October 9, 2003 Bandung

The next morning Shaykh Hisham led Tahajjud and Fajr prayers in the home of Mr. Sunarto.
Shaykh Hisham addressed Mr. Sunarto, expressing the appreciation that Mawlana Shaykh Nazim and himself have for his hard work and support of the tariqat.
Shaykh Hisham tries out a new relaxing chair.
Mr. Sunarto and his wife.
Breakfast served. Berny, who was translator for Shaykh Hisham, and his wife. Overseas guests Ishaq and Mateen chat with Bandung resident Bubby.
Mureeds from around the area came to Mr. Sunarto's home, which is arranged as a temporary zawiya, to see the Shaykh before he headed towards the new Naqshbandi-Haqqani zawiya in the highlands above Jakarta.
The reciters from Shaykh Shahid's pesantren came to recite farewell qasidas. Shaykh Shahid listens attentively as do the guest travelers. Here Sayyid Nojan listens to the magnificent recital of praise of the Prophet and Ahl al-Bayt.
The reciters gather for a group photo with Shaykh Hisham and Shaykh Shahid.
The internet server of Mr. Sunarto's office keeps a constant stream of data running presenting the new Haqqani website in Indonesian language.
 
The entourage sets out on the two-hour mountain drive to the new Naqshbani-Haqqani zawiya.
Passing fields of rice, submerged in water, forests, mountainsides covered with tea farms and green verdure, schools, shops, homes and mosques...
Tea plantations line the foothills, leading up to cloud-shrouded volcanoes.
The entourage of 15 SUVs and cars arrives at the constrution site of the new zawiya.
Shaykh Hisham examines the worksite and enters the zawiya's 2nd level.
Shaykh Hisham and entourage examine the work in progress.
 
 
  Then the group goes downstairs - and are surprised to find a finished prayer hall large enough to hold over 1,000 congregants.
A local group of boys and girls, outfitted in full Sunnah attire, recited qasidas of welcome for Shaykh Hisham and the group.
Shaykh Hisham leads Dhuhr salaat.
following tasbih and du`a, Hafiz recites Surat al-Mulk.
Recitations are followed by the traditional greetings.
Sayyid Nojan looks down from the heights to the rice fields below. Another outbuilding of the zawiya contains ablution fountains. Boarding rooms.
Shaykh Hisham makes a fresh ablution.
Shaykh Hisham distributes sweets to the guests.
As a huge cloudburst broke with rain, all returned to the caravan of cars and SUVs and headed down the mountain for the long drive to Jakarta.
After two hours of driving we returned to the Jakarta zawiya. Following a short rest in the Firdaus' home, the Shaykh headed to another program - a Jakarta Mosque where Shaykh was scheduled to speak and lead dhikrullah.
Shaykh Hisham leads salaat al-Isha followed by a talk and dhikr.
   
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