Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Third Fascicle

genies is to be taken as a sorcerer. Hâkim bi-Amrillah Mansûr (375
[985 A.D.] – slain in 411 [1020]), the sixth Fâtimid ruler in Egypt,
misled by Dirâr and his disciple Hamza, became acquainted with
genies, served the ruler of genies, deviated into heresy and became
a plaything in the hands of devils. He later claimed divinity. Ibni
Abî Zayd said, “It is not permissible to believe a man of tarîqa who
has friends among genies or to pay him money believing that he
will rescue you from genies. It is not permissible, either, to pay a
person who removes a magic spell.” It is permissible to write —
free of charge — an amulet containing prayers from the Qur’ân alkerîm
and recommended by the Salaf-i sâlihîn for a woman so that
her husband will love her and will not abuse her. It is harâm to
write, read or have someone read and breathe on you things that
are not known or to use them as amulets or to cast a spell with
them.” Birgivî’s words, “A person who says that he knows what is
stolen and one who believes him become unbelievers. If the
former says that he knows it because genies reveal it to him, he
again becomes an unbeliever; for, genies do not know the
unknown, either. Only Allâhu ta’âlâ knows the unknown. No one
else does,” are explained by Qâdi-zâda in his commentary to
Birgivî Vasiyyetnamesi as follows: “People who are sent Wahy or
ilhâm (inspiration) by Allâhu ta’âlâ do know. Genies do not know
everything. They know what Allâhu ta’âlâ makes them know or
what they see. If a genie discloses what it has learned through
either way, there is nothing wrong with saying that the genie has
let you know. Prophets are alive in their graves in a life we do not
know. Allâhu ta’âlâ revealed unknown and secret things through
wahy, ilhâm and kashf. He discloses the actions and states of the
living men to them and to the souls of those Believers He
chooses.” It is jâ’iz (possible) that He reveals (the same) to faithful
genies. Nevertheless, one must be on the alert lest one should drift
into perdition by being trapped and misled by the lies fibbed by
men of bid’at, sinful men of tarîqa and heretical and impious
bigots. Please see the last three paragraphs of the eighteenth
chapter of the sixth fascicle of Endless Bliss, and also the book
entitled al-Munîra! [1] – 145 –
[1] Written by Ahmad ibni Kamâl ‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ ’alaih’, the ninth
Ottoman Shaikh-ul-islâm. He held office between 932 [1526 A.D.]
and 940 [1534], during the reign of Sultân Suleymân Khân the
Lawgiver ‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ ’alaih’ (900 [1494 A.D.] – 974 [1566],
the tenth Ottoman Pâdishâh and seventy-fifth Islamic Khalîfa.