As Salamu Alaikum - wa - Rahmatullahe - wa - Barkatuhu

The News of death of the great scholar and preacher Maulana Syed Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi came to us as a thunder strock with grief and sorrow to our hearts. Allah give us and you strength to withstand this shock and bestow upon you and all the successors of his with the best rewards and compensate for the loss. We, too deserve condolence while consoling you but al.1 the Islamic Nation deserves to be wiped out of its tears.
The occurance of his death is deemed to be a shocking misfortune and test which all the muslims of the word are undergoing at this time. This is because he applied all his ability and strength and dedicated his tongue and pen to cause of preaching of Islam. In this field his achievements can not be neglected. Allah may give us and you and all the brethren in lslam strength to withstand this fatal shock and compensate the Islamic world for this deprivation.
We want as well to inform you at the same time that the custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahad ben Abdul Aziz Aale Saud, the ruler of the Kingdm of Saudi Arabia gave an order to offer the funeral Prayers in absentia for the departed soul in the Two Holy Mosqyes of Makkah and Madinah after the Isha prayer, on Monday 26th Ramadhan (Ei 27 the night). 1420 H.(1)
May Allah shroud him with His Mercy and enlist him among His virtuous bondmen and make room for him in Ala Illeyyeen[أعلى عليين] with the pious, the vituous, the martyr and the just.
We are for Allah and we are bond to go back to Him with due regards.

Your brother

Mohammad Ben Abdullah As Subayyil

Chairman of the affairs for the two Holy places and Imam and Khateeb of AI-Masjidul-Haram Makkah AI-Mukarramah

(1)According to the reports coming from Makkah about two million people offered prayers at Makkah Mukarramah and about five Lac people in Madinab.