THE FIFTY-FOUR FARZES (or FARDS) (II)

4– To perform the daily five namâzes, each when its time comes.

5– When you are to perform namâz, to make a ghusl from haid (if you are a girl or a woman) and from junub.

6– To know for certain and believe that Allâhu ta’âlâ guarantees a person’s rizq (sustenance).

7– To wear clean and halâl clothes.

8– To work and put your tawakkul (trust) in Allâhu ta’âlâ.

9– To be contented.

10– To express gratitude to Allâhu ta’âlâ for His gifts. That is, to use them at places (and in manners) commanded.

11– To welcome the qadâ that comes from Jenâb-i-bârî with resignation.

12– To be patient about dramatic events. That is, not to protest against them.

13– To make tawba for the sins (committed). [To say (the prayer called) istighfâr daily.]

14– To perform acts of worship with ikhlâs. (That is, to worship only for the grace of Allâhu ta’âlâ, for the purpose of pleasing Allâhu ta’âlâ.)

15– To look on human and genie devils as your enemy.

16– To hold the Qur’ân-i-’adhîm-ush-shân as a document, proof-text. To be resigned to its rulings.

17– To know that death is haqq (Allâhu ta’âlâ’s Will), and to make preparations for death.

18– To love whatsoever and whosoever is loved by Allâhu ta’âlâ and avoid all which (and whom) he dislikes. [This is called Hubb-i-fillah and bughd-i-fillah.]

19– To be good to one’s parents.