Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Sixth Fascicle

dispense it to poor people. Supposing they made purchases by
giving away the property whose direct disposal would have been
harâm for them, their purchases would be halâl for them to
consume or to utilize otherwise. There are also scholarly reports
stating that property that is harâm but whose owners are not
known will be halâl for inheritors. If performances delivered by
singers and by people who play musical instruments are free of
charge instead of being bargained over, money given to them as a
gift will not be khabîth; it will be halâl. Money and property
collected by a beggar are habîth. If a person obtains some property
by way of harâm and gives it to a second person and this second
person gives it to a third person, it is harâm for those who are
aware of that harâm money to take it. A sale that is fâsid is an
exception. It is permissible for a woman to eat the food that her
husband bought with harâm money and to use his property mixed
with harâm elements. The sin belongs to her husband.
“It is halâl to stage all sorts of races, riddles, and puzzles. It is
harâm to gamble on them. A unilateral stipulation of property is
also permissible in running races, in horseraces, in marksmanship
with shotguns, in archery, and in races staged over prowess in
means of war. That is, the race will be permissible if, for instance,
only one of the parties says, “I shall give you a prize if you win. But
you will not have to give me anything if I win,” or if a third person
promises a prize to the winner of a race among several
competitors. The races, however, should be organized for
preparation for warfare. Any kind of race intended for pleasure,
for ostentation or for boasting is makrûh. And it will be harâm if
they last so long as to hinder performance of namâz. It is (a
commendable act that is termed) mendûb to learn about means of
war. Please see the initial pages of the thirty-third chapter of the
second fascicle of Endless Bliss, and also of the thirty-first chapter
of second part of the Turkish book Se’âdet-i ebediyye! It will be a
‘gamble’ if both parties bet property (or money). Gambling is
harâm. Another permissible type of race is one wherein a third
person partakes on the understanding that the third party will be
given property (or money) by both the other two if he should beat
both the other two and nothing will be taken from him if both of
them beat him, or wherein, of the two parties, the beaten party will
give property (or money) to the one who beats him. It is makrûh
to shoot (a gun) in the direction of Qibla, (against the Kâ’ba, that
is.)
“Another permissible stipulation of unilateral payment of
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