I actually got this in hard copy a 3 years ago.  I passed it thru a
shredder. NOTHING HAPPENED, AT LEAST NOT YET.

Essa


>From: Mr Makaveli <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: FWD: Dear Muslim Brothers and Sisters:
>Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 18:37:21 -0500
>
>I don't mean to offend or distract anyone but I sure don't want to end up
>like Abdul-Salaam nor poor Balemanthan. READ and PASS IT ON like it says.
>
>
>Dear Muslim Brothers and Sisters:
> >>
> >> Assalamu Alaikum
> >>
> >> This is a letter from Saudi Arabia and addressed to all the
>Muslims.These
> >
> >> are the words of Sheikh Ahmed, the watchman of the ProphetMuhammad's
> >mosque
> >> (PBUH).On Friday night after reciting the Holy Quran, Sheikh Ahmed
>slept
> >and
> >> saw the the holy Prophet (PBUH) in his dream. The Prophet said to him,
> >> "Sheikh Ahmed, this  Friday about six thousand people died, but none of
> >them
> >> went to heaven. The women do not follow what their husbands tell them
> >> anymore.The believers who have money do not help the poor. People do
>not
> >> perform their pilgrimage as it is prescribed. The Muslims do not say
> >their
> >> prayers regularly, let alone how it is supposed to be. "Sheikh Ahmed,
> >tell
> >> the Muslims that this letter comes from you . They are to produce more
> >> copies of this letter and give to other Muslims so that it can be
>spread
> >and
> >> get to all the Muslims in the world.
> >> Anyone who produces this and spreads it to other Muslims will see it
> >indeed
> >> (will see the (REWARD). The Prophet (PBUH) will count such a person to
> >> paradise alone with his children.
> >> The Muslim who receive this letter and refuse to disperse it among
>other
> >> Muslims will not see benediction (INSHALLA). Those who are indebted
>must
> >> write. Allah in his infinite mercies will send help to pay his dept. I,
> >> Sheik Ahmed, if what I said is a lie, May the Prophet (PBUH) not send
>his
> >
> >> divine benediction to me. Dear Muslim brothers and sisters, you must
> >follow
> >> the religion the way the Prophet (PBUH) honoured it, like the divine
> >> revelation it is.
> >> Ask for forgiveness, fast every Monday. Produce twenty copies (20)
>copies
> >of
> >> this letter and spread it to all Muslims. Anyone who does this until
>all
> >> muslims gets  a copy , will INSHALLA, see the opening of the Prophet's
> >> (PBUH) desires as success will follow. This is not a letter to be kept.
> >This
> >> letter must be dispersed in large quantities.
> >> A man called Klavern, got this letter and gave it to his secretary to
> >> produce twenty (20) copies and disperse them. After some days, he saw
> >many
> >> doors of opportunities opening up for him.
> >> Another person named Abdul-Salaam got it and forget it in a drawer of
>his
> >
> >> office, and after a certain time he lost his job. He later remembered
>the
> >
> >> letter and went and produce Twenty (20) copies which were distributed
>and
> >
> >> within five (5) days he got employed and is in a higher position than
> >what
> >> he had before.
> >> Another man called Balemanthan received it and he thought it was
> >something
> >> useless and treated it without respect or courtesy. He tore the letter
> >and
> >> within nine (9) days he died. I am appealing to anyone who comes across
> >this
> >> letter to kindly circulate it in large volume.
> >>
> >>
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