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This work, Belief and Islam, originally was written in Persian under the title I’tiqâd-nâma by Hadrât Mawlânâ Khâlid al-Baghdâdî, a profound ‘âlim of Islam and a specialist in ma’ârif of tasawwuf. Hâji Faydullah Effendi of Kemah, a khalîfa of great walî Mavlânâ Mahmûd Sâhib, the brother of the author, translated the book into Turkish and named it Farâid-ul-fawâid which was printed in Istanbul in 1312 A.H.[1894]. Our bookstore had it translated again from the Persian original into Turkish and, some explanations and three chapters, published it with the title Imân ve Islâm in 1966. German, French and Arabic versions are also published by our bookstore. This book, explains five fundamentals of Islam, six fundamentals of îmân and the contemporary information about the matter and refutes those who are against Islam and those who are lâ-madbhabî.
The great walî, the treasure of Allâhu ta’lâlâ’s blessings, superior man in every respect, the master of unattainable knowledge, the light of right, truth and religion
MAWLÂNÂ DIYÂ’ AD-DÎN
KHÂLID AL-BAGHDÂDÎ
Hüseyn Hilmi Işık
Din bilgilerinde derin âlim ve tasavvuf marifetlerinde kâmil ve mükemmil olan kerametler, harikalar sahibi Seyyid Abdülhakim Arvasi hazretlerinin yetiştirdiği yetkili bir âlimdir. Kitapları bütün ülkelerde okunmaktadır. Tam İlmihal Seadet-i Ebediyye başta olmak üzere, 14 Türkçe, 60 Arapça ve 25 Farsça ve bunlardan tercüme edilen, Fransızca, İngilizce, Almanca, Rusça ve diğer dillerdeki yüzlerce kitabın yazarıdır. 8 Mart 1911’de, Eyüp Sultan’da doğdu, 26 Ekim 2001’de vefat etti. Çok sayıda insanın katıldığı cenaze namazından sonra Eyüp Sultan’daki aile kabristanına defnedildi.Von Mises’den yüksek matematik, Prager’den mekanik, Dember’den fizik, Goss’dan teknik kimya okudu. Kimya profesörü Arndt’ın yanında çalıştı, takdirlerini kazandı. Arndt’ın yanında altı ay travay yaptı ve İstanbul Üniversitesi’nde çalışarak, Phenyl-cyan-nitromethan cisminin sentezini yaptı ve formülünü tespit etti. 1936 senesi sonunda 1/1 sayılı Kimya Yüksek Mühendisliği diplomasını aldı. Albaylığa kadar Türk ordusunda zehirli gazlar mütehassıslığı ve kimya öğretmenliği yapmıştır.Siyasete hiç karışmadı, hiçbir partiye bağlanmadı. Bölücülüğe ve kanunlara karşı gelmeye karşı idi. Bunu eserlerinde açıkça bildirmiştir. Dünyanın her yerine gönderdiği çeşitli dillerdeki kitaplarında, İslam dininin doğru olarak anlaşılması, İslam ahkâmının ve ahlakının yayılması için çalıştı. Bunun için, dini dünya çıkarlarına alet edenlerin ve mezhepsizlerin iftira oklarına hedef oldu. (Eczacı, kimyager, dinden ne anlar? O mesleğinde çalışsın, bizim işimize karışmasın) diyenler oldu. Evet, bu zat, eczacı ve kimya yüksek mühendisi olarak milletine 30 yıldan fazla hizmet etti. Fakat din tahsili de yaparak ve geceli gündüzlü çalışarak, büyük İslam âliminden icazet almakla da şereflendi. Hiçbir zaman kendi görüşünü, kendi fikrini yazmayıp, daima Ehl-i sünnet âlimlerinin, anlayabilenleri hayran eden kıymetli yazılarını Arapça ve Farsça’dan tercüme ederek kitaplarında yayınlamıştır.Hüseyin Hilmi Işık Efendi, Ehl-i sünnet âlimlerinin kitaplarını okuyup anlayabilecek salih kimselerin azaldığını ve cahil kimselerin din adamları arasına karışarak, bozuk kitaplar yazıldığını görerek üzülmüş, (Fitne yayıldığı zaman, hakikati bilen, başkalarına bildirsin! Bildirmezse, Allah’ın ve bütün insanların laneti ona olsun) hadis-i şerifinde bildirilen tehditten dehşet duymuştur. İnsanlara olan şefkat ve merhameti de, O’nu hizmete zorlayarak, Ehl-i sünnet âlimlerinin kitaplarından seçtiği yazıları tercüme etmiş ve herkesin anlayabileceği şekilde açıklamaya çalışmıştır. Aldığı sayısız tebrik ve takdir yazılarının yanı sıra, tek tük cahilin serzeniş ve iftiralarına da hedef olmuştur. Rabbine ve vicdanına karşı ihlâsında ve sadakatinde bir şüphesi olmadığı için, Allahü teâlâya tevekkül ve Resulünün ve salih kullarının mübarek ruhlarına tevessül ederek, hizmete devam etmiştir. Bütün bu hizmetlerin, İslâm âlimlerine olan aşırı sevgi ve saygısının bereketi ile olduğunu söylerdi. Her sohbetinde İslâm âlimlerinin kitaplarından okur, İmam-ı Rabbani ve Abdülhakim Arvasi hazretlerinin sözlerini aktarırken gözleri yaşarır ve (Kelâm-ı kibâr, kibâr-ı kelâmest), yani büyüklerin sözü, sözlerin büyüğüdür buyururdu.Hüseyin Hilmi Efendi, maddî ve manevî, dünyevî, uhrevî ve bilhassa fen, tıp ve eczacılık ilimlerinde zamanın ileri gelenlerinden idi. Her sözü ilme, fenne ve tecrübeye dayanan ve bu bilgilerini, tecrübelerini dinin temel miyarlarıyla karşılaştırıp tartarak söylediğinden, hikmet konuşan yani her sözünde dünyevi veya uhrevî faydalar bulunan, belki eşi bir daha zor bulunabilecek, âlim bir zat idi.En kıymetli kitaplardan tercüme ve derlemelerle, telif eserler vücuda getirdi. Akaid hususunda, bilhassa Ehl-i sünnet vel-cemaat inancını sade bir dille açıklayıp, bu inancın yayılmasında, öncülük etti. Hanefi, Maliki, Şafii ve Hanbeli mezheplerinden birinde bulunmanın Ehl-i sünnetin alameti olduğunu, herkesin kendi mezhebine göre amel etmesinin şart olduğunu, zaruret ve ihtiyaç halindeyse, hak olan dört mezhepten birinin taklit edilebileceğini, Ehl-i sünnet kitaplarından alarak açıkladı. Seadet-i Ebediyye ve diğer kitaplarında, binlerce mesele yazdı. Unutulmuş ilimleri ihya etti. (Ümmetim bozulduğu zaman bir sünnetimi ihya edene yüz şehid sevâbı verilir) hadis-i şerifini hep göz önünde tutarak, farzları, vacibleri, sünnetleri, hatta müstehabları uzun uzun yazdı.Dünyanın her tarafındaki insanlara İslamiyet’i doğru olarak tanıttı. Ehl-i sünnet âlimlerince tasvip edilen ve övülen, yüzlerce Arabî ve Fârisî eseri, Hakîkat Kitabevi vasıtasıyla yedi iklim, dört bucağa yaydı. Vehhabi, Hurufi, Kadiyani gibi bozuk fırkaların doğru yoldan ayrıldıkları noktaları, bütün dünyaya vesikalarla tanıttı. Ehl-i sünnet itikadı canlanmaya, kıpırdamaya ve yeşermeye başladı. Bu bakımdan yaptıkları işi, dini tecdid ile isimlendiren zatlar oldu. Tecdid, dini yenileyip kuvvetlendirmek demektir.Başarılarının sebeplerini soranlara, "(Helekel müsevvifun) yani (Sonra yaparım diyenler helak oldu), hadis-i şerifine uyarak bugünün işini yarına bırakmadım ve kendi işimi kendim gördüm, yapamadığım işi bir başkasına havale ettiğim zaman neticesini takip ettim" cevabını verirdi. (Bu zamanda İslamiyet'e hizmeti başarıyla yapabilmek için muhatabın anlayacağı gibi konuşmalı ve herkese tatlı dilli güler yüzlü olmalıdır) buyururdu. Gerçek bir tevazuya sahipti. Kendisini asla başkalarından üstün görmezdi. Kendisinden büyüklerin yanında konuşmaz, kimseyle münakaşa etmez, edebi gözetir, ekseriya iki dizi üzerine otururdu. Bursa’da, eski müderrislerden Ali Haydar Efendiyi ziyaretinde, saatlerce iki dizi üzerinde oturunca, Ali Haydar Efendi talebelerine, (Hilmi Beyden edeb öğrenin, edeb!) demişti. Hüseyin Hilmi Işık Efendi, ailesinden Osmanlı terbiyesi, Abdülhakim Arvasi hazretlerinden de tasavvuf edebi almıştı..."En büyük keramet istikamet üzere olmaktır" buyururdu. Namazı ve diğer ibadetleri birinci vazife olarak görür, altını çize çize "Namaza mani olan işte hayır yoktur", derdi.Hüseyin Hilmi Işık "rahmetullahi aleyh" dine zararı olmayan şeylere üzülmezdi. Çocukların yaramazlıklarını tabii görürdü. Ama onlara dinlerini öğretmekte gevşek davranılmasını hoş görmezdi. Şahsî malı, serveti yoktu. Çok çalışkandı. Nesi varsa, kitaplara ve kitapların dünyaya yayılmasına harcadı.Hakikî bir tevazuya sahip idi. Kendisini asla başkalarından üstün görmez, sevenlerine "Benim günahım hepinizden çoktur, çünkü ben hepinizden daha yaşlıyım" derdi. Evine gelen misafirlere lâyıkıyla hizmet ederdi. Evinin alış verişini bizzat yapar, odununu ve kömürünü kendi alır, fatura ve vergilerini kendisi yatırırdı.Hüseyin Hilmi Işık, çok nazik ve kibardı. Mamak Maske fabrikasında vazife yaparken, orada Cemal adında bir genç çalışıyordu. Babası Diyanette heyet-i müşavere azası Konyalı Eyüb Necati Perhiz idi. Genç evde de efendimli konuşmaya ve ibadetlerini yapmaya başlayınca babası bu değişikliğin sebebini sordu. Bizim bir kumandanımız var, çok kibar birisidir. Efendimsiz konuşmaya alışırım da onun yanında da öyle konuşurum diye korkuyorum dedi. Babası şaşırdı. Oğlu ile, Hüseyin Hilmi Efendiye, kendisini ziyaret edip teşekkür etmek üzere haber gönderdi. Hilmi Efendi "babanız yaşlıdır. Buraya gelmesi de uygun olmaz, biz ona gidelim" dedi; ve ziyaret etti.Seâdet-i Ebediyye kitabını ilk çıkardığı sıralar, subaylara, senede bir kaç defa çift maaş verirlerdi. Çift maaşın tekini biriktirip, bu kitabı çıkarmak için harcardı.Hüseyin Hilmi Işık'ın "rahmetullahi aleyh", sabır ve tahammülleri çok idi. İnsanlardan, bir eziyet, sıkıntı gelse katlanır, mukabele etmezdi. Yerine göre pamuktan yumuşak, ama küfre, bid'atlere ve günâha karşı da çelik gibi sert idi. Dinimizin öngördüğü derecede cesûr idi. Kitaplarında doğruyu yazmaktan kaçınmaz, "Korkulacak yalnız Allahü teâlâdır" der, ama fitne çıkmamasına da çok dikkat ederdi. Devletin kanunlarına uymada çok titiz davranırdı. Müslüman dine uyar, günah işlemez; kanunlara uyar, suç işlemez derdi. Sık sık "Vatan sevgisi imandandır" hadis-i şerîfini okurdu.Hüseyin Hilmi Işık "rahmetullahi aleyh", maddî ve mânevî, dünyevî ve uhrevî ve bilhassa fen, tıb ve eczacılık ilimlerinde zamanın ileri gelenlerinden olduğu için, gerçek bir âlim idi. Her sözü ilme, fenne ve tecrübeye dayanan ve bu bilgilerini ve tecrübelerini dinin temel ve asıl miyarları ile karşılaştırıp, tartarak, söylediğinden, hikmet konuşan, yâni her sözünde dünyevi veya uhrevî faydalar bulunan, belki eşi bir daha çok zor bulunabilecek olan bir zât idi.IN ENGLISH LANGUAGEHüseyn Hilmi Işık, 'Rahmat-allahi alaih’, publisher of the Waqf Ikhlas Publications, was born in Eyyub Sultan, Istanbul in 1329 (A.D. 1911).Of the one hundred and forty-four books he published, sixty are Arabic, twenty-five Persian, fourteen Turkish, and the remaining translated books consist of French, German, English, Russian and other languages.Hüseyn Hilmi Işık, 'Rahmat-allahi alaih' (guided by Sayyid Abdulhakim Arvasi, ‘Rahmat-allahi alaih’, a profound scholar of the religion and was perfect in virtues of tasawwuf and capable to direct disciples in a fully mature manner; possessor of glories and wisdom), was a competent, great Islamic scholar able to pave the way for attaining happiness, passed away during the night between October 25, 2001 (8 Shaban 1422) and October 26, 2001 (9 Shaban 1422). He was buried at Eyyub Sultan, where he was born.
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Belief and Islam - Hüseyn Hilmi Işık
Belief and Islam
Written by Hüseyn Hilmi Işık
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CONTENTS
Belief And Islam
Foreword
Introduction
Îmân And Islam
The Fundamentals Of Islam
The Fundamentals Of Îmân
Two Letters By Sheref Ad-Dîn Munîrî (Rahimah-Allâhu Ta’âlâ)
Allah Exists And Is One. All Creatures Were Nonexıstent And They Will Become Nonexistent
Salafiyya
Glossary
FOOTNOTES (1-9)
FOOTNOTES (10-15)
FOOTNOTES (16-20)
FOOTNOTES (21-25)
FOOTNOTES (26-35)
FOOTNOTES (36-42)
FOOTNOTES (43-52)
FOOTNOTES (53-58)
FOOTNOTES (59-62)
FOOTNOTES (63-65)
FOOTNOTES (66-67)
FOOTNOTES (68-77)
Bismi'llâhi'r-Rahmâni'r-Rahîm
There are very many books teaching Islam. The book Maktûbât, written by Imâm Rabbânî and consisting of three volumes, is the most valuable. Next after that book is another book with the same title, Maktûbât, and consisting of three volumes, yet written by Muhammad Ma’thûm (Imâm Rabbânî’s third son and one of his most notable disciples). Hadrat Muhammad Ma’thûm states as follows in the sixteenth letter of the third volume of his Maktûbât: Imân means to believe both of the facts stated in the (special expression of belief called) Kalima-i-tawhîd, which reads: Lâ ilâha il-l-Allah, Muhammadun Rasûlullah.
In other words, being a Muslim requires also belief in the fact that Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’ is the Prophet. Allâhu ta’âlâ sent him the Qur’ân al-kerîm through the angel named Jebrâ’îl (Gabriel). This book, the Qur’ân al-kerîm, is the Word of Allah. It is not a compilation of Hadrat Muhammad’s ‘alaihis-salâm’ personal views or of statements made by philosophers or historians. Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’ made a tafsîr of the Qur’ân al-kerîm. In other words, he expounded it. His expoundings are called hadîth-i-sherîfs. Islam consists of the Qur’ân al-kerîm and hadîth-i-sherîfs. The millions of Islamic books worldover are the expoundings of the Qur’ân al-kerîm and hadîth-i-sherîfs. A statement not coming from the Qur’ân al-kerîm cannot be Islamic. The meaning of Îmân and Islam is to believe the Qur’ân al-kerîm and hadîth-i-sherîfs. A person who denies the facts stated in the Qur’ân al-kerîm has not had belief in the Word of Allah. Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’ conveyed to his Sahâba the facts which Allâhu ta’âlâ had stated to him. And the Sahâba, in their turn, conveyed those facts to their disciples, who in their turn wrote them in their books. People who wrote those books are called scholars of Ahl as-Sunnat. Belief in those books of Ahl as-Sunnat, therefore, means belief in the Word of Allah, and a person who holds that belief is a Muslim. Al-hamd-u-lillah, we are learning our faith, (Islam,) from books written by the scholars of Ahl as-Sunnat, and not from fallacious books fabricated by reformers and freemasons.
Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ stated: "When fitna and fesâd become rife among my Ummat (Muslims), a person who adheres to my Sunnat will attain thawâb(blessings, rewards in the Hereafter) equal to the total sum of the thawâb that will be given to a hundred people who have attained martyrdom." Adherence to the Sunnat is possible only by learning the books of the scholars of Ahl as-Sunnat. The scholars affiliated in any one of the four Madhhabs of Muslims are scholars of Ahl as-Sunnat. Imâm a’zam Abû Hanîfa Nu’mân bin Thâbit was the leader of the scholars of Ahl as-Sunnat. The anti-Islamic campaigns which the British had been carrying on for centuries for the purpose of Christianizing at least one Muslim ended in outright failure. In their search for new methods to achieve their goal, they established the masonic lodges. Masons deny Hadrat Muhammad’s ‘alaihis-salâm’ words as well as all heavenly religions, and such basic religious facts as Rising after death, and existence of Paradise and Hell.
BELIEF AND ISLAM
THE ANNOTATED TRANSLATION OF
I’TIQÂD-NÂMA
by
The great walî, the treasure of Allâhu ta’lâlâ’s blessings,
superior man in every respect, the master of unattainable
knowledge, the light of right, truth and religion
MAWLÂNÂ DIYÂ’ AD-DÎN
KHÂLID AL-BAGHDÂDÎ
Note
The author of the book I’tiqâd-nâma, Mawlânâ Diyâ’ ad-dîn Khâlid al-Baghdâdî al-’Uthmânî (b. 1192, A.H./1778 in Shahrazûr in the north of Baghdad, d. 1242/1826 in Damascus, quddisa sirruh), was called al-’Uthmânî because he was a descendant of ’Uthmân Dhu’n-nûrain, the third caliph (radî-Allâhu ta’âlâ’ anh). While he was teaching his brother Hadrat Mawlânâ Mahmûd Sâhib the famous Hadîth al-Jibrîl, the second hadîth ash-sherîf in Al-ahâdîth al-arba’ûn by the great ’âlim an-Nawawî, Hadrat Sâhib requested his elder brother to write a commentary to that hadîth. Mawlânâ Khâlid, to please his brother’s lighted heart, accepted the request and explained the hadîth ash-sherîf in Persian in a book, giving it the title I’tiqâdnâma. Its Turkish translation, Herkese Lâzım Olan Îmân, was translated into English (the present version Belief and Islam), French (Foi et Islam) and German (Glaube und Islam) in 1969, and later, into several other languages, such as Tamil, Yoruba, Hawsa, Malayalam and Danish. May Allâhu ta’âlâ bless the innocent youth with reading this book and learning the correct i’tiqâd (faith) conveyed by the ’ulamâ’ of Ahl as-Sunna!
Foreword
Allâhu ta’âlâ has mercy upon all people on the earth. He creates useful things and sends them to everybody. He shows the way to Endless Bliss. He guides to the right path whomever He wishes among those who left the true way and followed the way to kufr (infidelity) and heresy as a result of being deceived by their own nafs (human desires), bad friends, harmful books, and the media. He saves them from eternal calamity. He does not bestow this blessing upon those who are cruel and exceed the limits. He lets them stay on the way of kufr, which they like and desire. In the next world, He will forgive whomever He wants of those guilty Believers who are to go to Hell, and He will admit them to Paradise. He alone creates every living creature, keeps every being in existence every moment and protects all against fear and horror. Trusting ourselves to the honourable name of Allâhu ta’âlâ, that is, expecting help from Him we begin to write this book.
May hand[¹] be to Allâhu ta’âlâ. Peace and blessings be upon His beloved Prophet Muhammad (’alaihi ’s-salâm). May all auspicious prayers be on his Ahl al-Bait and on each of his just and devoted Companions (as-Sahâbat al-kirâm).
Thousands of precious books have been written on the tenets of the Islamic faith and its commands and prohibitions, and many of them have been translated into foreign languages and distributed to every country. On the other hand, ill-willed and short-sighted people have continuously attacked the useful, bountiful and lightsome rules of Islam and have striven to blemish and change it and to deceive Muslims.
It is still seen with gratitude that in almost every country scholars of Islam are striving to disseminate and defend this path. Unsuitable speeches and articles, however, are still being witnessed, which are claimed to have been taken from – but out of misunderstanding of – the Qur’ân al-karîm and the hadîth ash-sherîf by a few people who have not read or understood the books by the ’ulamâ’ of Ahl as-Sunna. Yet these speeches and articles are ineffective against the firm îmân of Muslim brothers and have no influence, but indicate the ignorance of their agents.
A person who claims to be a Muslim and who has been seen performing salât in jamâ’a must be regarded as Muslim. If, later on, in his speech, writing or behaviour something is seen disagreeing with the knowledge of îmân as conveyed by the ’ulamâ’ of Ahl as-Sunna, he will be told that this is disbelief or heresy. He will be told to cease from it and repent. If, with his short mind and coarse reasoning, he answers that he will not, it will be understood that he is a heretic or disbeliever. Even if he continues performing salât, performs hajj and does all kinds of worship and good deeds, he will not escape this disaster unless he gives up the things or acts which causes kufr and unless he repents; he will not be a Muslim. By learning well the things that cause disbelief, each Muslim should protect himself from becoming a disbeliever and should know well the disbelievers and those liars who pretend to be Muslims and keep away from their harm.
Rasûlullah (sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam) said in a hadîth-i-sherîf that wrong, false meanings would be extracted from the Qur’ân al-kerîm and hadîth, and thus seventy-two heretical groups would appear. This hadîth sherîf is explained in the books Berîqa and Al-hadîqa, which derived it from the Sahîhain of al-Bukhârî and Muslim. We should not be taken in by the books and lectures of the men of these groups who come forward under such names as ‘great scholar of Islam’ or ‘professor of religion’, and we should be very alert not to fall into the traps of these thieves of faith and belief. Besides those insidious enemies, communists and freemasons, and also Christian missionaries and Jewish zionists try to decieve the Muslim youth through made-up and deceitful articles, motion pictures, theatre, and radio or television broadcasts. They spend millions for this purpose. The ’ulamâ’ of Islam (rahimahumullah) have given necessary responses to all of them and have shown Allâhu ta’âlâ’s religion and the way to happiness and salvation.
From among them, we have chosen the book I’tiqâd-nâma by Mawlânâ Diyâ’ ad-dîn Khâlid al-Baghdâdî al-’Uthmânî (quddisa sirruh), who was a distinguished scholar of Islam. I’tiqâd-nâma was formerly translated into Turkish by the late Hâji Faizullâh Effendi of Kemah, Erzincan, with the title Farâ’id al-fawâ’id and was printed in Egypt in 1312 A.H. This translation is simplified under the title Belief and Islam. Our own explanations are given in blocked brackets. We thank Allâhu ta’âlâ for vouchsafing the lot of publishing this book for the 16th time in English. The original of this book, I’tiqâd-nâma, is in Persian and exists in the Istanbul University Library (İbnül Emin Mahmud Kemal Dept. F. 2639).
It is written at the end of the subject about ‘disbeliever’s marriage’ in Durr al-mukhtâr, "If a Muslim girl with nikâh (marriage contract as prescribed by Islam)[²] does not know Islam when she reaches puberty, her nikâh becomes void [she becomes a renegade]. The attributes of Allâhu ta’âlâ must be told to her, and she must repeat them and say, ‘I believe these.’ In explaining this, Ibn ’Âbidîn (rahimah-ullâhu ta’âlâ) said,
If the girl is little, she belongs in her parents’ faith; she is a Muslim. When she reaches puberty, she does not belong to her parents’ faith any longer. When she reaches puberty, because of her unawareness of Islam, she becomes a renegade. Unless she learns and believes the six tenets of Islam and believes that it is necessary to live up to Islam, she will not continue to be a Muslim even if she utters the Kalimat at-tawhîd, that is, says, ‘Lâ ilâha illa’llah Muhammadun Rasûlullah.’ She has to believe the six tenets expressed in ’Âmantu bi-’llâhi ...,’ and she has to say, ‘I accept the commands and prohibitions of Allâhu ta’âlâ.’ " This explanation of Ibn ’Âbidîn shows that a disbeliever becomes Muslim as soon as he says the Kalimat at-tawhîd and believes its meaning. But, like any other Muslim, when he has the chance he has to memorize the following words and learn their meaning precisely: Âmantu bi’llâhi wa Malâ’ikatihi wa Kutubihi wa Rusûlihi wal-yawm-il-âkhiri wa bil-qadari khairihi wa sharrihi minallâhi ta’âlâ walbâ’thu ba’d-al-mawt haqqun ash-hadu an lâ ilâha illallâh wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan ’abduhu wa Rasûluhu.
Also, if a Muslim boy does not learn these six tenets and say that he believes them, he becomes a renegade when he reaches puberty. This work, Belief and Islam, contains detailed information on these six tenets. Every Muslim should read this book well and do his best to get his children and all his acquaintances to read it.
In the text, the meaning of âyat-i karimas are given as ma’âl, which means ‘meaning as reported by the scholars of tafsîr’; for, the meanings of âyat-i karimas were understood only by Rasûlullah (sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam), who, in his turn taught these meanings to his Sahâba. The scholars of tafsîr (science of interpretation of the Qur’ân al-kerîm) differentiated these hadîths from those made up by munâfiqs, mulhids and zindîqs, and, for those hadîth-i-sherifs they could not find, they themselves gave meanings to those âyats by following the (rules and principles of the) knowledge of tafsîr. What is understood by those people who are unlearned in the Islamic scientces, who speak Arabic but have no knowledge of tafsîr, is not called the tafsîr (interpretation) of the Qur’ân. That is why a hadîth sharîf says, ‘One who gives meanings to the Qur’ân al-kerîm according to his own understanding becomes a disbeliever.’ A glossary of Arabic and other non-English terms foreign to the English reader is appended.
May Allâhu ta’âlâ have us all keep to the right path shown by the scholars of Ahl as-Sunna! May he protect us from believing in the false, deceitful, insidious lies of the enemies of Islam and of the non-madhhabî people using the name ‘great scholar of Islam’!
Mîlâdî - Hijrî Shamsî - Hijrî Kamarî
2001 – 1380 - 1422
INTRODUCTION
[For a beatific and beautiful beginning, Mawlânâ Khâlid Baghdâdî (quddisa sirruh) commences his book by quoting the 17th letter of the third volume of the book Maktûbât by al-Imâm ar-Rabbânî Ahmad al-Fâruqî as-Shirhindî[³] (‘rahmatullâhi ’aleyh’.