THE BAYAZI. 



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Faith, which we may better translate ' le Salut,' 

 hold hell-fire to be the eternal portion of even their 

 own sinners ; thns literally interpreting the text, 

 c ever, to all eternity (dwelling) in it (hell),' — 



i^j ^jJU. . They have no prayer-station round 

 the Ka'abah, and they relieve their chagrin by 

 proving these oratories to be 'novelties,' un- 

 known to the Prophet's day. 



The ritual differences between the Bayazi and 

 other schools are small ; in prayer the arms and 

 hands are extended down the thighs, instead of 

 being folded over the waist. Contrary to the 

 practice of Sunnis and Shiahs, they may wear 

 gold or silver rings of indefinite weight, and silks 

 and satins, provided that the latter be removed 

 during prayer. These sectarians cannot marry 

 women with whom they have cohabited ; divorce 

 is imperative from wives whom they have visited 

 at a forbidden season, and they allow legitimacy 

 to children born within two years after the father's' 

 death. Amongst the Shafei the period extends 

 to four years : physiological ignorance of ovarian 

 dropsy fixed the time ; and mistaken charity has 

 refused to shorten it. In general the Bayazi, like 

 the Druze, appears unwilling to explain his tenets, 

 a remarkable contrast with the self-assertion and 

 the controversial readiness of other Moslems. ♦ 



