Endless Bliss Fourth Fascicle

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Seâdet-i Ebediyye Endless Bliss Fourth Fascicle Various aspects of Hanafi Fiqh are explained, e.g., taharat, najasat, ghusl, wudu, tayammum, water, satr, women's covering themselves, adhan, iqamat, namaz, traveler's namaz, juma prayer, and music. CONTENTS C_h_a_p_te_r________________________________P_a_ge Preface....................................................................................................4 Islam........................................................................................................9 1– The five daily prayers (namâz) .........................................................17 2– The fards of namâz .............................................................................19 3– Masah (wiping) on mests (special socks or shoes); having an excuse ...............................................................33 4– Ghusl (ritual washing) haid, nifâs, darûrat, haraj ..........................40 5– Tayammum..........................................................................................79 6– Tahârat from najâsat (Purification from uncleanliness).............................................................................87 7– Water and its kinds...........................................................................102 8– Satr-i awrat and women’s covering themselves............................109 9– Qibla: its direction ............................................................................125 10– Prayer times.......................................................................................135 11– Azân (or adhân) (announcing and call to prayers) and iqâmat..........................................................................197 12– First Volume, 303rd letter ...............................................................208 13– Importance of namâz (prayer)........................................................209 14– How do we perform namâz (prayer) .............................................217 15– Namâz during long-distance journeys............................................232 16– Wâjibs of namâz, Sajda-i sahw........................................................247 17– Things that nullify namâz ................................................................255 18– Mekrûhs of namâz ............................................................................266 19– The namâz of tarâwîh and reverence due to mosques .........................................................................................281 20– Namâz in jamâ’at ..............................................................................291 21– Friday (Jum’a) prayer ......................................................................311 22– The namâz of ’Iyd.............................................................................329 23– The qadhâ namâzes [omitted prayers]...........................................333 24– Taghannî (singing) and music .........................................................369 25– Second Volume, forty-sixth letter ..................................................402 26– Second Volume, thirty-seventh letter ............................................412 27– Second Volume, thirty-ninth letter ................................................415 Appendix I – FINDING THE FIRST DAY OF AN ARABIC MONTH..........................................................................418 Appendix II – ULU⁄ BEY’S TABLE FOR LUNAR (QAMARÎ) MONTHS ...................................................................419 Appendix III – FINDING THE MÎLÂDÎ YEAR COINCIDING WITH THE BEGINNING OF THE HIJRÎ YEAR....................................................................................420 Appendix IV – TABLE EQUATION OF TIME and DECLINATION OF THE SUN ...................................................421 Appendix V – TABLE of TAMKINS........................................................423 Appendix VI – SUN’S ALTITUDES at TIME of LATE AFTERNOON PRAYER..............................................................424 GLOSSARY .....................................................................................425