Confessions Of A British Spy
Muhammad of Najd was the sort I had been looking for. For his scorn for the time’s scholars, his slighting even the (earliest) four Khalîfas, his having an independent view in understanding the Qur’ân and the Sunna were his most vulnerable points to hunt and obtain him. So different this conceited youngster was from that Ahmed Efendi who had taught me in Istanbul! That scholar, like his predecessors, was reminiscent of a mountain. No power would be able to move him. Whenever he mentioned the name of Abû Hanîfa, he would stand up, go and make an ablution. Whenever he meant to hold the book of Hadîth named he would, again, make an ablution. The Sunnîs trust this book very much. Muhammed of Najd, on the other hand, disdained Abû Hanîfa very much. He would say, “I know better than Abû Hanîfa did. In addition, according to him, half of the book of wrong.
Muhammad of Najd was the sort I had been looking for. For
his scorn for the time’s scholars, his slighting even the (earliest)
four Khalîfas, his having an independent view in understanding
the Qur’ân and the Sunna were his most vulnerable points to hunt
and obtain him. So different this conceited youngster was from
that Ahmed Efendi who had taught me in Istanbul! That scholar,
like his predecessors, was reminiscent of a mountain. No power
would be able to move him. Whenever he mentioned the name of
Abû Hanîfa, he would stand up, go and make an ablution.
Whenever he meant to hold the book of Hadîth named he would, again, make an ablution. The Sunnîs trust this book
very much.
Muhammed of Najd, on the other hand, disdained Abû Hanîfa
very much. He would say, “I know better than Abû Hanîfa did.
In addition, according to him, half of the book of wrong.
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KHULÂSA-T-UL-KELÂM<br />
The following chapter is the translation of the booklet Khulâsat-ul-kelâm:<br />
This booklet is in Arabic. Its author, Yûsuf Nebhânî, passed<br />
away in Beirut in 1305 H. [1932 A.D.] May hamd (praise, laud and<br />
thanks) be to Allâhu ta’âlâ! He blesses anyone He likes with<br />
hidâyat (guidance to the right way and consequently to salvation)<br />
and leaves anyone He wishes in dalâlat (aberration, wrong way).<br />
[With His justice He accepts the prayers of those who wish to be<br />
saved from dalâlat and attain eternal felicity.] We pronounce<br />
benedictions over our master, Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’, who is<br />
the highest of Prophets and of all the selected people. May<br />
blessings and salutations be upon his Âl (close relatives,<br />
household) and upon all his As-hâb, who shine on the earth like<br />
stars in the sky!<br />
This small booklet has few pages. Yet it is rich with respect to<br />
the knowledge it contains. People of knowledge and wisdom will<br />
accept it if they read it with common sense, and those who are<br />
blessed with the hidâyat of Allâhu ta’âlâ, with the right way, will<br />
believe it outright. This booklet distinguishes the Sirât-i-mustaqîm,<br />
which is a blessing Allâhu ta’âlâ has bestowed on Muslims, from<br />
the way of Dalâlat, wherein He has forsaken His enemies. I have<br />
named this boklet Khulâsa-t-ul-kelâm fî terjîh-i-dîn-il-Islâm,<br />
which means ‘a summary of the statements which will help choose<br />
the Islamic religion.’<br />
O man, who wishes to save himself from eternal torment and<br />
to attain infinite blessings! If you spent all your time pondering<br />
over this very important, very great truth, if you applied all your<br />
energies to find out the means for safeguarding yourself against<br />
endless torment, when you were alone and in all situtations, if<br />
you cooperated with all other people and struggled to the best of<br />
your abilities as a human being to attain this goal, all these<br />
endeavors would be extremely insignificant when compared with<br />
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