Fatwa, in religion, is not an institution; it doesn’t bind anyone. It is merely a personal interpretation; in fact, if the interpreter is mistaken, his fatwa will not be a valid excuse for you either.
Founding your life on the teachings of the Rasul of Allah (saw) is sufficient to attain eternal bliss.
My friend, if this era, which began in the 1400s, really is the final one… Then let us know that this is the period in which mazhaps and tariqahs will come to an end and the knowledge of the Reviver will disseminate throughout the world. This is the period when, in congruence with the knowledge of that honored one, from which I also benefit, the sun of the Rasul of Allah (saw) will shine bright and enlighten our houses. When that sun shines, all of the stars will gradually disappear.
But if, on the other hand, this isn’t the era of the final Reviver but just the Reviver of this millennium… That is, is this period isn’t the one preceding the Doomsday of humanity… If all of the signs of the Doomsday are false, and the Dajjal (Antichrist) and Jesus are not to appear within the following years… Then I guess the dispute and bickering between various mazhaps and tariqahs is to continue for some time more…
I will watch from my town until my days come to an end… The Rasul of Allah (saw) was 61 when he left your world, I do not know how much longer I will live after my 60th year… But life passes too quickly and we don’t know when our final whistle will be blown.
We must, therefore, make the best of our lives by studying the Quran, pondering on why certain words were employed and others weren’t, what do these words mean… Why is the word Rasul used is the Word of Testimony and not Nabi, for example… Why is the name Rahman used in reference to teaching the Quran and not Rahim or Haq? If such significant words are not used in their original then your translation is inadequate in duly giving the message of the Quran.
Enter through the door of Rasulullah if you want to reach Allah! If you follow others, who refer you to the skies, to the God in their imagination, and try to sell the keys to heaven, you will squander your life in pursuit of a god in space, or some place beyond and outside of you, and then hopelessly deny his existence because you are unable to find him!
The ball is in your court, my friend!
Leaving the path of the Rasul of Allah (saw) for the path of hajis and hodjas will have no benefit for you on the day when all of the hajis, hodjas, sheiks and saints will be busy trying to save their own souls! Protect yourself from a day in which regrets will be of no use! Reform your life! Reform your understanding of religion!
My dear friends…
After sharing the knowledge Allah has bestowed me for over 40 years since my first book in 1965, I now see that many of the concepts I introduced are now being embraced by many groups, from the fundamentalists to the new-agers and intellectualists, even if I am not referenced. I would like to share a final message with all the sincere and genuine researchers of religion:
If you sincerely embrace the religion of Islam, put aside the interpretations of yesterday, bound by yesterday’s conditions and life standards, and re-construe the knowledge passed down by Muhammad (saw) in the light of what today offers!
There is no such thing as reform in religion! For religion is solidly founded upon the unhanging foundation of sunnatullah. Religion is the universal system of Allah; it is impossible to reform it! Just as you cannot change the mechanics of your body, or the laws of nature, the universal laws called religion are also unalterable. The reform must take place in your own understanding; one must reform his life by re-learning the religion of Islam Muhammad (saw) taught.
A reform in understanding religion has already started to take place in our century. I am not referring to the localized efforts implemented by various communities. Such approaches are meaningless, religious groups or councils trying to reform religion by congregational attempts can never bring a true reform. What I am talking about is a complete reconfiguration of our understanding of religion by revising it from the beginning.
Any alleged reform based on a ‘heavenly god and his postman-prophet on earth’ approach will be too absurd to be considered by any intellectual person!
Any and all methods that neglect the spirit of the Quran can offer nothing but nonsensical and literal approaches going no further than the shapes and forms of the letters comprising god’s literal book of commands! Consequently, they will be reinforcing the deficient judgment ‘faith is for the unintelligent’ adopted by some shortsighted ones.
Islam was not delivered by a prophet with a stick, who came to chastise some tribe or clan, and instill in them the belief of a deity-god!
The religion of Islam is the religion of Allah; the only prescription of salvation for humanity! It is the disclosure of the dimensional system of the universe, as far as it concerns man. Though this is inconceivable for the shortsighted ones!
In Turkey, sadly, even the most intellectual ones have not been able to re-evaluate the religion of Islam in the light of science and in congruence with logic and intellect. Religion never seems to be evaluated with the questions what, why and how, instead the conditioned approach ‘if such and such said it must be true’ is what generally seems to be applied. Localized solutions are futile. Like blind men holding various parts of an elephant, and each construing it to be something else!
We will get nowhere with the fiction ‘99% of the population is Muslim’! This is nothing but self-deception!
Let us be certain that faith does not tolerate imitation!
He who has not consciously comprehended the matters of faith can never be a true believer. Imitative attitudes will yield no benefit in the afterlife.
What the Muslims need more than anything is knowledge…Knowledge to elucidate the reality as it is, rather than a ‘Reviver-Mahdi’ and cookie cutter prescriptions for salvation!
Leave the past in the past, start a new day today. Make your aim to re-evaluate the teachings of the magnificent Rasul of Allah, Muhammad (saw), Allah’s biggest blessing to humanity. This is not a difficult task. All one must do is to try to understand the spirit of his teachings, the spirit of the Quran.
I would also like to take this opportunity to clarify that reading only one of my books is not sufficient to comprehend the system I am referring to comprehensively. To understand my view one must read all of my books. For each one of them is like a single volume from a vast collection explaining the system and order of Allah denoted by the religion of Islam.
My view and understanding is transparently evident in all my works. I hope that you pray for this humble servant, that Allah blesses him with peace and faith and guides him to the path of Rasulullah (saw) despite all of his shortcomings…