[10] Muavia.
[11] The twelve Imáms.
[12] Al-Mahdí is still supposed to be alive.
[13] These are called (1) Sunnat-i-Fi'lí; that which Muhammad himself did. (2) Sunnat-i-Qaulí, that which he said should be practised. (3) Sunnat-i-Taqrírí, that which was done in his presence and which he did not forbid.
[14] Risála-i-Berkeví.
[15] The great Wahhábí preacher Muhammad Ismá'íl, of whom some account will be given later on, says in the Takwiat-ul-Imán:—"The best of all ways is to have for principles the words (holy writings) of God and of His Apostle; to hold them alone as precedents, and not to allow our own opinion to be exercised."
[16] Prolégomènes d'Ibn Khaldoun vol. i. p. 195.
[17] Takmíl-ul-Imán, p. 16.
[18] Mudárij-un-Nabuwat, p. 285.
[19] "Les docteurs de la loi sont unaniment d'accord sur l'obligation de conformer ses actions à ce qui est indiqué dans les traditions attribuées au Prophète," Ibn Khaldoun, vol. ii. p. 465.