All praise is due to Allah—abundant, pure, and blessed praise—as our Lord loves and is pleased with.
May the most perfect and complete peace and blessings be upon our Master Muhammad ﷺ, the noblest of mankind, sent to both the black and the red (i.e., all of humanity), in a manner befitting his lofty status and noble rank.
Peace and blessings also be upon:
His rightly guided caliphs 🕌
His pure and noble progeny 🧬
All his companions, whom Allah is pleased with 🤝
…each according to their elevated station and distinguished rank.
🧕 The humble servant in need of the mercy of Allah, المؤلف: أحمد بن عبد الأحد بن زين العابدين، العمري الفاروقي نسبا، السِّرْهِنْدِي مولدا ووطنا، الحنفي مذهبا (ت ١٠٣٤هـ)
Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Aḥad al-ʿUmarī al-Fārūqī,
by lineage a Fārūqī,
by birth and homeland a native of Sirhind,
by jurisprudence a follower of the Ḥanafī madhhab,
—may Allah continue to shower His blessings upon him and benefit the Ummah through him—writes:
A letter recently reached this poor servant from the Shīʿah, written during the time when ʿAbd Allāh Khān Uzbek had besieged Mashhad.
🔖 This letter was addressed to the scholars of Transoxiana (Mā Warāʾ al-Nahr) in response to their declaration of takfīr (excommunication) against the Shīʿah and their ruling on the permissibility of shedding their blood and confiscating their wealth.