1 - Endless Bliss - Hüseyin Hilmi Işık

asûluh’ and to believe its meaning.” The meaning of this
word of Shahâdat is: “I know and believe as if I saw that there is
no god, nobody besides Allahu ta’âlâ, whose existence is
necessary and who is worth worshipping and obeying. I know
and believe as if I saw that Muhammad (alayhissalâm) is both a
born servant and the Prophet of Allahu ta’âlâ. He having been
sent, the religions of the prophets preceding him have been
completed and their validity has been abrogated. Attaining
endless bliss necessitates following him. Each of his utterances
has been communicated to him by Allahu ta’âlâ. All of them are
correct. There is no likelihood for any mistake.” [A person who
wants to become a Muslim first expresses this word of
Shahâdat and its meaning. Then he learns how to perform a
ghusl and namâz, and then the fards and harâms to the extent
that is needed.]
The things to be believed in have been written above.
The second pillar of Islâm is to perform namâz five times
each day, which is a basic pillar of the religion. Namâz is the
highest of worships. The most valuable worship after îmân is
namâz. Like îmân, its beauty also is of itself. But the beauty of
other worships are not of themselves. We should be very
careful to perform namâz correctly. First, we should perform a
perfect abdast (ablution), and then we should begin namâz
without showing any indolence. We should try to perform it in
the best manner in the qirâat (standing and reciting the Qur’ân
when performing namâz), in rukû’ (bowing by putting the hands
on the knees, in sajdas (prostrating twice), in qawma (standing
upright and motionless after rukû’) and in jalsa, (sitting upright
and motionless for a moment between the two sajdas) and in its
other places. We should know that tumânînat is necessary,
which means to keep each of our limbs motionless during rukû’,
sajda, qawma and jalsa. We should perform namâz at the
beginning of its time and avoid slackness.
The acceptable, beloved born servant is the one who does
the commands of his owner only because they are his
commands. It will be an act of obstinacy and impertinence to be
late in doing the command. You should always keep at hand
one of the fiqh books written in Persian, such as the book
Targhîb-us salât wa taysîrul-ahkâm, or any other like this
one. [Teachings in the book Targhîb-us salât wa taysîrul-ahkâm
were collected after extracting them from about one hundred
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