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مَكْتَبَةُ كَتِيبَةِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نُصَيْرٍ

Epistle of Nasih al-Dawlah - Jaysh bin Muhammad bin Mahraz

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And indeed your bond, praise be to Allah, which is not mixed with impurity, and your mending opinion which time does not change, so you were now as it was said: stopping at suspicion is better than rushing into destruction.

And as it was said: "Matters are three: a matter whose error became clear to you, so avoid it; a matter that became obscure to you, so refer it to its people; and a matter whose guidance became clear to you, so follow it."

And I present the answer to that, seeking the help of Allah and His good success, and seeking through that closeness to Him and proximity.

And what you have learned and understood in action and hearing from the master scholars and the eloquent sheikhs, may Allah sanctify their souls and elevate their degrees in the authentic narrations and the sincere sayings, because I run their course, and no one is blind to some of their ranks, but rather a walker of their method and an emulator of them and of their known sciences, and success is by His mercy and His favor.

As for his saying regarding the seen form which is the ultimate goal, its parts disintegrate, and its majesty ceases, and it returns to its whim: he has pointed to a goal above it,

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