Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Third Fascicle

(extraordinary) things happen from the hearts and souls of such
people, this case is called istidrâj. That is, they are gradually
lowered to the very depths of Hell. What signifies the correctitude
and goodness of the wonders happening in the heart and soul is all
the limbs being embellished with clinging to the Ahkâm-iislâmiyya.
And this is the right way, the way to salvation! May
Allâhu ta’âlâ keep us all on the right way! Âmîn.
[It is written in the thirty-second article of Majalla: [1] “Being in
need does not remove the fact that the right belongs to somebody
else.” A person who is about to die of hunger may eat something
belonging to somebody else as much as to protect himself from
death, yet he has to pay back its value or an equal amount. To eat
something which belongs to somebody else is a sin graver than
drinking wine.]
16 — SECOND VOLUME, 69th LETTER
This letter, written to Muhammad Murâd-i Badahshî, says to
be careful about the ta’dîl-i arkân and the tumânînat in namâz,
about putting in order the lines (of worshippers) in a mosque,
about correcting one’s intention when going out to fight against
disbelievers, about the namâz of tahajjud (the namâz which is
performed after midnight) and about choosing one’s food from
what is halâl (permitted by Islam):
Gratitude be to Allâhu ta’âlâ. Salâm, solace to those human
slaves of His whom He has chosen and loved! Your letter has
arrived. It pleases us to know that our friends and those whom we
love have not deviated from the right way. May Allâhu ta’âlâ
increase your being and remaining on the right way! “We and our
friends have been continuing to do the duty which you assigned
to us. We have been performing namâz five times every day in a
congregation (jamâ’at) of fifty to sixty people,” you say. May
hamd-u thanâ be to Allâhu ta’âlâ for this! What a great blessing
it is when the heart is with Allâhu ta’âlâ and the body, together
with all the limbs, is embellished with doing the rules of the
Ahkâm-i-islâmiyya. Recently, most people have been slack in
performing namâz. They have been slighting the tumânînat and
[1] Written by Ahmad Jawdat Pâsha ‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ ’alaih’ (1238
[1823 A.D.], Lowicz – 1312 [1894]).
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