[Îmân and i’tiqâd are the same. There is a very lengthy and profound branch of knowledge describing them called ’Ilm-i Kalâm. Savants of Kalâm are very great people, and books of Kalâm are numerous. These books are also called books of ’aqâid. Things that are to be done or abstained from with the heart and body are called Ahkâm-i-islâmiyya or shortly Islam. The branch of knowledge teaching the Ahkâm-i-islâmiyya, which consists of acts to be practised with the body, is called ’Ilm-i-Fiqh. The books of Kalâm of the four Madhhabs are the same, but their books of Fiqh are different. The books that are written for non-educated people and that briefly and clearly describe the knowledge of Kalâm (îmân), morals and Fiqh, which everybody should know and do, are called the books of ’Ilm-i hâl. It is the first duty of each Muslim to get books of ’Ilm-i hâl written by blessed people who know, love and take care for their religion. Thereafter, he must teach what he has learned to his wife and children. To attempt to learn Islam from the speeches and articles of ignorant people who call themselves and pass themselves as men of religion means to throw oneself down into Hell.]
