Confessions Of A British Spy

ilmihâl and the Arabic language requires studying for a number of
years. People who do not learn these things will easily fall for the
lies and slanders fabricated by British spies and by mercenary,
hypocritical, and so-called religious men and treacherous
statesmen misled by British spies, and will consequently end up in
a disastrous and afflictive destination in this world and in the
Hereafter.
Expressing the Kalima-i-shahâdat and believing in its meaning
is called îmân. A person who expresses the Kalima-i-shahâdat
and believes the facts purported by this word is called a Mu’min
(Believer). The Kalima-i-shahâdat is “Ashhadu an lâ ilâha ill-
Allah wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan ’abduhu wa rasûluh.” It
means: “There is no ilâh (being to be worshipped) except Allah;
and Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’ is His born slave and His
Messenger whom He has sent to (guide) all humanity.” No
Prophet shall come after him. It is stated as follows in the Tahtâwî
footnotes, at the end of the subject dealing with how to perform
the daily prayers of namâz one has somehow missed or omitted,
in the book Merâq-il-felâh, “Islam is not only believing that
Allâhu ta’âlâ exists. Those disbelievers who attribute partners to
Him believe in His existence, too. For being a Mu’min (Believer)
it is necessary to believe that He exists, that He has attributes of
perfection such as being One, being Alive, Omnipotence,
Omniscience, and Will, that He sees and hears all, and that there
is no creator except Him.” To believe that Muhammad ‘alaihissalâm’
is the (Messenger=Prophet) means to believe that all his
teachings were dictated to him by Allâhu ta’âlâ. Allâhu ta’âlâ
revealed Islam, that is, îmân and the teachings of the Sharî’at to
him through Qur’ân al-kerîm. The commandments to be
observed are called Fard. Prohibitions are called Harâm.
Altogether they are called Sharî’at. As soon as a person becomes
a Muslim, it becomes fard for him to perform namâz (five times
daily) and to learn the Islamic teachings commonly known among
the people. If he slights learning them, e.g., if he says that it is
unnecessary to learn them, he loses his îmân and becomes a kâfir
(disbeliever). It is written in the 266th letter in our book Müjdeci
Mektuplar that those who died as kâfirs will not be forgiven and
will be subjected to an eternal fire in Hell. A person who loses his
îmân is called a murtad (renegade). People who hold correct
belief concerning the facts taught in Qur’ân al-kerîm and hadîthi-sherîfs
are called Ahl as-sunna (Sunnite Muslims). Allâhu ta’âlâ,
being very compassionate, did not declare everything overtly. He
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