Islam and Christianity

importance to the orders and prohibitions of Allâhu ta’âlâ. We are
very fond of pleasure and enjoyments. We become tired shortly
after we begin a job. The Bulgarians say, “Begin working like a
Turk, but complete the job like a Bulgarian.” We get tired too
soon. We say, “Never mind! Do not bother about it! Take it easy!”
We build a house, but we do not take the trouble to maintain it. So
many enormous and artistic monuments in Turkey, which we have
inherited from our ancestors, have been devastated because they
have not been maintained or repaired. We want to work little, but
earn much. As a result of this, workers are encouraged to strike,
and worse, many of our youngsters are led astray. Our
degenerated young people are instructed by treacherous
foreigners to kill others and to sabotage. Many among us have
fallen into their traps and are fed by them. These poor people, who
easily get money, prefer killing to working. Other pestilences of
discordance that undermine our country are the unreasonable
vendettas and the lâ-madhhabî currents.
By the way, let us write again that there are four true
madhhabs in Islam. All these four madhhabs have the same belief
and faith, which is called the “Ahl-i Sunnat” faith. There is no
difference between them on following the things clearly ordered
or prohibited by the Qur’ân al-kerîm or the hadîth-i-sherîfs. They
are only different in interpreting the meaning of the verses of
traditions which cannot be easily and clearly understood. These
small differences among them are Allâhu ta’âlâ’s mercy for
Muslims. A Muslim worships according to one of the four “fiqh”
(canon) books of the four different madhhabs; he adopts one
according to his health and living conditions. If there had been
only one madhhab, every Muslim would have to follow it. This
would have been very difficult for many Muslims, even
impossible. A Muslim who follows one of the four madhhabs is
called “Ahl-i sunnat.” They are deemed to be brothers with one
another. They have never fought against each other in the history
of Islam. There is no “sectarianism” among them. They never
speak ill of the other (three) madhhabs. They believe that any one
of them is a way to Paradise.
First of all, the most important point is that all the Ahl-i
sunnat people are brothers. The differences of madhhab do not
prevent them from being brothers. The differences between the
Ahl as-Sunna and non-Ahl as-Sunna can be settled by scientific
means through a discussion in a scientific way, but not by the
power of a gun.
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