Book of Namaz

people! Pardon them since they are ignorant!”
Muhammad ’alaihis-salâm had many beautiful moral qualities.
Each Muslim must learn them and adapt themselves to these
ethics. Thus, they attain salvation from calamities and difficulties
in the world and the Hereafter and attain the intercession of the
Master of the two worlds “sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam.” For, it is
declared in a hadîth-i sherîf: “Attain the moral qualities of Allahu
ta’âlâ”
THE ASHÂB-I KIRÂM
Those Muslims who were honored by seeing the blessed face of
our Master, the Prophet or by hearing his soft words are called
“Ashâb-i kirâm.” After prophets, the most superior and the most
auspicious of all human beings that have come and that will come
is Hadrat Abû Bakr (radiy-Allahu ta’âlâ ‘anh). He is the first
Caliph. After him, the most superior of human beings is the second
Caliph Hadrat ’Umar bin Khattâb (radiy-Allahu ta’âlâ ‘anh) who
is Fârûq-i a’zam, then the third Caliph of Rasûlullah Hadrat
’Uthmân bin Affân (radiy-Allahu ta’âlâ ‘anh) who is a source of
îmân [belief; faith] and hayâ [bashfulness, modesty] and irfân
[enlightenment, culture], then the fourth Caliph Alî bin Abî Tâlib
(radiy-Allahu ta’âlâ ‘anh) who has amazing superiorities and who
is the lion of Allahu ta’âlâ. As understood from the hadîth-i
sherîfs, the most superior women in this world are Hadrat Fâtima,
Hadrat Khadîja, Hadrat Âisha, Hadrat Maryam, Hadrat Âsiya. It
is declared in a hadîth-i sherîf: “Fâtima is the most superior of the
ladies of Paradise. Hasan and Husayn are the most superior ones
of the young people of Paradise.”
After the first four Caliphs, the most superior ones of the
Ashâb-i kirâm are (Ashara-i Mubashshara). That is, the ten people
who were given glad tidings of Paradise. They are Hadrat Abû
Bakr Siddîq, ’Umar-ul-Fâruq, ’Uthmân bin Affân, Alî bin Abû
Tâlib, Abû Ubayda bin Jarrâh, Talha, Zubayr bin Awwâm, Sa’d
bin Abû Waqqâs, Sa’îd bin Zayd, Abdurrahmân bin Awf
(ridwânullahi ta’âlâ ’alaihim ajma’în). Then, those who were
present in the Battle of Badr, then in the Battle of Uhud and then
in the Bî’at-ur-ridwân.
It is wâjib necessary for us to talk respectfully about all the
Ashâb-i kirâm who helped Rasûlullah and spent all their lives,
properties for his sake. It is never permissible for us to talk about
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