Advice for the Muslim

power. He regarded his tasbîh of these manifestations as tasbîh of
his own ability and said he glorified himself (subhânî). Then,
seeing the tajallîs concordant with the tanzîh of other people and
concluding that their tasbîh was inferior and that his own tasbîh
was more suitable, he said his ability was great.’ As it is seen, he
wanted to explain something which was in agreement with Islam
in this statement. Because he was in a state of sakr, he could not
find some other expression for this subtle knowledge and said it in
those words, which the ordinary man cannot understand. This
great walî, again, took his students to visit a walî in the town of
Bistâm. He saw that the walî, whose zuhd and taqwâ was the
subject of conversation in those days, spit in the direction of the
qibla. Thereupon, he did not greet him and went away. ‘This man
did not care for one of the adabs necessary for having respect
towards Rasûlullâh (sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam), so he
could not observe the adabs necessary for being a walî, either,’ he
said. Being immodest towards the qibla is a misbehaviour. The
’ulamâ’ of Ahl as-Sunna declared that it was makrûh to stretch
out one’s legs towards the qibla when lying down or sitting.
Allâhu ta’âlâ ordered us to visit the Ka’ba and to be clean during
the visit. Muhyiddîn ibn al-’Arabî (rahimah-Allâhu ta’âlâ)
declared, ‘A person who says that his prayers are accepted is not
to be believed if he fails to observe one of the adabs of Islam, even
if many karâmât occur on him.’ Bâyazîd al-Bistâmî (rahimah-
Allâhu ta’âlâ) declared, ‘If somebody says he is a walî, do not
believe him before having a look at his performance of ’ibâdât,
abstention from harâms and obedience to Islam, even if he sits in
the air.’ [1]
“ ’Abd ar-Ra’ûf al-Manwâwî (rahimah-Allâhu ta’âlâ) [who
passed away in Egypt in 1031 A.H. (1621)] wrote in his
commentary on Al-jâmi’ as-saghîr, ‘The ’ulamâ’ unanimously
have reported that it is not permissible for the awam, that is, those
who are not mujtahids, to follow [directly the ijtihâds of] as-
Sahâbat al-kirâm. Imâm Abu Bakr ar-Rdâdî (rahimah-Allâhu
ta’âlâ) reported this unanimity. It is permissible for the mujtahid
to follow ijtihâds other than those of the four madhhabs. But he
has to observe all of the related conditions in the act he does by
following.’ Abu Sulaimân ad-Dârânî (rahimah-Allâhu ta’âlâ)
[1] Today, one should scrutinize, in these respects, the present-day
writers of books on the religion. One should not read the books
written by those who do not obey Islam.
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