Seâdet-i Ebediyye Endless Bliss First Fascicle

9 – The valuable and right teachings derived from the Quran al-
Karim and hadith sharifs is only what the [Ahl as-Sunna] scholars
understood and explained. The Ahl as-Sunna scholars learned
their knowledge from the Sahabat al-Kiram (companions of
Prophet Muhammad ‘alaihi-salam), and they in turn had learned it
from Prophet Muhammad (alaihi-salam). Every renegade, every
deviant, every man of bid’at, and every ignorant person supposes
and claims that the way he follows is compatible with the Quran al-
Karim and hadith sharifs. For this reason, not every meaning
derived from the Quran al-Karim and hadiths should be accepted
and esteemed.
10 – It is impossible to escape torment in the Hereafter for
those who deviate as much as a hair’s breadth from the creed and
iman communicated by the Ahl as-Sunna scholars, the great and
pious people. It is understood by the human mind, the Quran al-
Karim, all hadith sharifs and the great religious men’s perceptions
through the eye of their hearts. There is no possibility of this being
wrong. Words and books of those who deviate as much as a hair’s
breadth from what these great people communicated in their
books are poisons. Zindiqs who use the religion as a means in
order to earn worldly possessions and who, after introducing
themselves as men of religion, write whatever occurs to their
minds, are thieves of faith. They steal the beliefs of those who read
their books and magazines. Those who believe them think of
themselves as Muslims and perform salat. However, because their
iman has been stolen and lost, none of their prayers, worships or
good deeds are accepted, nor will they be of any value in the next
world.
Concerning those who sell their religion for the world, Allahu
Taala revealed the sixteenth ayat of Baqara Sura: “Those that are
ignorant and idiots gave away their religion in order to get the
pleasures and enjoyments of the world. Selling out their next
world, they received the world and what their lusts desired.
Abandoning the way to salvation, they ran after perdition. They
earned nothing in this act of buying and selling of theirs. They
didn’t know the way of trading or earning. They lost a great deal.”
11 – Attaining happiness in both worlds depends only, and
only, upon following Prophet Muhammad (alaihi-salam), who is
the master of this world and the next. To follow him, it is necessary
to have iman and to learn and to observe the rules of Islam. The
symptom of true iman’s existence in the heart is to bear hostility
against disbelievers and to annihilate the things that are peculiar to
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