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An Obituary of the Humble Ascetic: Shaykh Shukri al-Luhafi (1920-2015)

By Shaykh Mohammed Daniel al-Muhajir al-Dimishqi Edited by IlmGate July 22, 2015 إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون، إن لله ما أخذ وله ما أعطى وكل شيىء عنده بأجل مسمى  عن الحسن قال: “كانوا يقولون: موت العالم ثلمة في الإسلام لا يسدها شيء ما اختلف الليل والنهار.” رواه الدارمي ح34 It brings me extreme sadness to learn of and inform my Muslim brethren that the erudite scholar, expert reciter, master calligrapher, and Imam of humility and gnostics in the blessed Land of Shām; Shaykh Shukri Ibn Ahmed Ibn Ali al-Luhafi al-Shādhili al-Hanafi has passed into the mercy of Allah at the age…