Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Second Fascicle

necessary to perform it. This means that we should perform the
namâz of janâza for those who, though having îmân in their hearts,
are intimate with disbelievers and follow their ceremonies and
Easters, [and this rule applies even if they do so when they are not
somehow compelled to do so.] We should not look on them as
disbelievers. As a matter of fact, such people are so treated today.
We should believe that owing to their îmân these people will be
taken out of Hell. But there is no pardon or forgiveness for those
who do not have îmân, [for those who do not like the words and
habits of Muhammad ‘’alaihissalâm’, even if it is only a single word
or act of behaviour of his that they dislike;] in return for their
disbelief they will remain in Hell’s torment eternally. [Please read
the four hundred and eighty-first page of the fifth volume of Ibni
’Âbidîn. If enemies of religion try to deceive Muslims by
concealing the fact that disbelievers’ customs and rites are disbelief
and saying that they are Muslims’ customs and Muslims’ holy days,
young and pure Muslims should not believe them. They should
learn the facts by asking real Muslims they trust, or their relatives
who perform their five daily prayers of namâz, or their fathers’
friends who know Islam. All over the world today ignorance is not
a valid excuse, neither for not knowing îmân and kufr nor for not
performing the acts of worship correctly. Any person who is
deceived because of not knowing Islam will not escape Hell. Today
Allâhu ta’âlâ has made His religion known all over the world, and
it has become very easy to learn îmân, halâls, harâms [1]
and the
fards. It is fard to learn these as well as necessary.]
In short, if a person who attends disbelievers’ festivals has a
mote of îmân, [that is, if he has believed the meaning of the
kalima-i-tawhîd concisely, and if he has not done or said
anything that would remove his îmân,] he will not remain in Hell
eternally, though he will enter Hell for torment. As for those
Believers who have grave sins; Allâhu ta’âlâ will forgive those
sins if He wills. Or He will torment them in Hell until they are
purified of their sins, if He wills. According to the understanding
of this faqîr ‘qaddasallâhu ta’âlâ sirrahul’azîz’, Hell fire, whether
endless or temporary, is for disbelief and for the symptoms and
contagions of disbelief. The grave sins committed by those
Believers who shun disbelief will be forgiven either through
Allâhu ta’âlâ’s Compassion for the sake of their îmân or by their
[1] Please see the first five chapters of the sixth fascicle of Endless Bliss.
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