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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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teach manners. Since an animal doesn’t have reason it cannot be<br />

taught manners. In case it is necessary to kill a living thing, it is<br />

permissible to kill it by burning it when there is no other way.”<br />

It is permissible to excise one of a person’s limbs in order to<br />

cure a disease like gangrene. It is permissible to incise into the<br />

bladder [the kidney and the gall] in order to get stones out. It is<br />

never permissible to slap a living thing on the face for any reason.<br />

As for the second group of disbelievers; they cannot stand the<br />

brightness of the Islamic sun. They try to demolish the Islamic<br />

religion with all their forces and negative propaganda through<br />

media. These poor people do not realize that to eradicate Islam<br />

from the world means to deprive people of happiness, comfort,<br />

safety, and to expose themselves and all humanity to disasters and<br />

troubles. In short, it means to cut the ground from under their<br />

own feet. Allâhu ta’âlâ, by declaring: “In order to avoid suffering<br />

the attacks and torments of disbelievers and in order to enable<br />

them to attain endless bliss, work as ceaselessly as is humanly<br />

possible. Make the most perfect media of war,” in the sixtieth âyât<br />

of Sûrat-ul-Anfâl, commands us to honour these disbelievers by<br />

helping them to become Muslims or not to meddle with the daily<br />

work or the acts of worship of those who yield themselves to<br />

Islam’s protection by accepting to pay the jizya. We must protect<br />

the lives, property, and chastity of such people. Thus, He wants<br />

the whole world to unite under Islam’s flag; He wants everyone to<br />

have îmân and to love one another. He commands us to establish<br />

a justice that will include all those who persist in disbelief even<br />

though they understand Islam. We must endeavour to provide<br />

comfort for people, for animals, for the living, for the dead, and<br />

for all beings.<br />

21 – Escaping Hell in the next world is peculiar only to those<br />

who adapt themselves to Hadrad Muhammad ‘’alaihis-salâm’. All<br />

the blessings in this world, all inventions, all degrees, all branches<br />

of knowledge will be available in the next world on the condition<br />

that one has followed the way of Rasûlullah. Otherwise, every<br />

good deed done by those who do not follow Allah’s Prophet will<br />

remain in this world, causing their next world to be destroyed.<br />

That is, it will be nothing but an istidrâj [1] disguised in goodness.<br />

22 – As a matter of fact, of all the useful and auspicious deeds<br />

in the world, the one which Allâhu ta’âlâ likes best is building a<br />

jâmi’ (mosque). There are hadîths explaining that building a jâmi’<br />

[1] Allah’s inciting a sinner to perdition by granting him success.<br />

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