Al Shafi'i
SAYYID'ABDULHAKIM-I ARWASI an-Naqshbandi (qs)
(A disciple of sayyid Fahim-i Arwasi.qs) was the greatest Aalim during the reign of the last Khalifat-ul-Muslimin Sultan Muhammad Wahid ad-din Khan. He was born in the town of Baskal'a near Van in 1281 (1865) and passed away in Ankara in 1362 (1943). [TURKEY] .During the time when communists, freemasons, Wahhabis, apostates, Rafidis, Jews and Christians were attacking Islam with all their publications, propaganda, imperial powers and wealth in order to deprive Muslim children of their faith, he protected the Ahl as-Sunnat with his lectures, sermons and books against annihilation and, with his appropriate expertise, he cleared away the poisonous lies that had been imposed upon the youth. He suffered terrible difficulties and oppression for this way (rahima- hullahu ta'ala). 'Abdulhakim Effendi's father, Khalifa Mustafa Effendi, was from Sakitan village of Yuksekova, a town of Hakkari (an Eastern Anatolian city).[TURKEY]
In the Rajab month of 1332 [1914], Sayyid 'Abdulhakim Effendi migrated from Bashkala. He came to Istanbul in 1337. He first settled in the Yazili Madrasa at Ayyub Sultan and later in the Murtada Effendi Tekkesi on Gumussuyu Hill. While giving sermons at various mosques and teaching at the Vefa High school and the Sulaimaniyya Madrasa in the Sultan Salim Mosque, he began propagating Islam, silencing and subduing the enemies of Islam. In the firman (Sultan's order) dated-8th-of Dhu'l-Qada, 1337 [August 5, 1919], he was appointed a mudarris (senior professor) at the highest madrasa, the University-level Madrasa of Sulaimaniyya. The firman said:
"Appointed for the following vacant posts at Dar al-Khilafat al-'aliyya Sulaimaniyya Madrasa are Dabrali Wildan Fa'iq Effendi for the mudarris-ship of al-Hadith ash-Sharif; 'Abdulhakim Effendi, one of the 'ulama' of Hakkari, for the mudarris-ship of tasawwuf; ..... and the former Hakkari representative Sayyid Taha Effendi for the mudarris-ship of al-fiqh ash-Shafi'i. For the fulfillment of this al-'iradat as-saniyya (imperial rescript), the Mashikkat al-Islamiyya (the Religious Affairs office) is charged. Muhammad Wahid ad-din."
This firman is written on page 1484 of the Jarida-i 'Ilmiyya, 48 th issue.
Husain Hilmi Isik Effendi Said, "Starting From 1347 [1929], After Maintaining Continuous Companionship For Seven Years And After Frequently Visiting Him For Another Seven Years While I Was In Ankara, Did I Manage To Accumulate From That Door [Of 'Abdulhakim Effendi] All Of What I Possess For This World And The Next. Although I Was Unable To Study Islamic Knowledge And Was Unaware Of Islamic Virtues And Excellences, I Attained The Honor Of Understanding Something Of 'Ilm (Knowledge) And Ikhlas (Sincerity In Faithfulness) With The Patronage, Kindness And Compassion Of That Great Wali. I saw many conscientious and curious people from all parts of the country and from abroad come and ask many things concerning knowledge and science and leave with full satisfaction concerning the answers. However, there were also those base people who came for worldly advantages or for perpetrating enmity. With his keen insight, he would immediately perceive their intentions, but, because he was gentle, compassionate and long-sighted, he would not discriminate between a friend and an enemy, treating everybody with modesty and mudara (dissimulation). Those who visited with their pure hearts and received faid from scholars of Islam for the sake of Allah have continued in their footsteps and lived up to the rules of Islam. Those who said that they had received faid from their doors but avoided worshipping and busied themselves with the harams and evils, however, are to be regarded as hypocrites and exploiters."
