Ethics of Islam by Huseyin Hilmi Isik - HTML preview

FOOTNOTES (11-19)

[11] Zunnâr is a rope girdle worn by Christian priests.

[12] Please see the twelfth chapter of the fifth fascicle of Endless Bliss for ‘nikâh’.

[13] When a Muslim sneezes, it is an act of sunnat for him to say. “Al-hamd-u-lillah”. And it is an act of farz for (any one of) those who hear him to say, “Yarhamukallah.”

[14] This postponement should not exceed the period of time assigned for those acts of worship.

[15] An act of worship which is wâjib is one which is strongly necessary, although it is not clearly commanded in the Qur’ân al-kerîm.

[16] This collection of the easiest aspects of the four Madhhabs is called telfîq. Lexical meaning of telfîq is ‘eclecticism’.

[17] Zakât means obligatory almsgiving. For detailed information, please see the first chapter of the fifth fascicle of Endless Bliss.

[18] To make tawba means to repent for your sin(s), to be resolved not to sin again, and to beg Allâhu ta’âlâ for forgiveness. Although there is not a prescribed manner of tawba, Islamic scholars recommend a certain prayer which, they say, will serve both as an invocation for forgiveness and as a protection against worldly disasters and misfortunes. The prayer is: “Estaghfirullah al-’azîm al-lazî lâ ilâha il-lâ huwa-l-hayya-l-qayyûm wa atûbu ilayh.”

[19] Allâhu ta’âlâ suspends His law of causation when He wills to reinforce His belovedprophets and Awliyâ with extraordinary events and wonders, or miracles. When a miracle happens through a prophet, we call it a mu’jiza (pl. mu’jizât); when it happens through a beloved slave of Allâhu ta’âlâ, who is called a Walî (pl. Awliyâ), it is termed karâmat (pl. karâmât).