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Sheikh Nuh Keller’s Obituary of Sheikh `Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri – Shafii

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Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

Sheikh Nuh Keller’s Obituary of Sheikh `Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri

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In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Islamica Magazine presents

Sheikh Nuh Keller’s Obituary of Sheikh `Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri

Light Upon Light in Damascus

Sheikh Nuh Keller writes,

“Sheikh ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri left this world on Tuesday 8 June 2004 in Damascus after a lifetime of serving Islam and Muslims. Thousands came to his funeral on Wednesday at the mosque of Sheikh Muhyiddin Ibn al-‘Arabi in the Salihiyya quarter. Among the people who prayed over him and buried him were those who knew him as a father, friend, religious scholar, teacher, mystical poet and vocalist, and Sufi sheikh. I knew him as the latter….”

This article is hosted in full on Islamica Magazine’s website (www.islamicamagazine.com) at:

http://islamicamagazine.com/obituary-shaghouri.htm 

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And Allah alone gives success.

Wassalam,

Faraz Rabbani

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