Bismillah, w'alhamdulillah, wa-salat wa-salam ala Rasulillah,
Allahumma salli wa sallim ala jaami al-mahamid, man bihi tafarraj al-kurub, wa tukshaf ush-shada'id, sayyedina Muhammad, wa ala alihi wa sahbihi. Ya Hayy, ya Qayyum, ya Wahid.
O God, bestow mercy and peace upon the gatherer of praises, the one through whom difficulties are relieved and adversities removed, our master Muhammad - and upon his family and companions. O Living, O Sustainer, O One.
Yesterday morning at Fajr (coinciding with the 12th of Rabi al-awwal), in the blessed city of Damascus, sayyedi Shaykh Abdul Razzaq al-Halabi, the grand mufti of the Hanafi school, left this lowly world.
Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un.
No doubt we belong to the Creator, and He can call whomever He wishes back, whenever He wills.
I can't count how many times in the last year I have made intention to visit Shaykh Abdul Razzaq; time and time again. But time waits for no one, and some of us just didn't get there in time.
A friend of mine said "the hanafi madhab has been orphaned once more today" - true, but I feel each of us were orphaned individually also. Since the news, I feel less sure, less safe, less secure. Like a mighty pillar that gave us much strength has vanished, and now we're on shaky ground, and the roof may fall at any time.
May Allah preserve the knowledge of His religion; for "indeed the religion with Allah is Islam" - it belongs to Him, and His concern for it is greater than our concern. May He take us to the feet of its inheritors, and may we sit there safely until the end of time.
One of Shaykh Abdul Razzaq's main students, Shaykh Muhammad Jumua, who himself is an elderly and saintly scholar, is currently facing a lot of difficulties in Syria; this is a request that you keep him in your prayers also. He is the teacher of our teacher.
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