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honorable and rewarded with a feeling of self- sufficiency at which time the doors of
salvation will be opened to you as explained in the sayings of the Prophet, praise and
peace be upon him.

I have written this letter to you for a specific reason and that is to introduce you to one of
my old friends. Both his inspiration to his disciples and his dedication to a noble life are
due to signs from beyond which seems to him to be the domain of his own self. He is
the father of religious society, a mystical society. He is an elderly man and too weak to
earn a livelihood. He has faced not only hardship but arduous labor, and ill treatment,
all of which have contributed to his ill-health. Besides, Abu Bakr Abdullah, who is so
favored that the hidden things of Paradise are shown to him, has asked me to introduce
him to you with a request that you may help ease his financial difficulties.

I pray to Almighty Allah to open the doors of His everlasting kingdom to your soul so
that it may behold all that happens on this earth and may He enable you to renounce
your own worldly advancement for the sake of the Divine which is better.

Your Excellency's humble servant
Al Ghazali