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Habib Neon

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بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Once upon a time, at a masjid in Surabaya, Indonesia, people gathered as usual after ‘isha’ for a majlis ta’lim .  The masjid was full with thousands of jama’ah waiting eagerly to listen to a tawswiyyah , lecture.  All of a sudden, the lights went off.  Most of the crowd quickly rushed out of the masjid .  There was a full Moon then so it was not too dark outside the masjid .  As they were loitering outside, they saw a figure approaching them.  Judging from the man’s dressing and his green turban, they recognised him as Habib Muhammad ibn Husayn al-‘Aydrus ( q.s. ).   Habib Muhammad ( q.s. ) then entered the masjid .  The moment he stepped in, the crowd saw beams of light coming out from his body like a neon lamp.  His entire physical body had lit up.  The crowd was astounded because they had not seen Habib Muhammad ( q.s. ) carrying any torch or lamp.  The masjid , which was earlier in c...