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He who treads a path in search of knowledge Allah will direct him to tread a path from the paths of Paradise.  As*alamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh , We pray this finds everyone well, wrapped in Allah’s mercy and steadfastly travelling The erudite ‘Allamah, the Gnostic, Zāhid and Friend of Allah, the noble Shaykh Shukri al-Luhafī al-Hanafī ash-Shadhili from Damascus has pas*ed away today, he was 98 years old, He was the Leader of the Shadhili Tariqa in Shaam ash-Sharif. Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un. May He give him to drink from the Basin of His Prophet (alayhi salat wa salam), that he may never thirst thereafter, and may He enter him into the highest gardens of Paradise! Ameen. The Janaza of the Noble Shaykh will be held in the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus and he will be buried next to Sayyiduna Nur al-Din Zangi Sayyiduna Shaykh Shukri al-Luhafi was considered to be one of the Budala of Shaam ash-Sharif, Sayyid Shaykh Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri Rahimahullah informed everyone before he pas*ed away that Sayyiduna Shaykh Shukri al-Luhafi was one of the 40 Abdaals > The people of Syria were mentioned in front of `Ali ibn Abi Talib > while he was in Iraq, and they said: “Curse them, O Commander of > the Believers.” He replied: “No, I heard the Messenger of Allah > say: “The Substitutes (al-abdal) are in Syria and they are forty > men, every time one of them dies, Allah substitutes another in his > place. By means of them Allah brings down the rain, gives (Muslims) > victory over their enemies, and averts punishment from the people of > Syria.”” al-Haythami said: “The men in its chains are all > those of the sahih except for Sharih ibn `Ubayd, and he is > trustworthy (thiqa).” al-Hakim narrated the following which he graded sound (sahih), and al-Dhahabi confirmed him: > `Ali said: “Do not curse the people of Syria, for among them are > the Substitutes (al-Abdal), but curse their injustice.”