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In the city of Sairam in Turkistan {Sairam is just east of Shymkent in modern Kazakhstan], there was a Sheykh named Sheykh Ibrahim Rehmat’Allah Alaih, a descendant of Hazrat Ali Karam’Allahu Wajh. When he passed from this earthly life, he left a grown daughter named Gawhar Shahnaz and a seven year-old boy named Ahmad. From [...]

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BismillahirRahmanirRahim
Selam Aleykum was Rahmatullahi wa Barakatahu,
Medet Ya Seyh, Medet. Alhamdulillah, I know that the nature of the postings on this blog has been for the most part erratic, and touch-and-’disappear’ rather than touch-and-go, but these days I’m more awake to the support coming from my Seyh, and when there is support, things begin to open [...]

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BismillahirRahmanirRahim
Selam Aleykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatahu
Here is a description of the kiswa/ghilaf or covering of the Kaaba during the time of Ibn Jubayr on his pilgrimage in 1184 A.D.
At the end of each hajj – the old fabric covering of the Ka’ba (kiswa) was removed and replaced with a new one. In the early years [...]

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