Question:
As Salam Aleykoum wa rahmatullah wa barakatouh
Bismillah r rahman r rahim
I saw this video on youtube : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1P7qe7Em1E& feature=watch_response_rev and this website : http://www.gohar-shahi.com/
Sheikh Gohar Shahi claims to be the Imam Mahdi. As mawlana Sheikh Hisham came to take authorisation for zikr from him, shall we follow him when time has come?
I must say that his face feels me with good feellings mash Allah.
Answer:
wa `alaykum salam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, wa ‘s-salamu `ala man ‘ttabi`a ‘l-huda
laa hawla wa laa quwatta illa billahi ‘l-`Aliyyi ‘l-`Azheem
There is no might and now power except with Allah they Exalted the Magnificent.
Whoever claimed that Shaykh Hisham came to take dhikr from Gohar Shahi, in fact lied. Gohar Shahi requested to visit Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani at his home in California. Shaykh Hisham did not know this person, and in the tradition of Muslim hospitality, invited him into his home and showed him the respect due to someone who was outwardly a pious scholar and tariqah shaykh. Later false and nonsensical claims that Shaykh Hisham took baya` or took awrad from him are invalid, rather Shaykh Hisham’s impeccable adab is, like Mawlana Shaykh Nazim, to accept wa`zh and even reprimand from anyone, to recite dhikr with anyone and to act like a common person.
As for claims to be Mahdi, if Gohar Shahi had said so to Shaykh Hisham, he would have refuted him there and then. Instead he posed as a Qadiri shaykh. Since Mahdi’s appearance, birth and lineage are well known from many authentic hadith, it is clear that this man is not Mahdi and should withdraw his false claims.
I bear witness to the utter falsehood of these claims as I was present at this meeting.
You may see the Post “false Mahdis” for more information.
Taher Siddiqui
reviewed and approved by Shaykh Hisham Kabbani
As Salam Aleykoum wa rahmatullah wa barakatouh
I have seen this video and it does not signifies that Shaykh Hisham has done any thing that is claimed by mislead Gohar Shahi and is followers.
I just want to say that in future Mawlana Shaykh Nazim and Shaykh Hisham must take care before allowing any body to meet them. A through inquiry must be made about the person who claims to be a Sufi Order.Specially from Pakistan/India
As stated in many books there will so some many people who would claim they are the righteous Imam or leader and it will be difficult to recognize between a true and false
Muhammad Nasir Aziz
I heard that Gauhar died few years back and ( Nauzbillah ) his followers ( May Allah guide them to Righteousness) still claim that he was Mahdi and he is in Ghaib presently.
May Allah Guide us All to the Right Path and Open the eyes of those who have been flowing such fake people BLINDLY ! its our duty to pray for such brother and sisters.