Names of the People of the Cave and Grandshaykhs Ijaza

Question:

Assalamualaikkum to our beloved Shuyukh. I have 2 important questions as follows.

1. Can anyone give us the names of the details of the Awliya who are mentioned in Sura Kahf & the significance of them?

2. There were some sites on the internet which had mentioned that our beloved Grand Shaykh did not have a written Ijaza from his shaykh. How true is this?

Answer:

wa `alaykum salam,

According to al-Tabari in his Tafsir, al-Naysaburi in his, and countless other commentaries the names of the Companions of the Cave were:

يمليخا ومكشلينيا ومشلينيا ومرنوس ودبرنوش وشادنوش وكفشططوش .  واسم كلبهم قطمير

The latter states: “These names are traditionally used for protection, travel, to find something, to extinguish fires (write them down and throw them into it), to soothe crying infants (under pillow), for tilling the soil (attach on plow), for fever and migraine headaches, when visiting sultans, to facilitate birth, attract/protect wealth or reputation…”

Mawlana Shaykh Nazim (Allah sanctify his soul) wrote them down in a circular design which can be found on haqqanisoul.com and is also available for purchase in Lefke, Cyprus.

Hajj Gibril Haddad


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