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SOME NOTES ON SHEYKH EFFENDI’S LIFE AND MISSION

TEXT OF INTERVIEW WITH SHEYKH EFFENDI HAZLETERI ON MPL TV WITH PREVIOUS NOTE


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INTRODUCTORY NOTE

Shaykh Maulana’s words regarding Sheykh Effendi Hazleteri:


From a conversation in Turkish and English between Mevlana Seyh Muhammad Nazim al-Hakkani al-Kibrisi Hazretleri and SheykhAbdul Kerim's wife:


[Mevlana Talking to his son] Are you in a rush Mehmet? Come, come sit down.  Right now we were giving instructions to the New Moon. To the Risen Moon. [Referring to Sheykh Abdul Kerim.]

[Talking again to Sheykh Abdul Kerim]
This will be enough for you. So many people who are lacking intelligence have arrived, so we have to address to them. You have lots of intelligence.Say selam, continue the zikir, say Allah. When you say Allah, may you shake the earth and sky. I gave you permission. May Janabi Hakk dress you with majesty.

When the bird sees you, may it come sit on your head [a big blessing], and when the wolf sees you, may it run away. I am pleased with the service you have done, well done.

The awliyas' divine look is on you. For what reason? Your fatheris very connected with us. His father, Mehmet Dayi, is very connected with us. Those above him in your family chain there were pure awliyas that lived on that mountain. They were Allah's humble servants.

They were in worship and prayer and they were those who were not rebellious to Allah. All of them had the medal of sainthood. For that reason it has come to you.

[Sheykh Mevlana isreferring to the mountain village of Alifotos in Cyprus. This was Sheykh Abdul Kerim's family village until they were forced to move north during the civil war in which Sheykh Abdul Kerim bacame mujahid. Sheykh Mevlana and his wife HaciAnne visited Alifotos many times. Four generations of Sheykh Abdul Kerim's extended family served Sheykh Mevlana there.]

The service that you do is beautiful, withtheir baraka continue that service. Bringing a person to Islam, iman, tarika is more valuable and rewarding than
acquiring all of America in your hands. Continue it. Do not look at what people say.

May you have no business with gossip. You are with permission, look at your job. If someone interferes then I will interfere. I have given you the permission.

Gather as much as you can gather. Mayyour service be accepted, may your body be with health, may your table always be full, may your door be open to guests. May good servants come to the place you are.

May the evil of sheytan, the evil of the enemy, the evil of government be distant from you.

May your sustenance not end. May your Nur/Light increase and never decrease. May your line not be cut off. May your future be good andselam aleykum wa rahmetullahi wa barakatahu.'

This is a statement that I never give to anyone, like this statement”.

Shaykh Maulana also spoke about him on another occasion:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7xoFzP135Y



TEXT OF MPL INTERVIEW


Right after prayers, we start our association with Sheykh Abdul Kerim. Since he has a colorful personality, he tells us of his life with parts.Yes, viewers of Bab-i Alem, we are in New York. And we are at the Osmanli Dergahi in New York. As we introduced to you before, this is a beautiful Ottoman Dergah, and we are with Abdul Kerim Hazretleri. They accepted and invited us. We are with him to get his views about Islam inshallah. Let us start by saying BismillahirRahmanirRahim. We are calling it Osmanli Dergahi. We are saying thatSheykh Nazim Kibrisi Hazretleri is paying great attention to the Ottomans. Can we get your views about the Ottomans?

“Auzu Billahi Minasheytanir Rajim, BismillahirRahmanirRahim. We are Ottomans and we are honored. We take pride in our ancestors. However, a sour truth has to be told that we are incapable of reading the history our ancestors lived. They put us in such a state that we cannot read...