[47] In the Ihya Al-Ghazali gives the prayer to be offered when kissing the Black Stone.
[48] “Mekka,” Dr. C. Snouck Hurgronje, Vol. I, den Haag, 1888.
[49] Burton’s “Pilgrimage,” Vol. II, Appendix, pp. 323-324.
[50] Macdonald, “The Life of Al-Ghazzali,” pp. 97-98.
[51] Burton’s “Pilgrimage to Al-Medinah and Meccah,” Vol. I, p. 12.
[52] Macdonald’s “Life of Al-Ghazzali,” pp. 105, 107-108, quoted from Murtadha.
[53] Quoted in Hayat-ul-Hayawan.
[54] An exposition of the Creed of the People of the Sunna on the two Words of Witnessing (kalimatai ’sh-shahada) which form one of the foundations of Islam. This creed is intended to be committed to memory by children. It forms the first section of the second book of Ghazali’s Ihya, Vol. II, pp. 17-42 of edit. of Cairo with commentary of the Sayyid Murtadha. We are indebted for the translation to Professor Macdonald (Muslim Theology and Jurisprudence).
[55] For the process see pp. 170 et seq. of “Mafatih Al-Ghaib” (Cairo, 1327) by Ahmed Al-Zarkawi, a contemporary Egyptian magician, and on the subject in general, the sixth and seventh Risalas in that volume.
[56] Cf. Al-Faidh al Mutawalli of Ahmed Damanhuri, Cairo, 1331.