Mind, Body, Soul

Hani, a murid associated with Michigan sent me this letter with excerpts of an apology. I did not take these excerpts and ‘cut and paste’, so that much is for everyone to know.

The letter:
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audhu bil-Lahi min ash-Shaytan ar-RAJEEM

Bismillah hir-Rahman ir-Raheem

Yursil Bhai:
as-Salaamu ‘alaykum, wa rahmatullahi, wa barakatuhu!

You have one more sohbet to watch. It is nearly 1 hour and 20 minutes long.

Within it, towards the end, Sayyidi Sheykh Hisham is addressing Sheyh AbdelKerim directly again. This time it is not from Michigan but from Singapore. He is publicly giving him an apology and an invitation. View the whole sohbet here please:

http://www.sufilive.com/Suhbah_1-2386.html

I’ve put a few excerpts below, but I strongly recommend you shut out all distractions while watching this video in its entirety please. The full power of the suhba cannot be appreciated if it is not viewed in its entirety.

Excerpts:

“I am not saying this with disrespect to any of the khalifas. No, I am saying with love to you. Personally, Sheykh AbdelKarim. Because I love you and I respect you since New York. We were together, you remember. And I visited you in your restaurant in Brooklyn. You remember that. And I came to your house…we ate bread and salt. But:

وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ الذِّكْرَى تَنفَعُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
“And remind, for reminding profits the believers.” Qur’an 51:55

I am not an enemy to you. No, I am a brother and might be lower than you. No problem. I respect you, I love you, but it’s good to remind people. I am older than you. You respect my age if nothing else. I gave you respect now.

You give respect. And I am not far, you know my way. You used to come every time. Every one month, two months, you used to visit. You can come. You are most welcome! You and your group. “

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“So my humble apology to all of you if I said something that you were not happy with.
But don’t cut and paste what I am saying. Keep the lecture from beginning to end if you want to keep it, not cutting and pasting. Because [when you are] cutting and pasting you are responsible in front of Allah & His Prophet and in front of Awliyullah that you did a confusion. I am clearing the confusion.”

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“We cannot see something that would be difficult on our hearts. So out of that I spoke what I spoke. May Allah Subhana wa Ta’Ala forgive us and forgive everyone and may Allah Subhana wa Ta’Ala grant us the power to say sorry. We say sorry. Don’t cut and paste. You can say sorry and come and visit. I am older than you. You come as you usually used to come. wa min Allahi tawfiq bi hurmatil Faitha.

This is for everyone. That’s not for a particular person. For me, for them, for everyone! May Allah swt benefit us from this and support us and bless us. Bi hurmatil Habib bi hurmatil Fatiha.

Allahumma salli ‘ala Sayyidina Muhammadin Nabi al-Ummi wa ‘ala Alihi wa Sahbihi wa Salli