As-Salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah, 

May Allah Most High grant forgiveness to its writer and readers:

--- In sheiknazimforum@yahoogroups.com, "AHMAD" <ahmadrafiudin@...>
wrote:
>
> 
> Dear Members,
> Assalamu Alaikum,
> This letter is from my father, Sheikh Adnan Kabbani and I, Ahmed
> Rafiudeen , his son am stating that I am publishing
> this letter to the world and also for Sheikh Hisham Kabbani to read,
on
> the instructions of my father Sheikh Adnan
> Kabbani. I also state that my father will answer any questions that my
> uncle Sheikh Hisham Kabbani or anyone
> concerned with this issue will ask of me. I state this with
> responsibility and am taking over full responsibility on my
> self that this letter is genuinely from my father Sheikh Adnan
Kabbani.
> May Allah bless you.
> Ahmed Rafiudeen.
> (Son of Sheikh Adnan.)

May Allah bless our Prophet, his Family, his Companions, and all the
Friends of Allah Most High, at their vanguard Sultan al-Awliya Mawlana
Shaykh Nazim and all his followers, at their vanguard Shaykh Adnan and
Shaykh Hisham who are his main two deputies who command our respect and
devotion.

I respectfully write these lines uninstructed other than by my duty to
Mawlana Shaykh Nazim and in hope that I do not fail him. If I do, I know
He does not fail me or anyone of us who love him and intend to follow
him without reserve to the Shore of Safety. Mawlana shall destroy this
Fitna in less than the blink of an eye if he wishes so it is easy,
al-hamdu lillah, to sift right from wrong--although we do ask Allah
subhan wa taala to employ us with what is constructive only, as I think
there is other work to do.

Since respected Brother Ahmed Rafiudeen is making this letter of Shaykh
Adnan public on behalf of Shaykh Adnan, and said that the latter will
answer any questions that anyone concerned with this issue will ask, I
took it upon myself to respond, not to defend Shaykh Hisham as it would
be like the little finger trying to shelter the body, but to remind
myself and others of certain truths only as a matter of record here and
hereafter. I seek refuge in Allah also from doing or saying something
inappropriate; this is only a public stand because this letter was made
public instead of being a private communication as I would have thought
it should be.

I seek refuge also from the Divine beguilement (istidraaj) and shaytanic
delusion (ghurur) in which certain groups and their leaders seem to have
fallen concerning Shaykh Hisham, as they now consider his flesh halal
and stand by like mute devils when he is being called mubtadi`, safeeh,
munafiq, even murtadd. And they call themselves Haqqani. Allah Most High
Hears and Sees. All we can say is remind people of Nasiha and confirm
the Nasiha others give then it's out of our hands, for example we can
only say: Prophet ayahissalam said the Paternal Uncle is the Twin Trunk
of the Father (al-`amm sinwu al-ab) and to disrespect either is one of
the Grave Sins (Kaba'ir).

Accordingly I have framed the response as a text addressed to the
readers and fellow Murids in this Path, not as a response (Hasha!) to
the original writer of the letter Shaykh Adnan. I doubt that Shaykh
Hisham will respond and thus by these mere remarks for the record I wish
for others what I wish for myself, namely a reassurance that Haqq is
Haqq and batil is batil. And Allah Most High is the Guarantor of our
acts and words and He is the Best Judge.

> OPEN LETTER BY SHEIKH ADNAN TO SHEIKH HISHAM
> Assalamu Alaikum,
> Dear brother,
> In an open letter to those who are attacking Sheikh Hisham, you have
> said that this letter is sent on behalf of the
> Naqshbandi Haqqani Sufi Order. How can you say this? Are you the head
of
> the Naqshbandi Sufi Order or is Moulana
> Sheikh Nazim the head of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order. You may have said
> that it is an open letter from Sufi Live, but
> to say that it was sent on behalf of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order means
> that you are saying that this letter is officially
> from Moulana Sheikh Nazim. This is however not true. You are trying to
> mislead the murids of Moulana Sheikh
> Nazim by using these words. 

Nowhere has Shaykh Hisham ever described himself as "the head of the
Naqshbandi Sufi Order." That title is only for Mawlana Shaykh Nazim.
However, Mawlana has appointed Shaykh Hisham as a representative of the
Naqshbandi Sufi Order. He has even said that Shaykh Hisham not only
represents him and is authorized by him, but also that Shaykh Hisham
represents Mawlana Shaykh AbdAllah and is authorized by him. This means
to any responsible person that if Shaykh Hisham speaks on behalf of the
Order then Yes, by Allah, it is officially from Mawlana Shaykh Nazim. If
we had more faith we would accept it even if it came from an unerage
child if that child came to us telling us "Your Shaykh said…"

Moreover, to mention a hypothetical example, if someone dared claim that
Shaykh Adnan was not given baya by Mawlana Shaykh AbdAllah and Mawlana
Shaykh Nazim and that anyone claiming that Shaykh Adnan took baya is
trying to mislead the murids of Mawlana Shaykh Nazim because only Shaykh
Nazim is supposed to speak, one might say to them: "Liar! He is
authorized, and it is you who are trying to mislead the Murids with
pseudo-legalism."

This is like you copying videos where
> Moulana has praised you before and are trying to
> use it now for this issue.
> This praise that comes from Moulana to you was before and it was
> relating to something else. When someone does
> something good it is only natural that Moulana praises them. In the
same
> manner Moulana has praised both you and
> others over and over again. 

To compare Mawlana's praise of Shaykh Hisham or Shaykh Adnan to his
praise of others in general terms is to try to dilute the salt of the
ocean with a glass of fresh water. It's not going to work. Al-Hamdu
lillah Shaykh Hisham and Shaykh Adnan are the Salt of this tariqa and
the reason why existence has meaning for many Murids, because they can
understand Mawlana through them. This is because Mawlana formed them to
be that, and the gifts of Allah Most High no one can repel and no one
can measure. From that gift everything else has flowed and to a certain
extent there are many other mirrors of Mawlana but mostly junior--and
some false also. The point is there is no comparison between the Two
Companions of the First Hour and the rest. This point has to be made
clear to us the small Murids and Lovers of this Tariqa. As Sayyidina
Umar b. Abd al-Aziz said: "The dust in the nostrils of the horse of a
Sahabi is a thousand times better than a Tabi`i."

If this is clear then we may focus on Mawlana's praise of Shaykh Hisham
and we can then see that it is a kind of praise that is unprecedented
and incomparable to any other praise in this Tariqa and the archives are
there for you to try and disprove it if you can. If one wishes to
interpret away such praise with the scale of Tanqees then they may also
know where bukhl and dann stand in the scale of blameworthy attributes,
not to mention hasad. A hadith states that If a person teaches one good
thing he will have such and such reward, such and such forgiveness, such
and such high level, such and such istighfar from the angels….

So we say to detractors from here and there (not Shaykh Adnan) who claim
that Mawlana praises Shaykh Hisham only a little, or just as much as he
praises others: "Mawlana is not Bakheel, he is not Maghlul al-Yad, he is
not Poor and Afraid over his Resources, he is not like you or me. If he
says of Shaykh Hisham 'Qutb al-Mutasarrif' he is not speaking nonsense.
And if you want to be praised like Shaykh Hisham then go and do like
Shaykh Hisham. The world is before you, famshu fi manakibiha and do your
best just as Shaykh Hisham does his best--or more if you can."

You are using these videos of praise and are
> trying to show the world that where the
> WWW.NURMUHAMMAD.COM issue is concerned that you have been praised for
> it. This is not true.
> These videos showing Moulana praising you was done in some other
> context. You are misleading people by now
> trying to show them that Moulana has praised you and implying that
> Moulana Sheikh Nazim is approving your fake
> website. Why are you trying to manipulate and use for your convenience
> what Moulana Sheikh Nazim said to you in
> another context. 

The abovementioned website does not belong to Shaykh Hisham but to one
of his supporters. I believe this is known to all, so this is a false
attribution of ownership that keeps being promoted for some reason?
Shaykh Hisham's own websites are known.

Secondly, why sift the mosquito when you let the camel pass? I mean
Haqiqat ul Haqqani, a book which according to the standards of the
Masters of Tariqa such as Mawlana Shaykh Khalid or Mujaddid Alf al-Thani
contains hulul and shirk (see below).

Thirdly, Mawlana Shaykh Nazim's approval of Shaykh Hisham does not have
to be repeated with specific language for every new matter that comes
up. Mawlana does not have to broadcast to the world that he approves of
everything Shaykh Hisham does; if Mawlana says to someone in March
"Follow Shaykh Hisham and work for him, obey him and defend him against
devils and against nonsense-mongers" he does not have to say it again in
April, and again in May and again the next year. One time is enough.
This Nasikh wal-Mansukh mentality that picks and chooses what is
relevant and when, putting restrictions and canceling at will is really
ta`teel in disguise, i.e. nullification of Mawlana's directives. It is
not acceptable from anyone.

Your website where you are now trying to defend
> yourself carries many videos where Moulana is
> praising you. This website is named as a "defending" website.
To
> call it a defending website in the manner that you
> have called it means that you have something to defend. Yes indeed you
> have.

Wa-amma bi-ni`mati Rabbika fa-haddith. Praising the symbols of truth is
part of defending it. Yes indeed we defend Truth as Shaykh Hisham, by
order and support of Mawlana Shaykh Nazim, stands for Truth more than
anyone we know after Mawlana Shaykh Nazim, so it is 100% logical--pardon
me: WAJIB that we defend Shaykh Hisham. It is your duty also, dear
reader and dear brethren in Tariqa, to defend Shaykh Hisham and when you
or others stand for Truth as much or more than he does then we will
defend you and them also.

In either case the Niyya is the defense and illustration of Mawlana
Shaykh Nazim, which in turn means the Defense and Illustration of
Rasulullah. The Holy Qur'an consists in praise of the Holy Prophet from
beginning to end and the Prophet salla Allahu `alayhi wa-Sallam said "He
does not thank Allah who does not thank people," so praise is a Divine
and Prophetic Sunna and it has its full reward in sha Allah.

And if for some reason, respected reader and brethren, your chest cannot
expand to find itself praising and defending Shaykh Hisham or
recognizing his standing, or at least thanking him for his contribution,
then at least take custody of your tongue and fear Allah and the Last
Day concerning whom your and our Shaykh Mawlana Shaykh Nazim has chosen
to speak on his behalf "anywhere, anywhere" (in Mawlana Shaykh Nazim's
own words). Fear Allah and keep mute, "Whoever keeps mute is safe"
especially when there are Sharia reasons commanding you to be
respectful, among them:

(i) having given Shaykh Hisham Bay`a BY ORDER OF MAWLANA;
(ii) being one or two generations younger than Shaykh Hisham;
(iii) being less knowledgeable;
(iv) being less educated;
(v) being a relative;
(vi) being a junior relative;
(vii) being a more recent appointee;
(viii) being less active in service of this Tariqa; etc.

Any one of the above is enough ground to watch where you tread when it
comes to that man's honor if you want protection from hellfire in the
hereafter.

 You are trying to defend
> WWW.NURMUHAMMAD.COM
> Let us come to the point. Show us a video or a sohbet by Moulana
Sheikh
> Nazim where he is praising you in
> connection with what you are doing with WWW.NURMUHAMMAD.COM. If you do
> this, then you are being fair and
> telling the world the truth. But if on the other hand you are showing
> many videos, where Moulana Sheikh Nazim is
> praising you for other things done by you, and if you are trying to
get
> the message across that he is praising you for
> your part in WWW.NURMUHAMMAD.COM, then you are only trying to mislead
> everyone. 

It appears the reason why this open letter is not addressed to the owner
of that site is to try by all means to pin down on Shaykh Hisham the
doings of one of the students of this Tariqa. And this fashion of direct
rebuke of the Most Distinguished Spokesman of the Most Distinguished
Tariqa Naqshbandiyya is not only ineffective in itself and offensive and
against Shari`a as Imam al-Shafi`i warned concerning public rebukes;
more importantly, in reality it is attacking Mawlana Shaykh Nazim just
like he was attacked because of those who did things in his name of
which he himself does not necessarily approve. Some people in very high
places have failed to pass this test, because in their view they could
not accept that Mawlana Shaykh Nazim does not exercise full control
externally of every micro-detail and every person's elucubrations and
administrations. I know that the Shuyukh know this better than myself
but I am just repeating my lesson in order for them to approve, and as a
reminder for myself and others who may be shaken by such tests of our
convictions.

Don‟t you think that this
> is a very bad thing to do. People think that they are vey clever and
> that they can fool everyone by their shrewdness and
> craftiness. Why are you descending to such low levels when you are
> dealing with matters that are Divine.
> This is not a court house where lawyers are stating their points of
> view, not caring whether they are lying or not but
> only to win, and at all cost. This is something else. You must have a
> fear of Allah Almighty and of the Grandsheikhs
> of the Naqshbandi Tariqat, and that should be your guide when you say
> something about their revered teachings. You
> seem to have no fear whatsoever in trying to put across your point of
> view at the cost of corrupting the teachings of the
> Naqshbandi Tariqat.

AlHamdu lillah we repeat what Mawlana Shaykh Nazim said to people about
Shaykh Hisham on December 6, 2006 despite every denier and negator: "He
[Shaykh Hisham] calls you to Allah and to his beloved Prophet (s) and to
awliyas. And I don't think he is calling you to dunya. I am not
calling you to dunya and he never also calling you to dunya." Of such a
level of person one can only think of the paramount Hadith Qudsi in
Sahih al-Bukhari: "Whoever comes against a Friend of Mine I declare war
against him." So dear reader and brethren take shelter under the
protection of Salam and remove your hand from any further assistance to
those who come against Shaykh Hisham; otherwise, you have Mawlana Shaykh
Nazim's direct assurance that there will be a heavy price to pay.

Our witnessing of Shaykh Hisham is that he is the faithful Mirror of
Mawlana Shaykh Nazim and that he latter considers him the faithful,
crystal-clear MAKEEN –STABLE and AMEEN – TRUSTWORTHY Tarjuman of
this Tariqa and its Awliya with Karamaat of communication and
transformation of hearts which, thanks to Allah and then Rasulullah and
then Mawlana Shaykh Nazim, move mountains and turn tin into gold.
Mawlana Shaykh Nazim as far as we can see has appointed and formed
Shaykh Hisham to be, in our humble experience, the true Alchemist of
Hearts in our time, providing the Alchemy of Happiness that Imam
al-Ghazali wrote about. Show us another one who can do that, please! and
we will follow him also. We cannot be claiming that Mawlana Shaykh Nazim
does not give this to anyone; he gives anything he pleases to anyone he
pleases, because we believe he follows instructions from above.

At the same time Shaykh Hisham is not a pushover, he is not naďve,
and he is not weak. We have seen him for years and years observing
patience and letting things go even though those who opposed him (and
continue to), as much as they think of themselves in their delusion, are
in reality like a small kitten between the paws of a lion. All the while
he is also conducting the affairs of the Tariqa east and west and in the
hearts also, and teaching about the Masters' Insights into the Qur'an,
the Sunna, and the Sayings of the Masters without fail and without
fatigue and without complaint! Rather, with a smile and a sense of humor
with everyone high and low. If this is not the Adab of a true Wali of
this Tariqa Naqshbandiyya then there is no Tariqa Naqshbandiyya.

> Let your videos be shown on your website. Let everyone know that
Moulana
> Sheikh Nazim has praised you on many
> occasions but let them also know that Moulana Sheikh Nazim has never
> ever praised you regarding what you have
> done with WWW.NURMUHAMMAD.COM. A lot of eye wash is what your website
> is. I do not say that everything
> that you have done is wrong. On the contrary, I say that you have done
> many things for the Tariqat, that deserves
> praise. But I am sad to say on the issue of WWW.NURMUHAMMAD.COM and
also
> what you did concerning
> Haqiqat ul Haqqani by lying about it, you were never praised.

Where has Mawlana Shaykh Nazim praised Haqiqat ul Haqqani? "Address
people with that they can carry. Do you like for Allah and His Rasul to
be called Liars?!" And even other than Haqiqatul Haqqani, even on this
very Forum, is there not post after post containing inappropriate and
out-of Sharia comments? Here is but one example from among the very
first posts posted on ShaykhNazimForum:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sheiknazimforum/message/8

<<Who is the Kaliphatulla for this planet for this period and who are
we directing our hearts towards when we pray(Salaat), and who are we
saying to 'Iyyaka nawbudu wa iyyaake nathaeen- thee alone do we
worship thee alone do we seek for aid'.....do u think we are
prostrating to Black Walls of the Kaaba??? Isnt their someone
inside???? Find out whose inside the Kaaba.....Cos its the same
person we are connecting our hearts to...>>

So the Khalifatullah is the one we direct our hearts to when we pray? He
is the one to whom we say 'Iyyaka nawbudu wa iyyaake nathaeen- thee
alone do we worship thee alone do we seek for aid'?? Subhan Allah! I
thought it was ALLAH--LA SHAREEKA LAH. So then in the time of the
Khulafa Rashidun people were praying to Abu Bakr al-Siddiq? Then to
Salman? And the bowing and prostration of worship is to them? Can you
imagine what would happen to the head of someone who would say such
statements in that time? This is what happens when ecstatic speech
completely overwhelms and eliminates the boundaries of language taught
by the Prophet alyhissalam and transmitted by the Awliya.

Yet we see people summon Shaykh Hisham to stick to Sharia, when Mawlana
has made him in fact the most Sharia-balanced and the model of all. And
this harping on the Noor Muhammad website is meaningless when there is
an entire book filled with TAAMMAAT that have blackened the reputation
of Tariqa Naqshbandiyya and Mawlana Shaykh Nazim with all sorts of ugly
accusations of hulul and ittihad way beyond wahdat al-wujud, beyond
Hallaj (who is not considered a teaching source in our Tariqa, has
Mawlana ever recommended reading him??). Physician, heal thyself.

Mawlana does not have to specify NOR justify in what respect Shaykh
Hisham should be supported and similarly if Shaykh Hisham has followers
that work hard for Tariqa and then make mistakes then he can fix them.
It is in the Hadith! If we did not sin and make istighfar Allah subhan
wataala would replace us with those who would. It is not appropriate for
someone to come and claim: "Because in our opinion this website runs
counter to Mawlana's teachings then we can now accuse Shaykh Hisham of
such and such." Again, please tell us which part of Haqiqat ul Haqqani
qualifies as Mawlana Shaykh Nazim's teaching or his own words?

Al-hamdu lillah we have i`tiqad because Mawlana has placed in Shaykh
Hisham what is enough and proper for the guidance of people at this time
even if some like to whisper that Shaykh Hisham does not measure up to
some people's imagined standard of what Mawlana's appointee should be.
That is because in reality they are objecting to Mawlana Shaykh Nazim.
Subhan Allah, how much Mawlana suffered at the hand of fellow Murids of
Sultan al-Awliya Mawlana Shaykh AbdAllah in Shaam who considered
themselves more deserving of Mawlana Shaykh AbdAllah's approval than
Mawlana Shaykh Nazim, either because of age, or some other issue of
self-image. And it is a sign of Shaykh Hisham's standing that he is
facing the very same test; and may Allah Most High grant him the very
same steadfastness and the very same reward.

Was-Salam,
gibril