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>He lived in the modest Al-Hussaynî neighborhood and participated in the publication of the magazine al-Ma’rifah edited by his brother, the teacher ‘Abd Al-‘Azîz Al-Islâmbûlî. He married the daughter of one of the Egyptian scholars of Al-Azhar [Sheikh Muhammad Ibrâhîm]. He had several children with her, both boys and girls – may Allah watch over them and educate them – then he returned to the Supreme Companion (Al-Rafîq Al-A’lâ) and was buried in the Cairo cemetery after he had fulfilled his spiritual (rûhiyyah) and scientific (‘ilmiyyah) function (risâlah), by word, deed, and thought; in all this, he was preceded by no French Muslim in modern history.
>Afterwards, people forgot the philosopher, the scholar, the Sufi, the French Muslim, Sheikh 'Abd al-Wahid Yahya, who loved Islam and served the Taçawwuf, sacrificing everything he possessed for it. People forgot him despite his uniqueness, his qualities, his particularities, and his works, which are unseen by most of the famous men in history.
>And Allah reserved for him one of His blessings, through the interest shown in him by the pious and loyal brother, the scholar 'Abd al-Halim Mahmud, who wrote his unprecedented epistle in order to make this great man (rajul 'adhîm) known, thus preserving his rightful place in history.
>It is thus incumbent upon this man to revive his memory – and it is up to only enlightened Sufis (aç-çufiyyah al-mustanîrîn wahdahum) to do so – and the fact that his memory was recently celebrated in the circle (majliss) of a well-known Sufi minister is certainly a blessing from among the blessings of Allah upon his spirit (ruh); [the minister] insisted on the necessity of reviving his memory (dhikrâ-hu) and what relates to it: it is now time to commit ourselves to the implementation [of these recommendations], with the permission of Allah, because the fact that the ‘Achîrah [Mohammediyyah] establishes a small festival (hifl çaghîr) this year, like the one organized last year on this occasion, is certainly not sufficient (layssa yakfî).
>He lived in the modest Al-Hussaynî neighborhood and participated in the publication of the magazine al-Ma’rifah edited by his brother, the teacher ‘Abd Al-‘Azîz Al-Islâmbûlî. He married the daughter of one of the Egyptian scholars of Al-Azhar [Sheikh Muhammad Ibrâhîm]. He had several children with her, both boys and girls – may Allah watch over them and educate them – then he returned to the Supreme Companion (Al-Rafîq Al-A’lâ) and was buried in the Cairo cemetery after he had fulfilled his spiritual (rûhiyyah) and scientific (‘ilmiyyah) function (risâlah), by word, deed, and thought; in all this, he was preceded by no French Muslim in modern history.
>Afterwards, people forgot the philosopher, the scholar, the Sufi, the French Muslim, Sheikh 'Abd al-Wahid Yahya, who loved Islam and served the Taçawwuf, sacrificing everything he possessed for it. People forgot him despite his uniqueness, his qualities, his particularities, and his works, which are unseen by most of the famous men in history.
>And Allah reserved for him one of His blessings, through the interest shown in him by the pious and loyal brother, the scholar 'Abd al-Halim Mahmud, who wrote his unprecedented epistle in order to make this great man (rajul 'adhîm) known, thus preserving his rightful place in history.
>It is thus incumbent upon this man to revive his memory – and it is up to only enlightened Sufis (aç-çufiyyah al-mustanîrîn wahdahum) to do so – and the fact that his memory was recently celebrated in the circle (majliss) of a well-known Sufi minister is certainly a blessing from among the blessings of Allah upon his spirit (ruh); [the minister] insisted on the necessity of reviving his memory (dhikrâ-hu) and what relates to it: it is now time to commit ourselves to the implementation [of these recommendations], with the permission of Allah, because the fact that the ‘Achîrah [Mohammediyyah] establishes a small festival (hifl çaghîr) this year, like the one organized last year on this occasion, is certainly not sufficient (layssa yakfî).
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