1 - Endless Bliss - Hüseyin Hilmi Işık

After performing each fard namâz, you should try to recite
the Âyat-ul-Kursî [see fn. 42 in article 31]. Our Prophet said,
“Between Paradise and the person who recites the Âyat-ul-
Kursî after fard namâz, there is no obstacle besides death.”
After each of the five times of namâz every day, you should
silently say the word tanzîh (Subhânallâh) thirty-three times,
the word tahmîd (Alhamdulillâh) thirty-three times, the word
takbîr (Allahu akbar) thirty-three times and a certain prayer (Lâ
îlaha illallahu wahdahu lâ sharîka-lah, lahu-l-mulku wa
lahu-l-hamdu yuhyî wa yumîtu wa huwa ’alâ kullî shay’in
qadîr) once; all of them add up to a hundred. [See fn. 44 in
article 31].
You should say “Subhânallâhi wa bi hamdihî” a hundred
times every day and every night. There are many blessings in it.
Also, it is necessary to say once every morning and once every
evening the prayer, (Allâhumma mâ asbaha bî min ni’matin
aw bi-ahadin min khalqika, fa minka wahdaka, lâ sharîka
laka, fa laka-l-hamdu wa laka-sh-shukr) by substituting (mâ
amsâ) for (mâ asbaha) in the evenings, which the Prophet has
prescribed. Our Prophet declared: “He, who says this prayer
during the day, would have fulfilled the thanks for that day.
When he says it at night, he would have fulfilled the thanks
for that night.” It is not necessary to have an ablution for
saying it. You should say it every day and every night.
The third principle of Islâm is to give the zakât of one’s
property. It is certainly necessary to give zakât. You should give
zakât willingly to the persons whom the Sharî’at commands you
to give it to.
Allahu ta’âlâ, who is the real owner of all blessings and
possessions, commands the rich to give Muslims one-fortieth of
their blessings He has given them and promises that as a
recompense for this He will give them many blessings and
many more rewards. [He declares: “Certainly I will increase the
property of the zakât which has been given, and I will bless you
with using it at useful occasions. As for the property of the zakât
which has not been given, I will make you spend it unwillingly
through nuisance or calamity; I will take it away from you and
give it to your enemies, and you, seeing this case, will be
burned and scorched about it.”] It will be such a great absurdity,
obstinacy not to give such an insignificant amount [to any one
of your Muslim brothers whom you want].
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