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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59 – RASÛLULLAH’S (sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa aslam)<br />
PARENTS, HIS GRANDFATHERS WERE ALL<br />
BELIEVERS<br />
A letter by Sayyid ’Abd-ul-Hakîm bin Mustafâ Arwâsî<br />
‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ ’alaih’:<br />
Imâm-i Busayrî ‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ ’alaih’, the greatest of the<br />
Awliyâ educated by Shaikh Abul-’Abbâs Mursî ‘rahmatullâhi<br />
ta’âlâ alaih’, a man of karâmats and a disciple of shaikh Abul-<br />
Hasan-i Shâzilî ‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ ’alaih’, who in turn was one of<br />
the greater ones of the Sôfiyya-i aliyya [1] , wrote a book entitled<br />
Qasîda-i hamziyya, which was read by Islamic savants with<br />
enthusiasm. In this book he praises our Prophet and says: “The<br />
mothers and fathers of the Best of Mankind were all good people.<br />
Allâhu ta’âlâ, of His human beings, picked out the best fathers and<br />
mothers for him.”<br />
In all the books of Mawlid written in various Islamic languages,<br />
it is written that his parents were extremely innocent. (Poems<br />
describing the Prophet’s life are called ‘Mawlid.’)<br />
None of the ancestors (fathers and mothers) of our Prophet<br />
‘sall Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’, or of any other Prophet, was a<br />
disbeliever or a lowly person. ‘’alaihimussalâm’. The following are<br />
the âyat-i-kerîmas and hadîth-i-sherîfs proving our statement true:<br />
1 – In a hadîh-i-sherîf in Bukhârî-i sherîf, the most valuable and<br />
the most correct book after the Qur’ân al-kerîm, our Prophet<br />
states: “I was born from the distinguished, the best ones of people<br />
living in every century, in every era.”<br />
2 – In a hadîth in the book of Imâm-i Muslim, which has, of the<br />
thousands of hadîth books, won second place, Rasûlullah states:<br />
“Of the descendants of Hadrat Ismâil ‘’alaihis-salâm’, Allâhu<br />
ta’âlâ selected a person named Qouraish. And of the descendants<br />
of Qouraish, He selected the Hâshim Family. And among them He<br />
placed me.”<br />
3 – In a hadîth quoted by Tirmuzî, he states: “Allâhu ta’âlâ<br />
created people. He made me from the best group of people. Then<br />
He created the best of these groups in Arabia. He made me from<br />
them. Then, choosing the best of homes, the best of families, He<br />
created me from them. Then, my soul and body are the best of<br />
[1] Great scholars and men of Tasavvuf; that is, the Awliyâ.<br />
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