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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42 – SECOND VOLUME, 81st LETTER<br />
This letter, written to Muhammad Murâd, gives advice and<br />
praises wara’ and taqwâ:<br />
Hamd be to Allâhu ta’âlâ and salâm to the people whom He<br />
chooses and loves! I am afraid that my dear friends might have<br />
been deceived by the decorated and ornamented sins of the world.<br />
I feel worried thinking that they might fall for its pretty and sweet<br />
appearance, like children. I feel anxious that with the prodding of<br />
the accursed devil and the human satans they may cease from what<br />
is mubâh (permitted) and do what is dubious or dive into the<br />
harâm, thus falling down to a shameful state in the presence of our<br />
Owner. It is necessary to repent and ask for Allah’s pardon and<br />
entreat Him. Things that are harâm or dubious should be known<br />
as fatal poisons. Couplet:<br />
In short, what is there to tell you is that,<br />
You are a child, and the way is dreadful.<br />
Being very bounteous, generous and merciful, Allâhu ta’âlâ<br />
made many things mubâh (permissible) for His born slaves; He<br />
gave us permission to do many things. So wretched and poor are<br />
those who, not being satisfied with the mubâh because of their sick<br />
souls and corrupt hearts, exceed the borders of Islam and go as far<br />
as to do the dubious or harâm things, leaving off so many<br />
inexhaustible mubâh choices. It is necessary to observe the borders<br />
of Islam and not to go beyond them. There are many people who<br />
perform namâz and who fast customarily and habitually. But those<br />
who observe the borders of Islam and who pay attention so as not<br />
to fall into the harâm and dubious activities are very few. The<br />
distinction that differentiates those who worship correctly and<br />
sincerely from those who worship habitually and insincerely is<br />
observing the commandments of Allâhu ta’âlâ. The sincere namâz<br />
and fast are outwardly the same as those that are done insincerely.<br />
Our Prophet ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ stated: “The basic<br />
pillar of our religion is wara’.” He stated in a hadîth: “Nothing can<br />
be compared to wara’.”<br />
[While describing the conditions for being an imâm, Ibni<br />
’Âbidin says: “It is called wara’ to abstain from the dubious. It is<br />
called taqwâ to abstain from the harâm. It is called zuhd to abstain<br />
from the majority of the mubâhs for fear that they may be<br />
dubious.”<br />
At the end of the book Hadîqa it is stated: “In our time it has<br />
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