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then acknowledged our belief, and there was not one amongst them who 
doubted or hesitated to believe that that for which we condemned men to 
death, was the truth pure and unsullied. And they swore a binding oath, 
although we had not asked them, that their hearts had been opened and 
their doubts removed, and that they were convinced whoever said, ‘Oh 
prophet of God !’ or ‘ Oh Ibn ’Abbas !’ or ‘ Oh ’Abdul Qadir !’ or called on 
any other created being, thus entreating him to turn away evil or grant 
what is good, (where the power belongs to God alone,) sueh as recovery from 
sickness, or victory over enemies, or protection from temptation, &c. ; he is a 
1 Mushrik,’ guilty of the most heinous form of shirk, his blood shall be shed 
and property confiscated. Nor is it any excuse that he believes the effective 
first cause in the movements of the universe is God, and only supplicates 
those mortals, who are between death and resurrection, to intercede for 
him or bring him nearer the presence of God, so that he may obtain what 
he requires from Him through them or through their intercession. Again, 
the tombs which had been erected over the remains of the pious, had become 
in these times as it were idols whither the people went to pray for what they 
required, they humbled themselves before them, and called upon those lying 
in them, in their distress, just as did those who were in darkness before the 
coming of Muhammad. 
Among those present were Mufti Shaikh ’Abdulmalik ul-Qala’i, a 
Hanafite, Husain ul-Maghribi, a Maliki Mufti, and ’Uqail bin Yahya al- 
’Alawi. 
When this was over, we razed all the large tombs in the city which the 
people generally worshipped and believed in, and by which they hoped to 
obtain benefits or ward off evil, so that there did not remain an idol to be 
adored in that pure city, for which God be praised. Then the taxes and 
customs we abolished, all the different kinds of instruments for using tobacco 
we destroyed, and tobacco itself we proclaimed forbidden. Next we burned 
the dwellings of those selling hashish, and living in open wickedness, and 
issued a proclamation, directing the people to constantly exercise them¬ 
selves in prayer. They were not to pray in separate groups according to the 
different Imams ; but all were directed to arrange themselves at each time of 
prayer behind any Imam who is a (muqallid) follower of any of the four 
Imams (may the Lord be pleased with them !). For in this way the Lord 
would be worshipped by as it were one voice, the faithful of all sects 
would become friendly disposed towards each other, and all dissensions 
would cease. 
We appointed a ruler over them, ’Abd ul-Mu’in, the Sharif, and his 
rule was established without shedding of blood, and without dishonoring 
or annoying any person. Praised be the Lord of the Universe! 
Afterwards, we gave them a pamphlet, composed by Shaikh Muhammad 
