Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Fourth Fascicle

present there] said, “No, o Rasûlallah.” The Prophet said,
‘Likewise, minor sins of those who perform the five daily prayers
are forgiven.’ [Some ignorant people, upon hearing this hadîth-isherîf,
say, ‘Then, I will both perform namâz and amuse myself as
I wish. My sins will be forgiven anyhow.’ This thought is not
correct, because a namâz that is performed observing its
conditions and âdâb and is accepted will cancel sins. In fact, even
if minor sins are forgiven, continuing to commit or insisting on
minor sins will become grave sins. And insisting on committing
grave sins will cause kufr (disbelief.)] Ibn Jawzî wrote in his tafsîr
Almugnî: Abû Bakr-i Siddîq ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’ said that, when
the time of a daily prayer of namâz comes, angels say, ‘O the sons
of Âdam, stand up! By performing namâz, extinguish the fire
prepared to burn human beings.’ ” In a hadîth-i sherîf, it was
stated: “The difference between the Believer and the unbeliever is
namâz,” that is, the Believer performs namâz, and the unbeliever
does not. Munâfiqs, however, sometimes perform it and
sometimes do not. Munâfiqs will undergo very bitter torment in
Hell. ’Abdullah ibn ’Abbâs ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’, a master of
mufassîrs, said that he heard Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa
sallam’ say, “Those who do not perform namâz will find Allâhu
ta’âlâ angry on the Day of Resurrection.”
The imâms of hadîth unanimously stated: “A person who does
not perform a namâz within its prescibed time intentionally; that
is, if he is not sorry for not performing a namâz while its
prescribed time is ending, will become a kâfir or will lose his îmân
during his death. What will become of those who do not
remember namâz or see namâz as a duty?” The Ahl as-Sunnat
savants unanimously said, “Ibâdât (worships) are not a part of
îmân.” But there was not a unanimity concerning namâz. The fiqh
imâms Imâm Ahmed Ibn Hanbal, Is’hâq ibn Râheweyh,
’Abdullah ibn Mubârak, Ibrâhîm Nehâî, Hakem ibn Huteyba,
Ayyûb Sahtiyânî, Dâwûd Tâî, Abû Bakr ibn Shayba and Zubeyr
ibn Harb and many other great savants said that a Muslim who
intentionally omits a namâz becomes a kâfir. Then, o Muslim
Brother, do not miss any namâz and do not be slack; perform it
with love! If Allâhu ta’âlâ punishes according to the ijtihâd of
these savants on the Day of Judgement, what will you do? Tafsîr-i
Mugnî says: “One of the superiors asked the devil what he should
do to become damned like him. The devil was pleased and said, ‘If
you want to be like me, do not pay attention to namâz and take an
oath on everything right or wrong, that is, take an oath very
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