Ethics of Islam by Huseyin Hilmi Isik - HTML preview

FOOTNOTES (31-39)

[31] Any behaviour, thought or belief commanded overtly in the Qur’ân al-kerîm is called farz (or fard, pl. farâid or farâiz). When this commandment is incumbent on every individual Muslim, it is termed farz-i-’ayn. Otherwise, i.e. if all Muslims are absolved from a certain Islamic commandment when only one Muslim performs it, it is termed farz-i-kifâya. For Islamic terms such as farz, wâjib, and sunnat, please see our other publications such as Endless Bliss, The Sunnî Path, etc.

[32] ’Âdil means a Sunnî Muslim who avoids grave sins and who does not habitually commit venial sins.

[33] Please see the sixth chapter of the third fascicle of Endless Bliss for detailed information on these three worlds, and also the thirty-sixth chapter of the first fascicle for ’âlam-i-mithâl.

[34] Behaviour disliked by the Prophet ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sal-lam’.

[35] Please see the fifth and sixth chapters of Endless Bliss for Books of Tafsîr and kinds of hadîth-i-sherîf.

[36] The recommended prayer of invocation is: “Astaghfirullah al’azîm al-lazî lâ ilâha illâ anta Huwa-l Hayy-al Qayyûm wa atûbu ilayh.”

[37] Please see the twelfth chapter of the fifth fascicle of Endless Bliss for marriage in Islam.

[38] Final part of the âyat-i-kerîma reads: “... But Allâhu ta’âlâ wronged them not: nay, they wronged their own nafs.” (16-33)

[39] Prayers of salât which our blessed Prophet ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sal-lam’ performed in addition to each of the obligatory (farz) five daily prayers, are termed ‘sunnat’. Islamic scholars categorize the sunnats in two groups: ‘sunnat muakkad’, which means, ‘sunnat which is emphatic and close to being farz (obligatory); and ‘sunnat ghyr-i-muakkad’ which means ‘sunnat which is not emphatic’.