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are plain evidences proving that these people are liars whose goal
is to mislead Muslims.
9- Some of the people without a Madh-hab claim that adhân
also means prayer. On the contrary, our Prophet taught Bilâl-i-
Habeshî, his muadh-dhin, how to call the adhân (ezân). He had
him mount a high place and call the adhân. The âyats that purport,
“When the call for salât reaches you (when you hear it),” and
“When it is called for salât on Friday,” denote the adhân. A
hadîth-i-sherîf reported by Hâkim and Munâwî states, “The
namâz of those who do not come there although they hear the call,
will not be accepted.” Nidâ (the Arabic word used in the two
hadîth-i-sherîfs quoted above) means calling the adhân. The first
minaret for a mosque was built in Egypt, by hadrat Selmet-ebni
Halef, one of the Sahâba. He was Egypt’s governor in the time of
hadrat Mu’âwiya.
It is a worship to make Dhikr of Allâhu ta’âlâ with a soft voice.
It is for this reason that members of the group called Turuq-ialiyya
make Dhikr. Yet it would be nescience and heresy to
confuse this Dhikr with adhân. Our master, the Messenger of
Allah, praised muadh-dhins (people who called the adhân) by
stating, “On the Rising Day muadh-dhins will have long necks.”
This statement denotes that on that day they will rise with
luminous foreheads and swollen chests. Another hadîth-i-sherîf,
reported by Hâkim and Daylamî, states, “Do not say the initial
tekbîr for salât (do not begin to perform the salât) until the
muadh-dhin has finished (calling) the adhân!” Abû Dâwûd and
Munâwî report a hadîth-i-sherîf which states, “Do not call the
adhân before dawn!” Hurûfîs compare muadh-dhins’ calling the
adhân to braying of an ass. People who make such a comparison
become disbelievers. The next generation will remember these
zindiqs with curses.
10- True Muslims, who are called Ahl as-Sunna, very well
reconize the value of our Prophet’s Ahl-i-Bayt ‘ridwânullâhi ta’âlâ
alaihim ajma’în’. They love the twelve blessed Imâms very much.
They try to follow the fruitful way of the Ahl-i-Bayt, which guides
to the luminous felicity. Words alone could not be the indication of
love. One would have to adapt oneself to them.
Hadrat Abû Hanîfa ‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ aleyh’, the exalted
religious leader and the greatest scholar among the Sunnite
Muslims, left aside all his worldly occupations, his duties and his
disciples, and attended the sohba of hadrat Imâm Ja’fer Sâdiq for
two years. He obtained plenty of lore from Imâm Ja’fer Sâdiq’s
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