then take them out of Hell. Staying eternally in Hell
is for those who do not have the correct i’tiqâd as
communicated by the Islâmic religion, that is, those who do not
believe the tenets that are of the Islâmic religion, which were
communicated by Muhammad (alaihissalâm). Those who have
the i’tiqâd, but who do not have ’amal, that is, who do not carry
out the rules with their heart and body, will not stay in Hell
eternally, though they may go there.
Since the tenets that must be believed are the essentials,
the absolutely indispensable bases of Islâm, it is necessary for
everybody to teach and to learn them. [It is everybody’s first
duty to learn them. He who does not learn correct îmân and its
rules and who does not teach them to his children has not done
his duty as a human being. Everbody has the right to learn
them. It is the first of all human rights.]
Since the ahkâm, that is, the commandments and
prohibitions, are dependent upon i’tiqâd (îmân) and since they
are lengthy and detailed, we will leave them to be dealt within
the books of fiqh [and morals]. We will note down only the very
necessary ones, inshâallahu ta’âlâ.
[Îmân and i’tiqâd are the same. There is a very lengthy and
profound branch of knowledge describing them called ilm-i
kalâm. Savants of kalâm are very great people, and books of
kalâm are numerous. These books are also called books of
aqâid. Things that are to be done or abstained from with the
heart and body are called ahkâm-i Shar’iyya or shortly the
Sharî’at. The branch of knowledge communicating the ahkâm-i
shar’iyya, which is done with the body, is called ilm-i fiqh. The
books of kalâm of the four madhhabs are the same, but their
books of fiqh are different. The books that are written for noneducated
people and that briefly and clearly describe the
knowledge of kalâm (îmân), morals and fiqh, which everybody
should know and do, are called the books of ilm-i hâl. It is the
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