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**BronUVT** · 03-30-2012, 01:26 PM

Not sure on the answer to this but I shall share the following and remember Allah knows best.

Khidr's appearance at Muhammad's funeral is related as follows:
A powerful-looking, fine-featured, handsome man with a white beard came leaping over the backs of the people till he reached - where the sacred body... lay. Weeping bitterly, he turned toward the Companions and paid his condolences. Abu Bakr and 'Ali said that he was Khidr. (Ibn al-Jazari 1994, p. 228.)

Abu Bakr and 'Ali are the ones to identify him is noteworthy. They are the only two Companions of Muhammad to whom are ascribed esoteric (batini) knowledge. This is why all Sufi silsilas (spiritual chains of investiture) derive from them and them alone. This hidden knowledge is not learned, it must be bestowed by God.

Who is khidr ? What I mean is I know who Khidr is as in described in the Quran or Sunnah but who is he ? What are the views
of muslim scholars on how he came to be Khidr ? who was he before ? Whats his life story ? What is his duty on earth ?

I know he is a human and he is a Awliya not an Ambia and he is belived to live upto the time of Dajjal as described by Esoteric writings . Interesting thing to know ....

03-30-2012, 01:26 PM	#8
BronUVT Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 556 Senior Member	Not sure on the answer to this but I shall share the following and remember Allah knows best. Khidr's appearance at Muhammad's funeral is related as follows: A powerful-looking, fine-featured, handsome man with a white beard came leaping over the backs of the people till he reached - where the sacred body... lay. Weeping bitterly, he turned toward the Companions and paid his condolences. Abu Bakr and 'Ali said that he was Khidr. (Ibn al-Jazari 1994, p. 228.) Abu Bakr and 'Ali are the ones to identify him is noteworthy. They are the only two Companions of Muhammad to whom are ascribed esoteric (batini) knowledge. This is why all Sufi silsilas (spiritual chains of investiture) derive from them and them alone. This hidden knowledge is not learned, it must be bestowed by God. Who is khidr ? What I mean is I know who Khidr is as in described in the Quran or Sunnah but who is he ? What are the views of muslim scholars on how he came to be Khidr ? who was he before ? Whats his life story ? What is his duty on earth ? I know he is a human and he is a Awliya not an Ambia and he is belived to live upto the time of Dajjal as described by Esoteric writings . Interesting thing to know ....
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