Why Did They Become Muslims

other words, it is one of the basic sources of Islam. The four
different (ways, or paths of Islam called) Madh-habs, (which are,
namely, Hanafî, Shâfi’î, Mâlikî and Hanbalî,) are true and right.
These Madh-habs are (Allâhu ta’âlâ’s) compassion for Muslims.
56– The blessings that will be given to Rasûlullah are multiples
of the blessings that will be given to the other Prophets. When a
person does an act of worship or another pious act accepted by
Allâhu ta’âlâ, not only this person but also his religious teacher
will be rewarded for this pious act. The blessings that will be given
to the teacher’s teacher are four times the blessings to be given to
the teacher. While the third teacher in retrospect will be rewarded
eight times as much, the blessings to be given to the fourth one
backwards are sixteen times multiple. Likewise, each teacher next
in retrospect will be blessed twice as well as the one previous to
himself till the chain of teachers reaches back to the Messenger of
Allah. For instance, the twentieth teacher backwards will receive
five hundred and twenty-four thousand and two hundred and
eighty-eight times (524288) more blessings. Muhammad ‘alaihissalâm’
will be rewarded for each pious deed performed by each
and every one of his Ummat. In consideration of this calculation
by which Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’ will be rewarded for each
pious deed performed, no one but Allâhu ta’âlâ knows the amount
of reward that Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’ will enjoy. It has been
stated (by the Islamic scholars) that the Salaf-i-sâlihîn, (i.e. the
early Islamic scholars,) are superior to their successors. This
superiority is indisputably obvious in the light of the aforesaid
calculation.
57– It was forbidden (harâm) to call him by name, to talk loud
in his presence, to shout at him from a distance, or to walk ahead
of him. The ummats of other Prophets ‘alaihimussalawâtu
wattaslîmât’ used to call them by name.
branches of the time, which in turn requires years of lucubration and
self-sacrifice. This book would be too short even to explain all the
requirements. Our aim here is to help our readers to develop an idea
as to the stupendous size of the job of ijtihâd. Those scholars who
devoted all their worldly lives to this unutterably painstaking job of
ijtihâd did us so great a favour by doing so that any degree of gratitude
on our part would fall short of paying them their dues. May Allâhu
ta’âlâ reward them copiously in the Hereafter! Please read The Sunni
Path and the five fascicles of Endless Bliss for more detailed
information.
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