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Miftah-ul-Janna (Booklet for way to Paradise)

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dâira set (<strong>for</strong> the date) is moved <strong>to</strong> the arc of Qibla, the<br />

complement of the angle indicated by the (string called) khayt on<br />

the arc of altitude is the Fadl-i-dâir (H) of Istanb<strong>ul</strong>’s time of<br />

Qibla.” When a time machine (clock) is held with its face <strong>to</strong>wards<br />

the sky and its hour hand pointing <strong>to</strong>wards the sun, the bisec<strong>to</strong>r of<br />

the angle between the hour hand and the number twelve points <strong>to</strong><br />

the south. Please scan the ninth chapter of the fourth fascicle of<br />

Endless Bliss!<br />

41– To raise both feet from the ground (or floor) during the<br />

Sajda.<br />

42– To recite the (âyats of) Qur’ân al-kerîm with such<br />

inaccuracy as will change the meaning.<br />

43– For a woman <strong>to</strong> suckle her baby.<br />

44– To change one’s place at somebody’s bidding.<br />

45– To whip the animal (you are riding) three times.<br />

46– To open a closed door.<br />

47– To write something with at least three letters.<br />

48– To put on your caftan.<br />

49– To remember your qadâ namâzes, (i.e. daily prayers that<br />

you did not per<strong>for</strong>m in their dictated times,) if they are fewer than<br />

six.<br />

50– When per<strong>for</strong>ming a farz namâz –with an ’udhr– on [a ship<br />

or train] or on the back of an animal (such as a horse), <strong>to</strong> turn <strong>to</strong> a<br />

direction other than the Qibla.<br />

51– To load the animal as you are on its back.<br />

52– To become a murtadd (renegade, apostate) with your<br />

heart.<br />

53– To become junub or <strong>for</strong> a woman <strong>to</strong> start menstruating.<br />

54– For the imâm (who is conducting namâz in jamâ’at) <strong>to</strong><br />

make someone substitute <strong>for</strong> him because he thinks his own<br />

ablution has broken.<br />

55– To recite (âyats of) the Qur’ân al-kerîm with such<br />

alterations in letters as will spoil their meanings. [Ibni ’Âbidîn<br />

‘rahimah<strong>ul</strong>lâhu ta’âlâ’ states as follows as he embarks on his<br />

discourse on the sunnats of namâz: “A namâz per<strong>for</strong>med<br />

following someone outside of namâz will not be sahîh. It is<br />

makrûh <strong>for</strong> the imâm or the muazzin <strong>to</strong> raise their voice louder<br />

than <strong>for</strong> the jamâ’at <strong>to</strong> hear them. As the imâm and the muazzin<br />

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