The Rising and the Hereafter
Allâhu ta’âlâ pities all the people on the earth, and sends them the useful things He creates. He has taught the entire humanity how they should act and behave so that they may lead a life of comfort and peace in the world and in the Hereafter. Choosing some of the people whose deserved destination in the Hereafter is Hell, He will magnanimously forgive them and bless them with Paradise....
Allâhu ta’âlâ pities all the people on the earth, and sends them the useful things He creates. He has taught the entire humanity how they should act and behave so that they may lead a life of comfort and peace in the world and in the Hereafter. Choosing some of the people whose deserved destination in the Hereafter is Hell, He will magnanimously forgive them and bless them with Paradise....
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not be accepted, he will have performed <strong>the</strong>m in vain. Those<br />
sunnatprayersofnamâzwillbeofnobenefittohim.<strong>The</strong>refore,a<br />
personwhohasomittedacertainfarzprayerofnamâzhastomake<br />
qadhâofthatprayerimmediately.If<strong>the</strong>reisanumberofprayers<br />
thathedidnotperform,asheperforms<strong>the</strong>sunnatofeachof<strong>the</strong><br />
dailyfiveprayersofnamâz,heshouldmakehisniyyat(intention)<br />
toperform<strong>the</strong>farzofthatprayerofnamâzthathedidnotperform<br />
(within its proper time), thus saving himself from <strong>the</strong> great<br />
torment that he has incurred by not performing it, since he will<br />
havemadeqadânow.To<strong>the</strong>bargain,hisdebtsofnamâzwillbe<br />
paidoffin<strong>the</strong>shortesttimepossible<strong>and</strong>hewillbegintoattain<strong>the</strong><br />
thawâb for performing <strong>the</strong> sunnats as well. This is not <strong>the</strong> case<br />
whenitcomesto<strong>the</strong>farzprayersofnamâzthathavebeenmissed<br />
on account of (good reasons termed) ’udhr. <strong>The</strong> hadîth-i-sherîf<br />
(quotedabove)isintendedforprayersofnamâzthathavebeen<br />
omitted not on account of ’udhr, but out of laziness. <strong>The</strong>re is<br />
detailedinformationonthissubjectin<strong>the</strong>twenty-thirdchapterof<br />
<strong>the</strong>fourthfascicleofEndless Bliss.]<br />
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