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FOOTNOTES (46-60)

[46] Preface to al-Mîzân al-kubrâ in the Arabic work ’Ulamâ’ al-Muslimîn wa Wahhâbiyyûn, p. 62, Istanbul, 1973.

[47] There is detailed information about ijmâ’ and qiyâs in al-Husâmî’s book al-Muntahâb fî usûl al-madhhab, which was edited the second time together with its commentary-index titled Hâmî in Pakistan. Muhammad ibn Muhammad Husâm ad-dîn al-Husâmî passed away in Farghana in 644/1246. See also the end of the thirty-third article.

[48] Photographic second edition of the Arabic original by Hakîkat Kitâbevi, Istanbul, 1974.

[49] Doing something suitably with a less-known rule of Islam when it cannot be done suitably with a well-known rule. See Al-basâ’îr li munkiri ’t-tawassuli bi ahli ’l-maqâbirand the sixth part of Fatâwa al-Hindiyya for more detail.

[50] ’Abd al-Ghânî an-Nabulusî, Al-hadîqat an-nadiyya, part I, chapter III.

[51] As it is understood here, Rasûlullah’s (’alaihi ’s-salâm) path is the path of Salaf as-Sâlihîn, who were the group of those Muslims of the first two centuries of Islam which comprised as-Sahâbat al-kirâm and the distinguished ones among the Tâbi’ûn and Taba’ at-Tâbi’ûn. The four a’immat al-madhhâhib were among these distinguished ones. Then, Rasûlullah’s (’alaihi ’s-salâm) path is the path explained in the fiqh books of the four madhhabs. Therefore, as declared unanimously by the ’ulamâ’ of Ahl as-sunna, a person who turns away from the fiqh books of the four madhhabs will have deviated from Rasûlullah’s (’alaihi ’s-salâm) path. This unanimity is reported clearly in the annotation of the part “Zabâyih” of Durr al-mukhtâr by at-Tahtâwî.

[52] These hadîths foretold about those men with religious posts who make reforms or alterations in the religion, for example, who use a radio or loudspeaker in the adhân or salât or who make known the time of salât with lights on minarets.

[53] He was the son of a Christian named Fîrûz. He was emancipated by imâm ’Alî Ridâ and became the master of Sırrî as-Saqatî, who became the master of al-Junaid al-Baghdâdî. He passed away in Baghdâd in 200 / 815.

[54] His master was Hamdûn al-Qassâr, who passed in Nishapur in 271/884.

[55] Duty to teach others what Allâhu ta’âlâ’s commands are and to prevent, to disapprove somebody’s committing His prohibitions.

[56] Muhammad Ma’thûm al-Fârûqî as-Sirhindî, Maktûbât, vol. II, 110th letter.

[57] It is written in Bahr and Hindiyya that they are polytheists.

[58] A karâma that causes one to commit a harâm is called “makr” or “istidrâj.”

[59] See glossary.

[60] Knowledge that is acquired not for the purpose of practising it with ikhlâs, will not be beneficial. Please see the 366 th and 367 th pages of the first volume of Hadîqa, and also the 36th and the 40 th and the 59 th letters in the first volume of Maktûbât. (The English versions of these letters exist in the 16 th and the 25 th and the 28 th chapters, respectively, of the second fascicle of Endless Bliss).