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Sheikh Nuh Keller’s Obituary of Sheikh `Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri
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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Wassalam,
Faraz Rabbani