Question:
I wish a long life to Maulana Shaykh Nazim, I love him sincerily, He is my Master…but I would like to know what is the “Passing of the Secret of the Golden Chain”….is it a ritual in wich the Grandsheikh gives power to his successor if he has to die?….And, in that case, what happens to the Ghauth, the Qutub and so on…? Do they change (changing the Grandsheikh)? Or do they remain the same persons?…I hope to see the Mahdi, sure, but I am very interested in knowing the way the Tariqa had gone on during 14 centuries….I know I am not showing proper “adab“, but it is a topic never treated before on this beautiful site, I think….Salam Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh, Brothers and Sisters !!!
Answer:
Shaykh Hisham Kabbani wrote, in Classical Islam and the Naqshbandi Sufi Order:
Shaykh Nazim brought Grandshaykh’s body back into the mosque and prayed janaza over him again. Then he ordered us all to go break our fast. He buried him with his own hands. When he lifted the shroud from his face, we smelled the sweet perfume of sandalwood, amber and musk the like of which we had never smelled before. Then Shaykh Nazim asked us to go out. Only my brother and I stayed, watching from the window to see what was happening inside.
He stood at the head of the grave, as if in prayer. Then in the blink of an eye, Shaykh Nazim disappeared. This event added an extraordinary surprise to our previous surprises. There were no words to express our feelings. Fifteen minutes passed, and suddenly we saw Shaykh Nazim appear in the same place from which he had disappeared. Then we ran to the door as he came out. He said, “What! Still here? You didn’t break your fast? Never mind, my company is better!” We went down to break our fast with him. Shaykh Nazim returned that night to Beirut, and took a plane back to Cyprus.
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