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A collection of small books written by Sunni scholars for answering Shi'a claims.

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Mu’min (Believer) or a Muslimân (Muslim). Performing <strong>the</strong><br />

(prescribed) worships and avoiding <strong>the</strong> harâms (all acts, behaviours,<br />

thoughts, statements forbidden by Islam) is called Obedience to<br />

Islam. Muslims who obey Islam are called Sâlih (pious) and Âdil<br />

(just). All <strong>the</strong> As-hâb-i-kirâm were âdil and sâlih Believers. A<br />

person who disobeys Islam out <strong>of</strong> sloth is called Fâsiq (sinner,<br />

sinful). A fâsiq also is a Muslim. In o<strong>the</strong>r words, a Muslim will not<br />

lose his îmân by sinning or by not doing <strong>the</strong> worships. However, if a<br />

person slights <strong>the</strong> concepts <strong>of</strong> worship and sin, that is, if he does not<br />

respect Islam in due manner, he will lose his îmân. And a person<br />

who does not have îmân is not a Muslim, that is, is called a Kâfir<br />

(disbeliever, unbeliever). A person who is not in <strong>the</strong> Madh-hâb <strong>of</strong><br />

Ahl as-sunna is called out <strong>of</strong> Madh-hab, or without (a certain)<br />

Madh-hab. A person without a certain Madh-hab is ei<strong>the</strong>r a heretic<br />

or a disbeliever.<br />

Qâdî-zâda Ahmad Efendi ‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ aleyh’, in his<br />

explanation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> book Birgivî Vas›yyetnâmesi, gives <strong>the</strong><br />

following account, beginning on <strong>the</strong> forty-fourth page: We believe<br />

in <strong>the</strong> fact that Allâhu ta’âlâ has human Prophets on <strong>the</strong> earth. All<br />

Prophets taught <strong>the</strong> people in <strong>the</strong>ir times <strong>the</strong> Ahkâm, i.e. <strong>the</strong><br />

commandments and prohibitions which Allâhu ta’âlâ conveyed to<br />

<strong>the</strong>m by Wahy, that is, taught <strong>the</strong>m through <strong>the</strong> angel. People<br />

living in a Prophet’s time and being taught by him are his Ummat.<br />

People who believe a Prophet are called Ummat-i-ijâbat, and<br />

those do not believe him are termed Ummat-i-da’wa(t). The final<br />

Prophet is Muhammad ‘alaihis-slâm’. No Prophet will come after<br />

him. He is <strong>the</strong> Prophet <strong>of</strong> all people, whereever and in whatever<br />

time <strong>the</strong>y live, and <strong>of</strong> all genies. All <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m have to believe him.<br />

A Prophet who brought a new religious system is called a<br />

Rasûl. On <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r hand, a Prophet who invites people to adapt<br />

<strong>the</strong>mselves to <strong>the</strong> religious system brought by <strong>the</strong> Prophet<br />

previous to him is called a Nebî. Every Rasûl is a Nebî at <strong>the</strong> same<br />

time. Yet, every Nebî is not a Rasûl. According to some (scholars),<br />

<strong>the</strong> number <strong>of</strong> Rasûls is three hundred and thirteen. The number<br />

<strong>of</strong> Prophets in general, however, is not known. It is stated in a<br />

hadîth-i-sherîf termed Haber-i-wâhid that <strong>the</strong>ir number is one<br />

hundred and twenty-four thousand. A hadîth reported by only one<br />

person is <strong>of</strong> suppositional capacity. Therefore, it would be more<br />

judicious not to comment on <strong>the</strong>ir number. It is stated at <strong>the</strong> end<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> thirty-sixth letter <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> second volume (<strong>of</strong> Mektûbât) by<br />

Muhammad Mathûm-i-Fârûqî, and also in <strong>the</strong> book <strong>of</strong> eulogy<br />

titled Emâlî as well as in <strong>the</strong> books Berîqa and Aqâid-i-Nesefiyya<br />

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