Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 1:07 PM
To: Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi Order
Cc: naqshbandi_network@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Condolences


To: Our Grandshaykh Mawlana Shaykh Nazim al Haqqani, Mawlana Shaykh Hisham and their families.

Bismillah ir Rahman ir Raheem
"Inna lillahi Wa inna ilaihi Rajiun"
Sadaq Allah al Azim.


Assalamu alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh,

My wife and I are in great sadness at the news of the passing of Hajjah Anne. May Allah grant her the highest paradises and His nearness. As was indicated by her dream shortly before her passing, inshaAllah she has been joined by the blessed company of Rasulullah (saws).

I have been honored to see the Noble Hajjah with my own eyes, when she accompanied Grandshaykh Nazim al Haqqani in America for the 2nd Islamic Unity Conference in Washington DC, alhmadulillah! She was a symbol of purity and shining faith to me. Also both my wife and I were blessed to see her in our dreams, which were exceptionally spiritually uplifting for us. She will always remain as an epitome of motherly care. Words cannot express the feelings.

>From the bottom of our hearts we are offering our prayers for her at
this moment and for the bereaved family of Mawlana Grandshaykh, including Hajjah Naziha and Shaykh Hisham and their children. May Allah give them the patience to accept this great loss. May Allah give us the opportunity to be with them in spirit forever in both worlds.

While it is indeed a time of great sorrow for us, we also believe that for Hajjah Anne it is at the same time a moment of "Urs" (Spiritual union) with the Beloved, inshaAllah:

"Think not of those, who are slain in the way of Allah, as dead.
Nay, they are living. With their Lord they have provision."
-[Qur'an: 3.169]


In deep love and great sorrow,

-Zeeshan and Dyutee Ali
Texas, USA