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مَكْتَبَةُ كَتِيبَةِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نُصَيْرٍ

Guidance for the Seeker and the Lamp for the Monotheist - Abu Salih al-Daylami

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He then clarified the Hajj and the 'Persons' of the House (al-Bayt), the Sanctuary (al-Ḥaram), its roof, its floor, its pillars, the circumambulation (al-Ṭawāf), Zamzam, al-Ṣafā, al-Marwa, the Stone (al-Ḥajar), Minā, al-Muzdalifa, the al-Aqṣā Mosque, the Night Journey (al-Masrā bihi), that which was blessed around the Mosque, the appointed times (al-Mawāqīt), and Jihad.

Following this, he presented the 'Persons' of the Informed Ones (al-Munba’īn)—seventeen individuals, person by person. Then the 'Persons' of the Seven Days [of the week], followed by the names of the 'Persons' of the Twelve Months, one after another in succession and order.

After that, he brought forth the mention of the Ascendants (al-Muṭāli') with elegant verses and ancient explanation. Then, he informed the Khasibi Sect (al-Ṭā’ifa al-Khaṣībiyya) regarding the school of thought: that they shall never attain the [depths of the] school and Monotheism, nor shall it be established for them, except through their sincerity in the Monotheism of the 'Prince of the Bees' (Ali) in absolute abstraction (al-Tajrīd). He stipulated that the affirmation of Monotheism .is coupled with everything that Allah has mandated; you shall not omit a single thing from it.

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