His Passing (may Allah have mercy on him)

Praise be to Allah. I had written this biographical account of my master and shaykh—may Allah have mercy on him and be pleased with him—approximately one year prior to his passing.

I visited him—may Allah have mercy on him—one day before his passing, on 18/12/1435 AH, accompanied by Aḥmad Ḥanash al-Sharīf, ʿAbd Allāh ʿAlī al-Qaḍān, and his nephew Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, and we found him in severe pain. We spoke with him for an hour while he listened attentively, responding only with faint words, yet signs of joy and contentment were evident upon him due to our visit and conversation. He had been lying on his back, but asked his son to help him sit up, and he sat due to the joy and relief that had entered him. We then sought permission to depart; he granted us leave and supplicated for us—may Allah have mercy on him—and this took place between ʿAṣr and Maghrib.

Our discussion with him—may Allah have mercy on him—centered on the matter of guidance (al-irshād), wherein we affirmed our commitment to continue upon his path and methodology without alteration or deviation.

Then, on the following day, 19/12/1435 AH, his pure soul departed to the mercy of Allah at noon, after a severe trial which he met with great ṣabr and complete riḍā with Allah.

He was seventy-seven years of age.

Among his distinguishing qualities—may Allah have mercy on him—in youth and old age, in health and illness, were expansiveness of heart and forbearance, and I never saw him angered or agitated except when angered for the sake of Allah—may Allah have mercy on him and be pleased with him.