IndonesiaOctober 15 |
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Visit to Spiritual Village Pekalongan |
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massive crowd of students of Islamic spirituality came to greet Shaykh Hisham on his visit to the
village of Pekalongan. The spiritual tradition and discipline of the
Naqshbandi-Haqqani Tariqat is followed by each member of the village.
Mureeds
greeted Shaykh Hisham by reciting Mawlid and songs of welcome, followed by a
sohbat by the Shaykh in Arabic.
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| Grave of Shaykh Abdullah Khani of the Naqshbandi-Khalidi order, one of the 300 caliphs of Sayyidina Khalid al-Baghdadi, whom he dispersed around the globe. He is buried beside the Madrassa of Shaykh Tawfiq. | |
| Thousands of mureeds attending the welcoming of Shaykh Hisham to Pekalongan. Maintaining strict adab, they are all dressed in white for the occasion. The Naqshbandi-Haqqani madrassa maintained by Shaykh Tawfiq in Pekalongan hosts over 6000 male students, and over 5000 female students in separated compounds. They are all learning Sharia'h and Tasawwuf from an early age. | |
| Thousands of mureeds raise their index fingers signifying while testifying to faith in Allah Almighty as the only one worthy of worship, the One God, Creator all, and the at Muhammad, peace be upon him, is the Last and Final Messenger of Allah. | |
| Shaykh
Al-Habib Ahmed Lutfi, who took initiation in the Naqshbandi-Haqqani order
three years ago with Shaykh Hisham. A descendant of Prophet (s) from
Yemen, Shaykh Lutfi maintains the Habibiyya Zawiyya and Mosque and hosts
the Dala'il ul-Khayrat majlis daily there. In the majlis, every
afternoon between Salat al-`Asr and Salat al-Maghrib, over 3,000 mureeds
recite Jazuli's Dala'il al-Khayrat in unison. |
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| Shaykh
Hisham delivers a talk to the gathered crowd of mureeds at the mosque of
Shaykh Ahmed Lutfi.
Sohbat:
"What goes and what stays" |
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| Shaykh Tawfiq, a great example of Prophetic humility and sincerity. | |
Sohbat
by Shaykh Hisham at Hotel Nirwana in village, after Fajr. 
The Shaykh spoke on:
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