Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss First Fascicle
The Turkish original of the book Se’âdet-i Ebediyye consists of three parts, all of which add up to more than a thousand pages. We have translated the entire book into English and have published six individual fascicles. Se’âdet-i Ebediyye is a book prepared according to the Hanafî Madhhab. There is not a bit of knowledge or word which does not confirm the creed of the Ahl-i Sunnat and Jamâ’at in this book. This is the first fascicle. We invoke Allâhu ta’âlâ to help us deliver it to our dear readers. There are two hundred and forty (240) chapters in Se’âdet-i Ebediyye, and it consists of three parts. Forty-one of the ninety-eight chapters in the first part, thirty-four of the seventy-two chapters in the second part and thirty-three of the seventy chapters in the third part are translations of the letters in the Persian original of Maktûbât (The Letters) by Hadrat Imâm-i Rabbânî ‘rahmat-Allâhi ’alaih’ . A few of them are translations of letters by Hadrat Muhammad Ma’sûm ‘rahmat-Allâhi ’alaih’. The remaining chapters are taken from many valuable books. Maktûbât by Hadrat Imam-î Rabbânî consists of three volumes (I, II, III) and they contain five hundred and thirty six letters. All of them were published in two volumes in Pakistan in 1392 [1972 A.D.], and it was printed by offset in 1397 [1977 A.D.] in Istanbul. Maktûbât by Hadrat Muhammad Ma’sûm, his son, is also of three volumes (IV, V, VI). The volume number and the number of each letter translated is given below. The additions in brackets are explanations made by the translator, (i.e. Hadrat Hüseyn Hilmi Işık 'quddisa sirruh'.). Subjects relating to belief of ahl as-Sunnat are quoted from famous Ahl as-Sunnat scholars' books.
The Turkish original of the book Se’âdet-i Ebediyye consists of three parts, all of which add up to more than a thousand pages. We have translated the entire book into English and have published six individual fascicles. Se’âdet-i Ebediyye is a book prepared according to the Hanafî Madhhab. There is not a bit of knowledge or word which does not confirm the creed of the Ahl-i Sunnat and Jamâ’at in this book. This is the first fascicle. We invoke Allâhu ta’âlâ to help us deliver it to our dear readers.
There are two hundred and forty (240) chapters in Se’âdet-i Ebediyye, and it consists of three parts. Forty-one of the ninety-eight chapters in the first part, thirty-four of the seventy-two chapters in the second part and thirty-three of the seventy chapters in the third part are translations of the letters in the Persian original of Maktûbât (The Letters) by Hadrat Imâm-i Rabbânî ‘rahmat-Allâhi ’alaih’ . A few of them are translations of letters by Hadrat Muhammad Ma’sûm ‘rahmat-Allâhi ’alaih’. The remaining chapters are taken from many valuable books. Maktûbât by Hadrat Imam-î Rabbânî consists of three volumes (I, II, III) and they contain five hundred and thirty six letters. All of them were published in two volumes in Pakistan in 1392 [1972 A.D.], and it was printed by offset in 1397 [1977 A.D.] in Istanbul. Maktûbât by Hadrat Muhammad Ma’sûm, his son, is also of three volumes (IV, V, VI). The volume number and the number of each letter translated is given below. The additions in brackets are explanations made by the translator, (i.e. Hadrat Hüseyn Hilmi Işık 'quddisa sirruh'.).
Subjects relating to belief of ahl as-Sunnat are quoted from famous Ahl as-Sunnat scholars' books.
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advise or dissuade from these things. The second type is known<br />
only by savants, such as kinds of facts to be believed in concerning<br />
Allâhu ta’âlâ and how to believe them. Muslim savants advise and<br />
dissuade from things of this type. If a savant has stated them, those<br />
who are not savants may state them, too, if they can. The munkars<br />
of the second type comprise mostly aberrations pertaining to îmân<br />
and creed. Every Muslim should adhere to the Sunnî creed, and<br />
avoid aberrant belief, i.e. deviation and bid’at in creed. A person<br />
who is not learned in religious knowledge should not dispute with<br />
holders of bid’at, but he should keep away from them and should<br />
not greet them. He should not visit them on religious feasts, at<br />
times of happiness, should not perform namâz in their funerals,<br />
and he should not pity them. Since their creed is corrupt, he should<br />
deem it as an act of worship to dislike them. Rasûlulah ‘sall-Allâhu<br />
’alaihi wa sallam’ stated in a hadith: “If a person looks at another<br />
person harshly for Allah’s sake because there is bid’at or<br />
aberration in his îmân or worship, Allâhu ta’âlâ will fill his heart<br />
with îmân and will protect him against fear.”<br />
[It is written in the book Kanz-i mahfî: “It is prohibited to live<br />
in places where ignorance and immorality, i.e. bid’at and sinful<br />
activities are rife. Those who migrate in order to maintain their<br />
faith will be rewarded with Paradise. It is wâjib to migrate from<br />
one quarter where there are no pious and wise people and where<br />
bid’at and intrigues are on the increase, to another quarter, or<br />
from such a city to another city. If Muslims in all cities are<br />
attacked, they should migrate to another Islamic country. If there<br />
are no Islamic countries, they should migrate to a kâfîr country<br />
where human rights are respected and worshipping is free and live<br />
there. Please see the eighth chapter of the sixth fascicle of <strong>Endless</strong><br />
<strong>Bliss</strong>! This is because those who live among them will be subjected<br />
to the same catastrophe which is expected to befall them. The<br />
twenty-fifth âyat of Sûra Anfâl purports: “And fear an affliction<br />
which may not only smite those of you who do what is wrong.”]<br />
Fudayl bin ’Iyâd ‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ ’alaih’, one of the great<br />
men of Tasawwuf says: “Allâhu ta’âlâ does not accept the worships<br />
of those who love the people who commit bid’at in their words and<br />
deeds, and He takes their îmân away from their hearts. Even if he<br />
who dislikes the performer of bid’at prays a little, I hope that<br />
Allâhu ta’âlâ will forgive him. If you meet a holder of bid’at on<br />
your way, change your way.” Again, he says: “I have heard Sufyân<br />
bin ’Uyayna say that Allâhu ta’âlâ becomes angry with the person<br />
who attends the funeral of a holder of bid’at until he leaves the<br />
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