Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Third Fascicle

this age should be taught and accustomed to doing other kinds of
worships, too, and should be prohibited from sinning.
In order to express the importance of the prayers of namâz
that are fard, Hadrat Muhammad Rabhâmî wrote in the twelfth
paragraph of the first chapter of the second part of his Persian
book entitled Riyâd-un-nâsikhîn, which he published in India by
selecting from four hundred and forty-four books in the eight
hundred and fifty-third [853] year of the Hegira:
In the two fundamental books of the Islamic religion [Bukhârî
and Muslim], which are called Sahîhayn, Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu
’alaihi wa sallam’ states in a hadîth quoted by Jâbir bin ’Abdullah
‘rahmatullâhi ’alaih’: “If there is a river before someone’s house
and if he bathes in the river five times daily, will there be any dirt
left on him?” “No, O Rasûlallah!” we said. “Likewise, the venial
sins of those who perform namâz five times daily will be
pardoned.” [Upon hearing this hadîth some ignoramuses say,
“Then, I shall both perform namâz and live as I wish. In any case,
my sins will be pardoned.” It is not good to think so. For, a namâz
that has been performed observing its conditions and adabs and
which has been accepted will shake off the sins. Furthermore,
even if one’s venial sins are pardoned, it will be a grave sin to go
on committing venial sins. And it will cause disbelief to insist on
doing grave sins.] Ibni Jawzî says in his Tafsîr entitled al-Mughnî,
“Hadrat Abû Bakr Siddîq ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’ said that when the
time for each of the daily five prayers of namâz comes angels say:
‘O Sons of Adam, get up! Perform namâz to extinguish the fire
which has been prepared to burn people.’ ”A hadîth declares:
“The difference distinguishing the Believer from the disbeliever is
namâz.” In other words, a Believer will perform namâz, but a
disbeliever will not. And munâfiqs perform namâz sometimes,
and sometimes they do not. Munâfiqs will be tormented very
bitterly in Hell. ’Abdullah bin ’Abbâs, the shah of Mufassirs, says:
“I heard Rasûlullah say: ‘Those who do not perform namâz will
find Allâhu ta’âlâ wrathful on the Day of Rising.’ ”
Savants of hadîth say unanimously: “A person who omits one
namâz knowingly, that is, who does not feel sorry for not
performing the namâz as its prescribed time goes past, becomes a
disbeliever, or he dies without îmân in the end. This being the
case, what will become of those who never think of namâz and
who do not even consider it as a duty?” Savants of the Ahl assunnat
unanimously said: “Worships are not parts of îmân.” But
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