Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Third Fascicle

she has a miscarriage. Since her child has perished, the woman
cannot be said to be pregnant. Nor can she be called a mother. So
is this person. Unless he makes his prayers of fard namâz, Allâhu
ta’âlâ will not accept his supererogatory prayers.” ’Abdulhaqq
Dahlawî ‘rahmatullâhi ’alaih’, a great savant, an expert of hadîthi-sherîfs,
says: “This hadîth-i-sherîf informs that those who
perform the sunnat and nâfila prayers instead of performing their
omitted prayers of fard namâz are wasting time. For, any prayer
which is not fard or wâjib is called nâfila. Those nâfila prayers
performed together with the ones that are fard are called
muakkad sunnat namâz. Those that are not prescribed to be
performed together with the fard ones are called zawâid sunnat.
9 — He who embellishes [respects] the first Friday night of
Rajab will not be tormented by Allâhu ta’âlâ in his grave. Allâhu
ta’âlâ will accept his prayers. Only, there are seven people whom
He will not forgive and whose prayers He will not accept: he who
takes and gives interest; he who abhors Muslims; the child who
torments and disobeys his parents; the woman who disobeys her
husband although he is a Muslim and obeys Islam; he who sings
and plays music as a profession; he who commits homosexuality
or fornication; he who does not perform namâz five times a day.
Unless they give up and repent for these sins and ask for Allâhu
ta’âlâ’s forgiveness, their prayers will not be accepted. Any
command incompatible with Islam must not be obeyed or done
whether it is given by one’s parents, by a woman’s husband or by
anybody else. But it is still necessary to speak mildly to one’s
parents and not to hurt them. If one’s parents are disbelievers one
must bring them back from a church or tavern, even by carrying
them on one’s back if necessary. But one does not have to take
them to such places.
Ibni ’Âbidîn writes on the two hundred and sixty-ninth page of
the fifth volume, “It is tahrîmî makrûh to call one’s parents, and
also for a wife to call her husband, by their names, and is a grave
sin. One must call them by going near them and by using words of
reverence and respect. One must not call them loudly from a
distance.”
10 — Jabrâil ‘’alaihissalâm’ came to me and said: “Get up,
perform namâz and pray! Tonight is the fifteenth night of
Sha’bân.” Allâhu ta’âlâ forgives people who respect this night.
Only, He does not forgive polytheists, sorcerers, witches, misers,
those who have alcoholic drinks, those who take interest and
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