منشور الشيخ أبي المعالي الطاهر
In the name of the Almighty God, the One who has brought near the term of the covenant-breaking unbeliever. May God prolong the life of the excellent shaykh. The paths of oppression have widened through the defiled souls of the deceivers, and corruption has multiplied as the destruction of the transgressing sinners approaches. Their behavior has reached the point of inventing false charges against us, for which the God of the worlds will soon bring them to account.
Ghannām rejected the testimony concerning Naṣr that had been given by a group of trustworthy, sincere shaykhs of the House of ʿAbd Allāh. Had Ghannām—may God distance him—wished to put an end to that assertion, he could have done so by giving testimony to us contrary to what the lying slanderer had testified. Yet he is unlikely to raise it in a letter without bringing disgrace upon the one who invents it—one of those treacherous liars. Let the shaykh examine this manifestly false allegation with care and accept the testimony of the shaykhs about Naṣr, rejecting the accuser’s words. Those hypocritical deceivers have severed the bonds of compassion from the hearts of the peoples.
By God, I have no complaint against the pure shaykh except his reception of Ghannām after what Ghannām did with the letters entrusted to him. Such conduct was outside truth and religion. God forbid that I should attribute it to the shaykh himself! Rather, he acted out of trust and the purity of his own soul, and so that the failure of the deceivers might become evident.
Let the shaykh not delay in sending a letter setting out the matter in an orderly and suitably formulated way, establishing the ruling against those of these heretics who have been plainly cursed.
I send the community my fullest greeting and peace.
May God hasten the recompense of this rabble! He is the Avenger against anyone who alters his words, twists them, puts falsehood in the place of truth, and adorns the lie. Praise belongs to God, the powerful God who destroys whoever fabricates and denies. His peace is upon His Guardian, who undertakes the recompense of whoever invents falsehood against God and leads others astray. He is the Avenger against the impostors whose pretensions have been laid bare.
Let this be delivered in the vicinity of al-Azhar Mosque.
Praise belongs to our Lord alone, and thanks to His servant, the Qāʾim of the Age.