Why Did They Become Muslims

of these acts is to begin from the right-hand side and to use the
right hand when you are to do something useful, such as building
a house, eating, drinking, sitting down, standing up, [going to bed,]
putting on your clothes, using tools, etc. It is not dalâlat (deviation
from Islam) not to observe this kind of sunnat or to observe acts of
custom established in the course of time after the establishment of
Islam and which are termed bid’at in convention, e.g. using new
gadgets such as sieves, spoons, etc. Acts of this sort are not sinful.”
Hence, it is permissible to eat meals at a table, to use forks and
spoons, to sleep on comfortable beds, to use radios, television sets,
tape recorders at conferences, in schools, during classes of ethics
and science, to use all sorts of transportation, and to utilize
technical facilities such as spectacles and calculators. These things
are within the area of bid’at in convention. Something that was
established afterwards is called bid’at. It is harâm (forbidden) to
use things and inventions that are within the area of bid’at in
convention in committing acts that are harâm. There is detailed
information in the (Turkish) books Se’âdet-i Ebediyye (Endless
Bliss) and Islâm Ahlâk› (Ethics of Islam) about using radios, loudspeakers
and tape recorders during prayers of namâz, azân
(adhân), preaches and khutbas. It is a grave sin to invent bid’ats or
to make even the slightest alteration in the acts of worship. Jihâd,
Holy War, is an act of worship. And it is not an act of bid’at to use
all sorts of technical implementations in a war. On the contrary, it
brings about many blessings. For it is a commandment of Islam to
use all sorts of scientific media in a war. It is necessary to invent
facilities that will be helpful in performing acts of worship. Yet it is
an act of bid’at to invent facilities that will encourage forbidden
acts or to invent any changes in worships. For instance, it is
necessary to climb the minaret to call the azân (adhân, the call to
prayer). Yet it is an act of bid’at to call the azân through a loudspeaker.
For it is not a commandment (of Islam) to call it through
an implementation. The commandment dictates that human voice
should be used in calling it. Moreover, Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu
ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam’ prohibited to announce the prayer times or
to perform other acts of worship by ringing bells, sounding horns,
or playing musical instruments.]
40– Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ would not grow
his beard longer than one handful. He would have it shortened
when it exceeded that limit. [It is sunnat to keep your beard one
handful long. And it is wâjib to do so in places where it is
customary for men to have a beard. It is sunnat to shorten it when
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