Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Sixth Fascicle

‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ ’alaih’,) states: “There is very much thawâb in
acts such as saying ‘tesbîh’, (i.e. saying, ‘subhânallah’,) ‘tahmîd’,
(i.e. saying, ‘al-hamd-u-lillâh’,) and ‘takbîr’, (i.e. saying Allâhu
ekber,) reading (or reciting) the Qur’ân al-kerîm, and reading
books containing hadîth-i-sherîfs and those teaching Fiqh. The
thirty-fifth âyat-i-kerîma of Ahzâb Sûrah purports: ‘... For men
and women who engage much in making dhikr of Allâhu ta’âlâ, for
them has Allâhu ta’âlâ prepared forgiveness and reward.’ (33:35)
It is sinful for a tradesman to perform the aforesaid acts of piety or
to say the Kalima-i-tawhîd or the prayer of Salawât as he shows his
commodity to the customer. It means to exploit these pious acts as
a means for earning money.” It is stated as follows in the fifth
volume of Ibni ’Âbidîn and also in the book entitled Durer: “It is
harâm to lend money to the grocer and buy groceries (free of
charge) from him until the money lent has been recovered (by way
of the purchases you have made). For, lending with the proviso of
exploitation involves fâiz (interest). (Rather,) the money given to
the grocer should be an amânat, (something entrusted for
safekeeping.) Should the money given as an amânat perish,
however, the grocer will not (have to) compensate for it.”
2 – WHAT IS HARÂM TO EAT
and
THINGS that are HARÂM TO USE
It is stated as follows in the book entitled Berîqa, in its section
dealing with disasters incurred by way of stomach: “Things that are
harâm to eat and drink are as follows:
“1– Things that are called harâm-i-li-’aynihî and which are
harâm themselves. Examples of them are lesh, (i.e. flesh of animals
that have died of themselves or which have been killed in a way
not prescribed by Islam,) pork, and wine. If a certain liquid would
intoxicate a person who drank plenty of it, it is harâm to drink even
a small amount of it. With the exception of a person in a state of
mahmasa, i.e. about to die of hunger, and a person under ikrâh
(duress), i.e. being intimidated with the threat that he will be
killed, these things are harâm to eat and drink.
“2– Things that are not harâm themselves but which have been
obtained by way of extortion, theft, or bribery, (in any of which
three cases the things obtained will be harâm,) even if they have
been obtained from disbelievers in the Dâr-ul-harb, or which have
been bought, even though from disbelievers in the Dâr-ul-islâm, by
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