Belief and Islam

NOTE
The author of the book I’tiqâd-nâma, Mawlânâ Diyâ’ ad-dîn
Khâlid al-Baghdâdî al-’Uthmânî (b. 1192, A.H./1778 in Shahrazûr in
the north of Baghdad, d. 1242/1826 in Damascus, quddisa sirruh), was
called al-’Uthmânî because he was a descendant of ’Uthmân Dhu’nnûrain,
the third caliph ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ’ ’anh’. While he was
teaching his brother Hadrat Mawlânâ Mahmûd Sâhib the celebrated
Hadîth al-Jibrîl, the second hadîth ash-sherîf in Al-ahâdîth al-arba’ûn
by the great scholar an-Nawawî, Hadrat Sâhib requested his elder
brother to write a commentary to that hadîth. Mawlânâ Khâlid, to
please his brother’s lighted heart, accepted the request and explained
the hadîth ash-sherîf in Persian in a book, giving it the title
I’tiqâdnâma. Its Turkish translation, Herkese Lâz›m Olan Îmân, was
translated into English (the present version Belief and Islam), French
(Foi et Islam) and German (Glaube und Islam) in 1969, and later, into
several other languages, such as Tamil, Yoruba, Hawsa, Malayalam
and Danish. May Allâhu ta’âlâ bless the innocent youth with reading
this book and learning the correct i’tiqâd (faith) conveyed by scholars
of Ahl as-Sunna!
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Note: Missionaries are striving to advertise Christianity; Jews
are working to spread out the concocted words of Jewish rabbis;
Hakîkat Kitâbevi (Bookstore), in Istanbul, is struggling to
publicize Islam; and freemasons are trying to annihilate religions.
A person with wisdom, knowledge and conscience will understand
and make the right one of these choices and will help to spread
that for salvation of all humanity. There is no better way and more
valuable thing to serve humanity than doing so.
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“Subhân-Allâhi wa bi-hamdihi subhân-Allâhil-’ahîm.” This
(prayer, called) Kalima-i-tenzîh, when it is said a hundred times in
the morning and the same number of times in the evening, will
cause one’s sins to be forgiven and protect one against resuming
sinning. This prayer is quoted also in the three hundred and
seventh (307) and three hundred and eighth leters of the (first
volume of the) book entitled Maktûbât (and written by the great
Walî and scholar Imâm Rabbânî ‘quddisa sirruh’), as well as in its
Turkish version.
Yâ Rahmân, yâ Rahîm, ya ’afuwwu yâ Kerîm.
The mission of Hakîkat Kitâbevi, (the blessed bookstore at
Fâtih, Istanbul,) is to teach our faith, Islam, and to make our
blessed country loveable in the eyes of the world’s people. May
Allâhu ta’âlâ be pleased with people who help us! Âmîn.
Dear reader, essalâmu ’alaikum wa rahmatullah.
We have borrowed all the writings in this book from books
written by Islamic scholars. We have not added anything of our
own to these borrowings. We have undertaken this useful job for
the twofold purpose of serving mankind and gaining recognition
from people who work for people’s happiness and who protect
people’s rights. When you read the writings of these great and
universally celebrated scholars with due attention and
consideration, you will attain useful material and immaterial
knowledge, inshâ-Allâhu ta’âlâ. We extend our salâm and love to
you. May Allâhu ta’âlâ bless you with good health and fruitful
longevity! Âmîn.
“Wa sall-Allâhu ’alâ Sayyidinâ Muhammadin wa ’alâ Âl-i-
Muhammad wa bârik ’alâ Sayyidinâ Muhammadin wa ’alâ Âl-i-
Muhammad. Allâhumma Rabbanâ âtinâ fi-d-dunyâ hasanatan wa
fi-l-âkhirat-i-hasanatan wa qinâ ’adhâb-an-nâr bi-rahmatika yâ-
Erham-er-Râhimîn! Âmîn.
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