May Allâhu ta’âlâ honour us all with the great fortune of following Muhammad Mustafâ ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’, who is the spiritual Master of this world and the next and who is the highest of all people in every respect. Because Allâhu ta’âlâ likes those who obey and follow him, a tiny act of following him is more exalted than all the worldly advantages and all the blessings of the next world. Real superiority consists of adapting oneself to his Sunnat, and the honour and virtue of humanity entails following his Sharî’at.
[The word Sunnat has three different meanings. In this context, it means the Ahkâm-i-islâmiyya (Islam’s commandments and prohibitions).] [Adapting oneself to him, or following him, is following the way along which he has guided us. His way is the way shown by the Qur’ân al-kerîm. This way is called Dîn-i Islâm. In order to adapt ourselves to him, we should first have îmân (belief); then learn Islam well; then perform the fards and abstain from the harâms; and then observe (the behaviour, the acts and thoughts that are called) the sunnats and abstain from (those which are termed) the makrûh. After all these, we should also try to follow him in what is mubâh (permitted).]
Source: Endless Bliss (Se’âdet-i Ebediyye) by Hüseyn Hilmi Işık, Nineteenth Edition, Hakikat Kitabevi, 20014
