1. Shaykh Muĥammad al-Marzūqī Abū Ĥusayn [1284-1365] the Mufti of Ĥanafīs and Qāđī of Makkah in his endorsement to Husam al-Haramayn The noble master, the great and meritorious scholar, Shaykh Aĥmed Riđā Khān al-Baraylawi - may Allāh táālā give him a long life and vouchsafe him in both worlds and safeguard his pen – the unsheathed sword upon the necks of the renegades – may it never lose its sheen. Aāmīn! O Allāh, Aāmīn. When I met him and my eyes fell upon him - may Allāh táālā protect him - I recalled the following verses: The harbingers had informed me much upon inquiry Of Aĥmed ibn Saýīd, and his goodness But then when I met him - No, by Allah! My ears had not seen more beautiful than what my eyes did.
