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Condolences
Shaykh 'Ibrahim Muhammad al-Battawi 'Abu
Dhikri
1924 - 2009 ~ 1342 - 1430
Al-salam
'Alaykum wa Rahmutullah Wa Barakatuh, SALAM WA
RAHMA FROM ALLAH SWT TO ALL THE BELEIVERS. DEEPLY SADDEN BY As-salaamu ‘alaykum Wa-Rahmatullah-Wa-Barakatuh ‘To Allah we belong, and to Him is our Return. O Allah! Take me out of my plight and replace it with something which is good’. ‘Due is to Allah that which He has taken away and His is whatever He has Given. With Him, everything has an appointed term; so have patience and seek reward from Him’. ‘May Allah Magnify your reward, and make perfect your bereavement, and forgive your departed’. Sidi Abdullah Nooruddeen, I send my deepest of condolences and while Shaykh Ibrahim al-Battawi (Radiallhu Anhu - May Allah be pleased with him) will be missed, his noble teachings will continue to live on, through all this students and especially yourself, his live was dedicated in the teaching love of Allah and the way of Imam Shadhili (Radiallhu Anhu - May Allah be pleased with him) Many years ago I was touched by an interview, that you did called ‘Sufism’ that aired on TV and I wished one day that I meet you and give you salaams, as you words deeply shaped my thoughts towards Sufism even more. It was a great joy to have met you at the Sufi event in Manchester June 2009. If was more than evident to me that you reflected the teachings of your noble Shaykh. May Shaykh Ibrahim al-Battawi (Radiallhu Anhu) have a noble ‘Urs-joyous occasion. For surely “When Munkar and Nakeer question a person in the grave about Allah, Islam and the Holy Prophet sallalhu 'alayhi wa sallam and the person answers the questions successfully, they lovingly declare to him, 'Sleep like the bride who will only be awakened by the beloved". To a Wali his passing away is the culmination of a life-long yearning to meet Allah and his beloved Prophet sallalhu 'alayhi wa sallam. It is stated by the Sufi masters that death is a bridge which unites the lover with his beloved. And ‘The Believer's Soul turns into a Bird in Paradise’, It says that upon the Believers death, his Soul becomes a bird in Paradise until the Resurrection day, when Allah subhanahu watala returns all souls to its original bodies. This hadith reminders me of poetry, really and truly the best remedy for solace for the heart in times of difficult and heart ache is best found in poetry, for the heart is subtle-Latif. It is through the Lutf- Divine loving kindness of Allah that we find healing for all pain and difficult in moments in our lives which happen. “God turns you from one feeling to another and teaches by means of opposites, so that you will have two wings to fly, not one." - Mawlana Rumi “The Heart, in its journey to Allah subhanahu watala is like that of a bird: Love is its head, and fear and hope are its two wings. When the head and two wings are sound the bird flies gracefully; if the head is severed, the bird dies; if the bird loses one of its wings, it then becomes a target for every hunter or predator.” - Hafiz Ibn Qayyim al-Jawzi And finally I died from minerality and became vegetable; And From vegetativeness I died and became animal. I died from animality and became man. Then why fear disappearance through death? Next time I shall die Bringing forth wings and feathers like angels; After that, soaring higher than angels - What you cannot imagine, I shall be that. - Mawlana Rumi Subhallah this world is a prison for the believer and once we depart are we free, and our souls became birds and we fly to jannah-heaven with wings of love just like the angels at peace and with our Lord forever and forever - (Abadan abadaa) (Allahumma-O Allah Ya latifu be gentle with us in all our affairs in this world and the in the process of the next world bi-hurmati-for the sake of sayyiduna rasul-lillah sallalhu 'alayhi wa sallam wa Sidi Abdal-Qadir jilani, Sidi Abu Madyan Ghawth, Sidi Ibn Mashish, Sidi Abul Hasan shadhili and all the saints and masters of the way and count Sidi Ibrahim al-Battawi as one of the those saints and guiding starts too – fatiha – Amina) With Muhubab-love Muhammad Sajad Ali – Abu izzah Sufi webmaster of www.deenislam.co.uk I wanted to offer my condolences regarding the passing of Sidi Ibrahim, inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un. I know he was a man who prepared for his death and the akhira in this world, I'm sure this thought brings comfort. However as is human nature, we miss hearing the voice - of being in the physical presence of someone we have come to love. For this I pray Allah, swt, brings comfort to your heart, I keep you all in my dua as well as the soul of Sidi Ibrahim. Love and peace, Jamila Helen Kosobayashi |
"When the help of Allah comes and the Opening, and you see people entering the religion of Allah in multitudes,
then hymn the praises of your Lord and seek His forgiveness. Truly He is ever accepting of repentance." (Q 110:01-03)
"It is He Who has sent down tranquility (as-sakina) into the heart of the believers so that they may add faith to their faith. To Allah
belong the forces of the heavens and the hearth and Allah is Knowing - Wise." (Q 48:4)