Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Second Fascicle

They have been doing as they understand from the religion, from
Islam.” It is doubtless that it is not a sin to make a mistake in
ijtihâd, and it is not something to be blamed. Considering that the
Sahâba were educated in the company and by the teachings of our
Prophet ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ we should have a good
opinion of all of them, and we should respect them all. Since we
love our Prophet ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ we should love
them all. For, he ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ stated: “He who
loves them does so because he loves me; and he who is their
enemy is so because he is my enemy,” which means, “Loving my
Sahâba is loving me, and hostility against them is hostility against
me.” Those Sahabîs who fought against Hadrat Alî ‘radiy-Allâhu
’anh’ are not our relatives or acquaintances. On the contrary,
those combats between them cause us sorrow and hurt us. Yet,
because they are the Sahâba of our Prophet ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa
sallam’, we have been commanded to love them. We have been
prohibited from offending any of them, from bearing hostility
against them. Then, we have to love all of them. We love them
because we love our Prophet ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’. We
avoid treating them inimically and tormenting them, for, hostility
against them or hurting them would end up with our Prophet
‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’. Only, we can say who was right and
who was wrong. Namely, hadrat Emîr (Alî) ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’
was right. Those who were against him were wrong. It would be
wrong to say more than that. Please read the letter for
Muhammad Ashraf! [251st letter.]
ACTS of WORSHIP — After correcting our îmân, our beliefs,
it is certainly necessary to learn the rules of Fiqh, that is, the acts
which our religion commands and prohibits. We have to learn the
fards, the wâjibs, the halâls, the harâms, the sunnats, the makrûhs,
and the doubtful things, and act in accord with this knowledge of
ours. It is obligatory for every Muslim to read and learn books of
Fiqh. [One cannot be a Muslim without knowing these things.] We
have to do the commandments of Allâhu ta’âlâ, and live as He
likes us to. What He likes best for us to do is to perform namâz
five times daily, which He commands time and again. Namâz is the
archstone of Islam. I will inform you about a few facts on the
importance of namâz, and on how it must be performed. Listen
with rapt attention. First, we should perform abdast (ablution)
compatibly with the sunnat, [precisely as it is prescribed in books
of Fiqh.] While performing an ablution, we should be extra careful
to wash the prescribed parts three times, and wash them
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