Islams Reformers

will be ahead of all those people blessed with Allâhu ta’âlâ’s
grace.” [Zuhd means to abstain from property that is more than
necessary even if it is halâl]. It was stated in a hadîth-i-sherîf, “A
namâz performed behind an imâm who holds wara’ will be
accepted. A present given to a person of wara’ will be accepted.
It is an act of worship to sit with a person of wara’. It is alms to
talk with him.” [It means that it will be accepted and will produce
much thawâb]. It was stated in a hadîth-i-sherîf, “Two rak’ats of
namâz performed with an imâm who holds wara’ is more blessed
than a namâz performed with a fâsiq.” [The word ‘efdâl’, (which
is used in the hadîth-i-sherîf and which we translated into English
as ‘blessed’), means ‘that which brings more thawâb.’] If your
heart does not feel easy as you do something, [if your heart feels
uneasy and palpitates], stop doing it! Make your heart a muftî
(religious guide) in doing actions about which you feel doubt! It
was stated in a hadîth-i-sherîf, “Actions about which your heart
feels calm, [is easy about and likes], and with which the nafs feels
annoyed [and dislikes], are beneficial. An action about which
only the nafs feels calm is a vice.” It was stated in another hadîthi-sherîf,
“Things that are halâl and those which are harâm have
been declared openly. Beware from doubtful things! Follow
those which have been declared openly!” It was declared in
another hadîth-i-sherîf, “Allâhu ta’âlâ declared the halâls and the
harâms openly. He will forgive concerning those which He did
not declare (openly).” When you meet with something doubtful,
put your hand on your chest [heart]! Do it if your heart does not
palpitate. It was stated in a hadîth-i-sherîf, “Put your hand on
your heart! The heart will be calm [feel easy] as you do
something halâl.”
Deem all your prayers and acts of worship as deficiently
performed! Be anxious to perform them in due manner! Abû
Muhammad bin Manâzil stated, “Allâhu ta’âlâ praises in the
seventeenth âyat of Âl-i-’Imrân sûra those who are patient, those
who are faithful (sâdiq), those who perform namâz, those who pay
zakât and those who say istighfâr at the time of seher (early
morning). His mentioning the saying of istighfâr last implies that a
person should consider all his acts of worship as faulty and should
always say the istighfâr.” Ja’fer bin Sinân ‘quddisa sirruh’ stated,
“Worshippers’ complacency is worse and more harmful than
sinners’ offense.” Imâm-i-Murtaish used to perform i’tikâf in a
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