[76] Any behaviour which is not commanded by Allâhu ta’âlâ but which is done and recommended by our Prophet ‘alaihis-salâm’.
[77] See Endless Bliss, fifth fascicle, fifteenth chapter.
[78] See the seventy-third miracle.
[79] The prescribed call to prayer.
[80] In this prayer a Muslim invokes a blessing on the Prophet, and on the Prophet’s household, including all his descendants that will come to life till the end of the world. The prayer is: “Allâhumma salli ’alâ Sayyidinâ Muhammadin wa ’alâ âli Sayyidinâ Muhammad.” It is a recommended behaviour to say this prayer whenever you say, write, hear or read the Prophet’s blessed name.
[81] Ijtihâd means to infer meanings from the figurative âyat-i-kerîmas in the Qur’ân al-kerîm. A scholar who is learned enough to perform ijtihâd is called a mujtahid. Performing ijtihâd requires first learning the basic essentials of Islam, the Qur’ân al-kerîm, all the hadîth-i-sherîfs with all the particulars and details entailed, such as the time of revelation of each âyat-i kerîma, where and upon what event it was revealed, the âyat-i-kerîmas that invalidated others, which ones invalidated which ones, and so forth, learning all the scientific branches of the time, which in turn requires years of lucubration and self-sacrifice. This book would be too short even to explain all the requirements. Our aim here is to help our readers to develop an idea as to the stupendous size of the job of ijtihâd. Those scholars who devoted all their worldly lives to this unutterably painstaking job of ijtihâd did us so great a favour by doing so that any degree of gratitude on our part would fall short of paying them their dues. May Allâhu ta’âlâ reward them copiously in the Hereafter! Please read The Sunni Path and the five fascicles of Endless Bliss for more detailed information.
[82] Mustahab means behaviour, an act, an utterance, an intention, or a thought, for which Allâhu ta’âlâ will give blessings in the Hereafter. Blessings deserved for pious acts are called thawâb in Islamic literature.
[83] A hadîth-i-qudsî is a Word of Allah which He inspired into His blessed Prophet ‘sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam’.
[84] To say the Basmala means to say the word ‘Bism-Illâh-ir-Rahmân-ir-Rahîm’, which means, “In the name of Allah, who is Merciful and Compassionate.”
[85] An act, behaviour, a word that the Messenger of Allah avoided although it was not prohibited directly in the Qur’ân al-kerîm is called makrûh. The Messenger not only avoided such behaviour, but also recommended that Muslims should avoid it.