1 - Endless Bliss - Hüseyin Hilmi Işık

an order with respect to their reliability. They did not include any
refused riwâya in their books. Abû ’l-Barakât ’Abdullâh ibn
’Ahmad an-Nasafî (d. 710 A.H.), the author of Kanz addaqâ’iq;
’Abdullâh ibn Mahmûd al-Musûlî (d. 683), the author of
Mukhtâr; Burhân ash-Sharî’a Mahmûd ibn Sadr ash-Sharî’a
’Ubaid-Allâh (d. 673), the author of Al-wiqâya; and Ibn as-
Sâ’âtî Ahmad ibn ’Alî al-Baghdâdî (d. 694), the author of
Majmâ’ al-bahrain, are of these (rahmat-Allâhi ta’âlâ ’alaihim
ajma’în).
7. Muqallids incapable of distinguishing weak riwâyas from
genuine ones. These were counted among fiqh scholars
because they were able to understand what they read and
explained it to the muqallids who could not understand.
48 – THIRD VOLUME, 34th LETTER
This letter, written to the mother of Mîr Muhammad
Nu’mân, gives some advice.
The first advice is to correct the belief in accordance with the
tenets which the Ahl-i sunnat savants teach in their books. For,
it is this group only that will be saved from Hell. May Allahu
ta’âlâ give plenty of rewards for the work of those great people!
[Scholars of the four madh-habs who have reached the grade
of ijtihâd and the great scholars educated by them are called
scholars of Ahl as-sunnat.] After correcting the belief (îmân), it
is necessary to perform the acts of worship communicated in
the knowledge of fiqh, i.e. to do the commandments of the
Sharî’at and to abstain from what it prohibits. One should
perform namâz five times each day without reluctance or
slackness, observing its conditions and ta’dîl-i arkân.
He who has as much money as nisâb [see fn. 72 in article
41] should give zakât.
Imâm-i a’zâm Abû Hanîfa says, “Also, it is necessary to give
the zakât of gold and silver which women use as ornaments.”
A person with îmân should not waste his time [playing
musical instruments]. He should not waste his precious life
even on unnecessary mubâhs. It is certainly necessary not to
waste it on the harâm. We should not busy ourselves with
taghannî, singing or songs. We should not be deceived by the
pleasure they give our nafses. These are poisons mixed with
honey and covered with sugar.
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