[1] This English version does not contain the biographies.
[2] Please see the third chapter of the fifth fascicle of Endless Bliss, for Sadaqa fitr, available from Hakîkat Kitâbevi, 34262 Fâtih, İstanbul, Türkiye.
[3] The ten people who were given the good news that they would go to Paradise.
[4] This commandment, retaliation, is termed ‘Qisâs’.
[5] The first Blessed Wife of the Messenger of Allah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’. She was very rich, deeply learned and wise. She gave all her property to the Messenger of Allah. She served him perfectly for twenty-four years.
[6] A heretic; a blasphemous person.
[7] There are four correct but different ways, called Madhhabs, in matters pertaining to acts of worship and behaviour in Islam. Please read our other publications for details.
[8] A chain of great Islamic scholars.
[9] Jalâladdîn Abdurrahmân bin Muhammad (849 [1445], Egypt-911 [1505 A.D.], Egypt), one of the greatest mujtahids of Hadîth in the Shâfi’î Madhhab. Even Christians praise him in their books. For instance, it is written about him as follows in the well-known scientific encyclopaedia Meyer Lexicon: “Suyûtî, who spent his entire lifetime with dedicated and untiring lucubration, has more than three hundred written works.”
[10] Who the Ashâb-i-kirâm were has already been explained in the text. The Tâbi’în-i-izâm are those fortunate people who saw at least one Sahâbî although they had not seen the Messenger of Allah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’. Salaf as-sâlihîn were the earliest Islamic scholars.
[11] Marriage as prescribed by Islam.
[12] There are four different ways, called Madhhabs, with respect to religious practices. A Muslim has to adapt himself to any one of these Madhhabs in his daily acts of worship. For further information, please see our other publications, such as The Sunni Path, Endless Bliss, five fascicles.
[13] Necessary; a religious duty; incumbent on.
[14] A person who pretends to be a Muslim though he is not.
[15] Iftâr means the dinner that you eat when you break fast after sunset. There is detailed information about fasting in the second chapter of the fifth fascicle of Endless Bliss.