[Disbelievers’ and murtadds’, [1] performing deeds compatible with the Ahkâm-i-islâmiyya in order to get some of their desires may be useful for them and cause them to live happily in comfort in the world, yet it will not give them any benefit in the Hereafter, for they have not been honoured with îmân. It is necessary to have îmân so that one’s worships may be accepted and one may earn rewards for one’s good deeds. It is written in Ifsâh: “The most valuable of worships are those that are fard-i-’ayn. After the fards the most valuable ones are the Sunnat prayers of namâz, according to the Shâfi’î Madhhab; jihâd, according to the Hanbalî Madhhab; learning and teaching knowledge and then jihâd, according to the Hanafî and Mâlikî Madhhabs.”]
