[20] For a detailed definiton and explanation of this term, please see Endless Bliss, fascicle four, chapter eight.
[21] Marriage contract as prescribed by Islam.
[22] Please see the book entitled Sahâba ‘The Blessed’, available from Hakîkat Kitâbevi, Fatih-Istanbul, Turkey.
[23] Our Prophet ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sal-lam’ stated that Muslims would part into seventy-three groups in credal matters, and that only one of those groups, i.e. the group called Ahl as-sunnat, or Firqa-i-nâjiyya, would be following the right path. All the remaining seventy-two groups appeared, and most of them disappeared again, in the course of time. There are two different sub-branches, termed Madhhabs in credal matters, i.e. the Madhhab of Esh’ariyya and the Madhhab of Mâturîdiyya; and four other practical sub-branches, termed Madhhabs in practical matters, i.e. the Madhhabs of Hanafî, Shâfi’î, Mâlikî, and Hanbalî, all of them within the group of salvation (Firqa-i-nâjiyya), commended in the aforesaid utterance (hadîth-i-sherîf) of the Best of Mankind ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sal-lam’. Please see our other publications for detailed information on this most vital matter. A suggested order of priority would be: Belief and Islam, The Sunnî Path, Endless Bliss (five fascicles), Documents of the Right Word, and the rest.