Saturday, March 30, 2013

One year ago | Remembering Shaykh Raja Ashman Shah

Bismillah.

Somehow, yesterday, upon waking up, thoughts of him flooded my heart. Then I realized, in a sombre mood, 30th March was approaching.

March 30th, 2012 was the day he migrated to the realm of barzakh, all of a sudden.

I recalled vividly one night after majlis zikir, I told him: "Shaykh, I got a job! After three years of waiting." He said: "What?! Three years? Alhamdulillah!" He was about to leave the majlis and was waiting for his driver. Then he turned, his back towards the crowd, facing the road, paused for a good two or three minutes, lifted both hands high towards the sky and quietly said a prayer - a prayer of thanks I believed.

It was a very touching moment. A moment I will always cherish.

I am writing this on Wednesday 27th March, but it will appear to be posted on 30th March  - THE DAY.

The day has not arrived, but sadness has already begun to engulf. Outwardly I was comparatively distant from you compared to your countless mureed and followers. But I like to think that none but I had longed for a meeting with you as long as I did. Had you in my heart for 20 years before I finally got to meet you in person. It's proof that God listens to the faintest whisper of our hearts and fulfills all hopes in His own time. We were connected, and we will always be - heart to heart.

Of the many things about you, many have remembered associating the color purple with you. If I had a guitar with me right now, I would strum this sadness with my fingers and sing:

Purple rain, purple rain
The prince who reigned 
in the hearts of many people
purple reign, purple reign
in our hearts you shall remain...

Al Fatihah
HRH Shaykh Raja Ashman Shah ibn Sultan Azlan Shah
1958 - 30th March 2012


   

8 comments:

  1. Bismillah, Shukur Alhamdulliah I got to meet him many times in London at the Peckham mosque, with Shaykh Nazim. Everybody speaks very highly of him and we were all saddened by his sudden death.

    I also had the opportunity to meet him in Kuala Lumpur and I distinctly remember him driving a car with the plate number ABD1. Yes that clearly shows his humility to have a car with plate number that reads abdi (slave). May Allah Bless him and show him mercy. AlFatehah…

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  2. Assalamualaikum. Tercari-cari juga kisah Almarhum hingga terjumpa blog ini. Sebenarnya saya ada bermimpi berjumpa dengan Almarhum. Terkejut, terus bangun dari tidur. Saya pun sedekahkan Al-Fatihah. Cuma saya berasa pelik sebab tak pernah kenal pun Almarhum. Malah tak pernah jumpa langsung. Kenal pun sebab kebetulan terjumpa cerita2 tentang Almarhum di internet. Hingga ke hari ini masih lagi tercari-cari kenapa bermimpi bertemu dengan Almarhum.

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  3. Wa alaykumSalam

    Subhanallah!
    Sungguh istimewa pengalaman Amira itu.
    Memang kami ada dengar pelbagai cerita orang yang belum pernah bertemu Almarhum tetapi sangat tersentuh dengan pemergian beliau dan dengan diri batin beliau.

    Sangat istimewa ruhani yang satu ini!

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  4. bismillahirrahamnirraheem,


    knowing him as a prince who bow down to Allah in such a way..has made me proud..

    ya rabb al jannah make him to be the companion of jannah ameen....

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  5. E. Ismail mmg kenal rapat ke dgn Almarhum. Mcm mana agaknya dpt melihat dan berjumpa Almarhum sebelum ni ye. Bertuah sungguh.

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  6. Salam Amira,
    Tidak, saya tidak layak dan tidak boleh mengaku yang saya kenal rapat dgn Almarhum.
    Saya sekadar di pinggiran sekian ramai murid dan pengikut Almarhum melalui Tarikat Naqshbandi Haqqani.
    Tetapi di antara kelebihan yang Allah beri pada Almarhum ialah sesiapa yg mengenali dan pernah bertemu dengannya walaupun sekali, walaupun sekejap, ia sesuatu yg tersemat di hati.
    Dan hubungan secara batin ialah milik individu, milik masing-masing.

    Wallahu a'lam.

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  7. alsalamualeykum kak eza

    dengan kenyataan kakak ini...no wonder saya begitu tersentuh..dengan pemergian beliau..



    semoga Allah berkahi kita dan dia di sana.

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