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59. We hope that Allah will pardon the people of right action among the believers and grant them entrance into the Jannah through His mercy, but we cannot be certain of this, and we cannot bear witness that it will definitely happen and that they will be in the Jannah. We ask forgiveness for the people of wrong action among the believers and, although we are afraid for them, we are not in despair about them.

60. Certainty and despair both remove one from the religion, but the path of truth for the People of the ‘Qibla ‘ lies between the two.

61. A person does not step out of belief except by disavowing what brought him into it.

62. Belief consists of affirmation by the tongue and acceptance by the heart;

63. And the whole of what is proven from Rasuulullah sallallahu ‘alayhi WA aalihi WA sallam, regarding the Shari’ah and the explanation (of the Qur'an and of Islam) is true.

64. Belief is, at base, the same for everyone, but the superiority of some over others in it is due to their fear and awareness of Allah, their opposition to their desires, and their choosing what is more pleasing to Allah.

65. All the believers are awliya of Allah and the noblest of them in the sight of Allah are those who are the most obedient and who most closely follow the Qur'an.

66. Belief consists of belief in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, the Last Day, and belief that the Decree -- both the good of it and the evil of it, the sweet of it and the bitter of it -- is all from Allah.

67. We believe in all these things. We do not make any distinction between any of the messengers, we accept as true what all of them brought.

68. Those of the Community of Muhammad, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa aalihi wa sallam, who have committed grave sins will be in the Jahannam, but not forever, provided they die and meet Allah as believers affirming His unity even if they have not repented. They are subject to His will and judgment.

If He wants, He will forgive them and pardon them out of His generosity, as is mentioned in the Qur'an when He says: "And He forgives anything less than that ‘(shirk) ‘ to whomever He wills" (al-Nisa' 4: 116); if He wants, He will punish them in the Jahannam out of His justice, and then bring them out of the Jahannam through His mercy, and for the intercession of those who were obedient to Him, and send them to the Jannah.

This is because Allah is the Protector of those who recognize Him and will not treat them in the hereafter in the same way as He treats those who deny Him, who are bereft of His guidance and have failed to obtain His protection. O Allah, You are the Protector of Islam and its people; make us firm in Islam until the day we meet you.

69. We agree with doing the prayer behind any of the People of the ‘Qibla ‘ whether rightful or wrongful, and doing the funeral prayer over any of them when they die.

70. We do not say that any of them will categorically go to either the Jannah or the Jahannam, and we do not accuse any of them of ‘kufr‘ ‘shirk‘ (associating partners with Allah), or ‘nifaq ‘ (hypocrisy), as long as they have not openly demonstrated any of those things. We leave their secrets to Allah.

71. We do not agree with killing any of the Community of Muhammad, sallallahu ‘alayhi WA aalihi WA sallam, unless it is obligatory by Shari’ah to do so.

72. We do not accept rebellion against our Imam or the ulu’l-amr over us, even if they are unjust, nor do we wish evil on them, nor do we withdraw from following them. We hold that obedience to them is part of obedience to Allah, the Glorified, and therefore obligatory as long as they do not order to commit sins. We pray for their right guidance and ask for pardon for their wrongs.

73. We follow the Sunnah of Rasuulullah sallallahu ‘alayhi WA aalihi WA sallam, and the Community of the Muslims, and avoid deviation, differences and divisions.

74. We love the people of justice and trustworthiness, and hate the people of injustice and treachery.

75. When our knowledge about something is unclear, we say: "Allah knows best."

76. We agree with [everything that has come down in a Qur’anic ayah or a hadith of the Sunnah of Rasuulullah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, as long as it is not superseded by a Qur’anic ayah, another hadith, in accordance with principles of fiqh of the Qur’an and the Sunnah, derived there from - even if that might not, in one given case or other, appear logical to us in our limited and thus incomplete logic - e.g., with the wiping over leather socks (in ablution) whether on a journey or otherwise, just as has come in the hadiths.

77. Hajj and jihad under the leadership of ulu’l-amr of the Muslims, whether they are right or wrong-acting, are continuing obligations until the Last Hour comes. Nothing can annul or controvert them.

78. We believe in the noble angels who write down our actions, for Allah has appointed them over us as two guardians.

79. We believe in the Angel of Death who is in charge of taking the spirits of all the worlds.

80. We believe in the punishment in the grave for those who deserve it, and in the questioning in the grave by Munkar and Nakir about one's Lord, one's religion and one's prophet, as has come down in the hadiths from the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa aalihi wa sallam, and in reports from the Sahaba, radhi Allahu ‘anhum ajma’iin.

81. The grave is either a rawdha from the rawdhas of the Jannah, or a pit from the pits of the Jahannam.

82. We believe in being brought back to life after death and in being recompensed for our actions on the Day of Judgment, and the exhibition of works, and the reckoning, and the reading of the book, and the reward or punishments, and the Bridge, and the Balance.

 

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