Mufti of the Hanafis in Zabid confirmed Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah al-Habib Ali al-Jifri will not be attending the Urs of Sayidi al-Imam Ahmad Rida Khan (rahmatullah alayh) due to passport problems. The Mufti of the Hanafi's in Zabid, Yemen, Shaykh Qasim Salih Kuzaym has been confirmed as attending with all necessary visa steps completed and tickets booked, InshAllah. When he was given ijazah by Mufti Diyar al-Hindiyyah Sayidi Taj al-Shari'ah a few weeks ago via a telephone conversation arranged by Mufti Shams ul Huda al Misbahi, the Mufti (Shaykh Qasim) said: "I have taken many ijazas in my life but no ijaza has created that expansion of my breast as when Shaykh Akhtar Rida Khan said to me I give you Ijaza from my grandfather Al-Imam Ahmad Rida Khan (alayhi rahmatur Rahman) and I said I accept. I felt like a mountain". That is the Barakah of Sayidi Ala Hazrat (rahmatullah alayh). Short biography of the Shaykh Qasim Salih Kuzaym: http://www.ibad-arrahman.co.uk/mufti-qasim-kuzaym--biography.html
Al-Hamdulillah! I was informed that Shaykh Habib Ali was personally invited to the blessed Urs of Ala Hazrat in Bareilly Sharif by Sayyidi Taajush Shari'ah as one of his very dear and special guests. The Habib accepted the invite and will in sha' Allah attend the gathering.
