Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Third Fascicle

prohibited by enemies of Islam can be a good excuse. As is written
at the end of Bostân-ul-’ârifîn, to give birth to a child in comfort
and ease, Ibn ’Abbâs prescribes: “The prayer, ‘Bismillâhilledhî lâ
ilâha illâ huw al-Halîm-ul-Kerîm. Subhâna Rabbil ’Arsh-il-’adhîm
Alhamdu lillâhi Rabbil ’âlamîn,’ then the last âyat of Nâzi’ât Sûra
and the last âyat of Ahkâf Sûra, beginning with ‘Ka-annahum’,
shall be written in Islamic letters on a dish or container, then
water shall be added in it and, after the writing has dissolved, the
mother shall drink it.”
It is stated in the two hundred and forty-ninth (249) page of
the fifth volume of Ibni ’Âbidîn, and also in the chapters dealing
with disasters incurred by one’s genitals: “It is permissible to
castrate animals for slaughter in order to fatten them. It is harâm
to sterilize other animals or human beings.”
The fifth condition asked from women is not to slander or
calumniate. This sin being common mostly among women, it has
been made a condition for them. Slandering is a grave and
atrocious sin. Furthermore, it contains lying, which is harâm in
every religious cult. Moreover, it contains hurting a Believer,
which is harâm, too. In addition to these, slandering causes fitna,
chaos on the earth, which also is harâm.
The sixth condition is to obey every command of our Prophet
‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’. This condition means to carry out
all the fard and sunnat actions and to avoid all prohibitions, and
informs of the five essentials of Islam.
Namâz is one of the five essentials of Islam. We should
perform namâz five times daily, willingly without feeling
reluctance. We should willingly pay the zakât of our property to
people nominated (by Islam). Fasting in the holy month of
Ramadân causes forgiveness of a year’s sins. We must enjoy
fasting. Our Prophet ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ stated: “The
past sins of a person who performs hajj will be pardoned.”
Visiting the Ka’ba-i muazzama and performing hajj should be
deemed as a great earning. We should not neglect wara’ and
taqwâ. Our Prophet ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ stated: “Wara’
is the mainmast of Islam.” We must not have alcoholic drinks.
Everything intoxicant is harâm like wine. We must also avoid
music, which is lawh and la’b, that is, something useless desired by
the nafs and is harâm. A hadîth-i-sherîf states: “Music causes
fornication.” Backbiting Muslims, talking from behind a Muslim
in order to slander him or passing one Muslim’s word on to
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