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Chapter Eightis extremely injurious to spiritual progress. Disgracing, defaming,and disrespecting the friends of Allah u endangers one’s īmān andputs a person in serious difficulties.This rule should be strictly followed in regards to the Śaĥāba l,the great friends of Allah u, the mujtahid imams [four imams ofIslamic jurisprudence] and hadith masters [muĥaddithīn]. It is notnecessary to follow every one of them, as following a person isone thing and disrespecting or insulting him is another. One mustalways have great regard and respect for all such personalities. Inthis regard, my book al-I‘tidāl and Auliyā’ Allāh kī Ahānat kā Wabālshould be carefully studied.FIVE. Whosoever is a ĥāfiż must make it a habit of reciting aminimum of three parts of Qur’an daily. A greater part of it, ifpossible, should be read in voluntary śalāt, otherwise one parttwice or half a part five times, and then repeat it in voluntary śalāt.A non-ĥāfiż must read one part of Qur’an daily.Those who cannot recite Qur’an should preferably set aside anhour or two daily to learn how to recite the Qur’an. This mayeasily be accomplished by reciting a small portion of the Qur’an tothe local imam or ĥāfiż daily.SIX. Sura Yāsīn should be recited once every morning after Fajr.The reward of this should be sent to all the elders of our line[Chishtiyya]. Sūrat al-Mulk should be recited every night after‘Ishā, and Sūrat al-Kahf every Friday before Jumu‘a. When retiringto bed at night one should recite Sūrat al-Nās, al-Kāfirūn, al-Ikhlāś,and al-Falaq. Thereafter, one may dry spit [the blessings of thesesuras] on himself.One should remember the shaikhs of our line when carrying outpersonal or monetary contributions. It is expected that one willbenefit from this greatly.Generally, sacrificial animals may be slaughtered on behalf ofthese shaikhs and on behalf of the Blessed Prophet s, particularlyduring the time of hajj on 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th of Dhu al-Ĥijja[Ayyām al-Naĥr].59