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My ‘Azîz, Siddiq and Mustaqîm brothers! It is necessary to declare a haqiqah that is warned to me very severely. It is as follows:

According to the mystery,

1 لاَ يَعْلَمُ الْغَيْبَ اِلاَّ اللّٰهُ ,

the people of walâyah do not know the matters about the ghayb unless they are informed about them. The war between the ‘Ten Sahâbah Promised with Jannah’ (‘ashara al-mubashshara) demonstrates that even the greatest ones among awliyâ unjustly conflicted with their opponents since they did not know the true state of their opponents. It means that two awliyâ, two people of haqiqah, do not fall from their ranks by rejecting each other unless they act according to ijtihad, which is a clear error and completely contradicts the clear injunctions of Sharî’ah.

• According to the above mystery, and by conforming to the noble principle in the âyah

وَ الْكَاظِمِينَ الْغَيْظَ وَ الْعَافِينَ عَنِ النَّاسِ2

• in order not to break the good opinion of the ‘âwam mu’mins towards their shaykhs, thus preserving their îmân from being shaken,
• and due to the necessity of saving the pillar students of the Risale-i Nur from their justified but harmful anger against unjust objections,
• and to avoid the people of ilhâd benefiting from the hostility between the two groups of the people of haqq and bringing both down and refuting them by using one's weapon and objection to invalidate the other and refuting the first with the other's evidence;

based on these four principles, the students of the Risale-i Nur should not respond to the opponents with anger and thoughtless hastiness, nor with retaliation. To defend themselves, it is necessary to explain and answer the points of objection in an appeasing manner.

Because at this time, ananiyyah has exceedingly transgressed. No one melts or breaks their ananiyyah, which is a piece of ice the size of their height; they consider themselves to have a valid excuse, and this leads to conflict. The people of haqq suffer loss, while the people of dhalâlah benefit.