Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Third Fascicle

Our religion does not prohibit them.” There are three kinds of
bid’at:
1 — It is the worst bid’at to use —without a darûrat [1] — things
which Islam says to be the signs of disbelief. On page 467 of al-
Berîqa and 696 of Majmâ’ al-anhur, it is written that the ’ulamâ’
said: “It is permissible to use them to deceive (khud’a) the
disbelievers in the dâr al-harb.”
2 — Beliefs which disagree with what is taught by the savants
of the Ahl as-sunnat are also evil bid’ats.
3 — Reforms made in the name of worship are bid’ats in
worship and are grave sins. Some scholars divided the bid’ats in
matters pertaining to acts of worship and practises into two groups
called hasana and sayyia. Al-Imâm ar-Rabbânî ‘rahmatullâhi
’alaih’ did not say ‘bid’ats’ about those bid’ats which scholars
termed ‘hasana’. He called them ‘sunnat-i-hasana’. He said
‘bid’ats’ about those which they termed ‘bid’at-i-sayyia’, and he
condemned such bid’ats. Wahhabis, on the other hand, say ‘sayyia’
about bid’ats termed ‘hasana’ and approved, and they call those
who practise such bid’ats ‘disbelievers’ and ‘polytheists’. Please see
the twenty-second chapter of the second fascicle of Endless
Bliss.] [2] 5 — SECOND VOLUME, 89th LETTER
This letter, written to Sayyid Mîr Muhibbullah, informs that in
the world it is necessary to do what will be useful in the Hereafter.
Praise and thanks be to Allâhu ta’âlâ! May Allâhu ta’âlâ keep
us and you on the right way of your ancestors! As the alms of His
beloved Prophet, the Highest of Mankind, may He accept our
prayer! The states and the matters of the faqîrs being here have
been all right. We always offer our hamd and gratitude to Allâhu
ta’âlâ, and we pronounce our infinite benedictions and salâm over
His Prophet. I invoke Allâhu ta’âlâ to keep you in safety, in good
health, on the right way, and in perpetual progress. My dear and
merciful Sir! The time of earning has been going past. Each
[1] Please scan the fourth chapter of the fourth fascicle of Endless Bliss
for ‘darûrat’.
[2] See Second Volume, 23 rd letter in the second fascicle of Endless
Bliss.
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