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The Passing of of a Great Sufi Master: Mawlana Hakeem Muhammad Akhtar

Khanqah AshrafiyaBy Mufti Siraj Desai

Edited by IlmGate

June 5, 2013

[On June 2, 2013 (corresponding to 23 Rajab)], a great luminary on the firmament of Islamic Spirituality was lost to the Ummah: Arif Billah Mawlana Hakeem Muhammad Akhtar, rahmatullahi alayh. The passing on of this great Wali of Allah leaves yet another vacuum in the lives of Muslims that shall never be filled. Rasulullah sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam predicted that among the signs of the [coming of] the Day of Judgement will be the passing away of scholars and thereby, the removal of knowledge from this world. I deem it appropriate to cite [the entire hadith] here: