1 - Endless Bliss - Hüseyin Hilmi Işık

Ramadân and, for those who qualify, to go to the city of Mecca
and perform the hajj. It is necessary to believe that it is harâm
to drink wine, to eat pork, to kill a person unjustly, to disobey
one’s parents, to steal, to commit adultery, to appropriate an
orphan’s property, to charge or pay interest when lending or
borrowing money, [for women to go out unvelied or naked, and
to gamble]. If a person with îmân commits a grave sin, his îmân
does not go away, nor does he become a kâfir. He, who says
halâl about a sin, that is, about a harâm, becomes a kâfir. He
who commits a harâm becomes a fâsiq (sinner). One should
say, “I am certainly a Mu’min.” One should say that one has
îmân. One should not say inshâallah (if Allah wills) while saying
that one is a Believer. It may imply doubt. Yes, it may be
permissible to say inshâallah about one’s last breath, yet it is
better not to say so.
The superiority of the four Khalîfas to one another is in
accordance with the sequence of their caliphates. All the
savants of the right way said, “After the prophets ‘alaihim-ussalawâtu
wa-t-taslîmât’ the highest of human beings is Hadrat
Abû Bakr Siddîq ‘radiy-Allâhu anh’. After him is Hadrat ’Umar
Fârûq ‘radiy-Allâhu anh’.” To this poor person, being higher or
superior does not depend on having virtues, attributes or good
habits. It depends on accepting Islâm before others, giving
one’s property more than anybody else for one’s religion, and
risking one’s life. That is, it depends on being a teacher to one’s
successors. The successors learn eveything from their
predecessors. All of these three conditions were found in
Hadrat Siddîq. He accepted Islâm before anybody else and
sacrificed his possessions and his life for the sake of the
religion. This blessing has not been the lot of anybody else
besides him in this Ummat. Rasûlullah declared towards his
death: “To the extent that Abû Bakr did, there is nobody
who sacrificed his property and life for my sake. If I were to
have a friend, I would have made Abû Bakr my friend.” He
declared in a hadîth: “Allahu ta’âlâ sent me to you as a
prophet. You did not believe. Abû Bakr believed me. He
helped me with his property and life. Do not hurt him and
revere and respect him!” He declared in a hadîth: “There will
not come another prophet after me. If there were another,
certainly ’Umar would be a prophet.” Hadrat Amîr ’Alî ‘radiy-
Allâhu anh’ said, “Both Abû Bakr and ’Umar are the highest of
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