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No one is aided except he who is guided to the knowledge of his truth. God has foreseen his happiness because he is not aided except by the knowing saints who were not veiled from seeing their Lord, may God bless him and grant him peace. As for what you mentioned in your message to Feslum, the answer to each word of it is in my command. I have been just, and I wanted to explain the answer to each word, but I know that eloquence is not from abundance of explanation. If you reflect deeply on how you believe in the Mahdi, you will find the answer clearer than the sun, as is known to all the scholars who have believed in me, even those whose knowledge is outwardly less than yours. If you knew the extent of my mission, you would not have written to me what you wrote, and it would not be permissible for you except to aid me in what God Almighty has guided me to. So, correct your path, for it has passed. Do not prefer wealth, family, or status over my answer, so that you may achieve the great reward. O my uncle, and do not aid the oppressors after this, for what they have innovated in Islam will not be excused. The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, has informed of many things, and for someone like you, a hint is sufficient. The second, and peace be upon you.

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to God, the Exalted, and prayers be upon our master Muhammad and his family, with peace. And thereafter, To the noble, the esteemed, peace from His servant, who trusts in his Lord, Muhammad bin Abdullah, the Mahdi, the follower of the Hanbali Sharia, who has received abundant knowledge from the mercy of his Lord, our beloved and chosen one, Muhammad al-Amin. May God be his helper and guide him to His pleasure and obedience. Amen. After that, what you know, O beloved, is that those who love each other for God will be in the light on the Day of Resurrection. And whoever desires the Hereafter will strive for it and will strive to be among its children and its people, and will exert his efforts in seeking it to catch up with what has passed of its affairs. You have been given knowledge of it, and the world and its affairs are insignificant to you. You have a plentiful share, and you hope that God...

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