Identifying the Relative

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Last time I wrote, I delved into a dream I had a few days ago. I pointed it down into my iPhone so I wouldn’t forget. Then I sent it to a friend I trust in issues of tasawuff. And once the initial shock of waking up had subsided, I closed my eyes and remembered the dream. The people and the words. And that’s what I wrote down here.

The only thing missing was simply, who is that man? What is the name of the close family member from Ahl Ul Bayt, who escorted me to Dubai and shared a meal with me? I said I would draw him. And I still can. But last night the issue took an interesting turn:

I was adding pictures of shayukh to my facebook page. I do so in hope that their noor will inspire the people I know, to read up on traditional Islam, and perhaps even want to aquire this amazing set of paints, that traditional Islam really is. I’ve added Al Haba’ib and the Naqshbandi shayukh Mawlana Shaykh Nazim and Mawlana Shaykh Hisham. Then I found a picture of Mawlana Shaykh Adnaan. Mawlana Shaykh Hisham’s brother. I wanted to add it but I was uncertain of how to spell his name. I put in a simple google search on this topic. I got my answer, doubly! How to spell, but above all, I got a black and white picture of the man who had escorted me to Dubai!

My heart jumped and a cool flowing feeling as if being tickled from inside, swept through me. There he was! Looking right into the camera the same way he looked into me – in London! He was wearing traditional clothes and a turban, but it was him. I clicked the picture, since I wanted to save it and ask people who he was.

Clicking it revealed that there is no “was” – he is alive today – and in fact, I did meet him. In this world. He knows about me. In this world. This is him:

Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani ق

Mawlana if you see this post, JazakAllah khayr for making things clear for me. I love you for the sake of Allah (swt), Rasool Allah (saw) and Ahl Ul Bayt (as). Please make du’a for me that Allah (swt) will give me the strength and confidence to go ahead and be everything I am supposed to be.

Salaam alaykum,

Sarah

~ by Shuruq on February 4, 2012.