Makhdoom Saheb [1957-2023]

 

Janab Makhdoom Muhammad Saheb, a companion of Hazrat Khalifatullah Al Muhyiuddin Munir Ahmad Azim (aba) of Mauritius and one of the senior members of the Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam- Tamil Nadu, died yesterday- Monday, 27 November 2023. He was 66 years of age. Inna Lillaahi Wa Innaa Ilayhi Raajioon.  

Marhoom Makhdoom Saheb leaves behind a rich legacy of sincere faith in God and humble service for the benefit of fellow beings despite all trials and tests of faith in life that he has had to undergo as a human. Without thinking about any material benefit and seeking only the pleasure and grace of His Lord, some years ago, Makhdoom Saheb donated and registered a large piece of land for the benefit of the Jamaat, Alhamdulillah. Marhoom Makhdoom Saheb will be remembered in the annals of the Tamil Nadu Jamaat for his enduring good deeds that will benefit the generations to come, Insha Allah. 

Oommen Chandy [1943-2023]

 

Former Chief Minister of Kerala, Mr. Oommen Chandy, passed away on Tuesday, 18 July 2023. He was 79, and was ailing for some time. Born on 31 October 1943, Mr. Chandy was the 10^th chief minister of Kerala, serving from 2004 to 2006 and 2011 to 2016. He served also as the Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2011.

 

He represented Puthuppally constituency as a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the State Assembly from 1970 until his death in 2023, making him the longest-serving MLA of any state legislature in India. He received an award for public service from the United Nations in 2013. He was a member of the Congress Working Committee, the apex decision-making body of the Indian National Congress, at the time of his death.

As a political leader of Kerala, he served the people with much humility and sincerity of purpose all through his days in government as well as outside of it; Mr. Chandy leaves behind a rich legacy of public service;  an outpouring of love and grateful remembrance by common people across the State when his body was taken on its final journey to the burial place is emblematic of the numerous lives he touched throughout his life as a people’s leader. 

We in the Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam- Kerala remember with fondness Mr. Oommen Chandy’s respectful and warm interaction with our beloved Imam Hazrat Muhyiuddin Al Khalifatullah Munir Ahmad Azim (aba) of Mauritius, during the latter’s India visit in December 2018. 

Imam AbdAllah Amadi [1960-2023]

  

With a heavy and painful heart, Imam-Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam International Hazrat Sheikh Muhyiuddin Al Khalifatullah Munir Ahmad Azim (aba) of Mauritius announced the sad news concerning the passing away of our Amir and Imam Abd Allah Amadi of Madagascar, at the age of 63 years, on 27 April 2023 at 8.00 am [Local Time], Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilayhi Raajioon.  

 

As the ambassador of Islam to several Indian Ocean countries, Hazrat Sheikh Khalifatullah (aba) had been travelling on Dawah missions, and Imam Amadi recognized the spiritual light of Islam in this era he witnessed when he came in contact with, and became a very sincere disciple of the Hazrat Sheikh Saheb (aba) in November 2019 during one such Dawah visit in Madagascar, Alhamdulillah, Summa Alhamdulillah.

 

After taking Bai’at,  Imam Amadi and his son Ismail became the light-bearers of Islam, Sahih al Islam in Madagascar. Imam AbdAllah was relentless in Dawah, and spreading the divine message to other brothers and sisters and many of them received Hidaayat through his exceptional efforts.

 

Born on 01 August 1960, Imam AbdAllah devoted much of his life to spread the cause of Islam and he was fortunate to encounter the Khalifatullah of this age (aba) and become his disciple.

 

In a special condolence message shared with the Jamaat members around the world, Hazrat Sheikh Saheb (aba) remembered the devoted works and services of Marhoom Imam Amadi Saheb and also shared a vital Divine revelation he received that foretold Divine Will/ the impending demise of the humble servant of Islam in Madagascar. Hazrat Sheikh Saheb (aba) also prayed for the progress, salvation and good fortune of the departed soul, Insha Allah, Aameen:

Safeedah Varsallee (1931-2021)

“Every soul is certain to taste death: We test you all through the bad and the good, and to Us you will all return”- (21: 36). 

Earlier this week, explaining Divine revelations that were vouchsafed to him on human mortality and our journey to Allah from this world, Imam- Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam Hazrat Khalifatullah Al Muslemeen Munir A. Azim (aba) of Mauritius noted in a special message to the Jamaat : 

'Allah (twt) has not granted life on this planet, on this earth without death to any human...no human being is immune from decay or death- not even the Holy Prophet (sa). Eternity and everlastingness are of God's own exclusive attributes....

(In death), the soul does not die but when it separates from the body, at the death of the body, the soul gets a taste of death in our life of probation on this earth...Our virtue and Faith are tested by many things. Some are tested by calamities and some by the good things of this life. If we prove our truth, we pass our probation with success. In any case, all must return to Allah (twt) and then will our life be apprised at its true value.'

Sayyidat-un-Nisa Hazrat Ummul Mu’mineen Fazli Amena’s beloved mother, Mrs. Safeedah Varsallee, passed away,  at the age of 90 years, on Monday, 18 October 2021. Inna Lillahi Wa Innaaa Ilayhi Raajiunn. Surely to Allah we belong and to him shall we return. 

Kaja Mydeen Sahib (1937-2020)

Janab Kaja Mydeen Sahib (1937-2020), one of the senior-most members of the Jamaat-Ul-Sahih Al Islam in India and the patriarch of a large family of Jamaat members in Tamil Nadu, passed away at the age of 83 years at his home-town, Meleppalayam-Tirunelveli, this week, Innallilaahi wa inna ilayhi raajeeoun. 

The death of Janab Kaja Mydeen Sahib occurred against the backdrop of his age-related ailments getting aggravated at a time when India is facing multiple challenges of responding to the Covid-19 pandemic- including adequate facilities for accurate medical testing and other timely-intervention procedures. At a time when the pandemic has exacerbated the 'social virus' of fear and loathing; dehumanizing stereotyping and collective prejudices based on faith/group-based identities among myopic people, Imam-Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam Hadhrat Khalifatullah Munir Ahmad Azim (atba) of Mauritius, in his remarks at the Friday Sermon of 08 May 2020 ~14 Ramadan 1441 AH provides healing words for the bruised souls. May Allah (swt) forgive and elevate the status of the departed soul in Jannat-ul-Firdaus, and grant his family and dear ones all the strength to hold patience, to remain steadfast amidst the trials of faith, Aameen, Summa Aameen Ya Rabbi'l Aalameen. 

Read the Announcement Below: 

'...I announce the sad news of the death of the father of my dear disciple K.M. Saleem Sahib, yesterday 07 May 2020. His name was Kaja Mydeen [Khawja Mohyuddin] (like his son). He was 8 [3] years old. During my visit to India in the year 2018, I had met him, and after this meeting he made the decision to integrate the Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam just like his sons, his wife and his entire family [except for one of his daughters]. Exactly one year ago, he fell seriously ill and his family informed me of his critical condition and saw a miracle when he recovered. Alhamdulillah. Admittedly, this was only a reprieve from Allah, and after exactly one year (May 07, 2019-2020), his time arrived and Allah took him with Him (same decreed date – 07 May). Innallilaahi wa inna ilayhi raajeeoune. 

Shareefa Beevi Saheba (1951-2018)

Shareefa Beevi Esmail Saheba, the respected wife of Mukarram Amir Jamaluddin Saheb of the Kerala South Jamaat, passed away on the early morning of Thursday, the 10^th of May, 2018---23 Shabaan 1439 AH. Innal-Lilaahi wa inna ilayhi raajiuun.

Born in October 1951, Shareefa Saheba was 67 years of age at the time of her death. She was not keeping well for some months now, and the end came while she was sleeping peacefully at home. Indeed the angels came home to call her back to Allah (swt), like the Qur’an attests about the Divine decree regarding the course of all human souls: “Allah takes the souls at the time of their death; and those that do not die [He takes] during their sleep. Then He keeps those for which He has decreed death and releases the others for a specified term. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought” (39:43).

At home, daughter Fauzia Jamal Saheba led the other women of the family in giving a proper bath to the dead body as per Islamic rites. The funeral prayer (Salaat al-Janazah) was performed under the leadership of her husband Mukarram Amir Jamaluddin Saheb of the Kerala South Jamaat after their son Fazil Jamal and family reached home from Delhi in the late afternoon. Remaining members of the family, members of the South Jamaat, close relatives and even other Muslims outside of the Jamaat also joined the Janaza prayers at the historic Noor'ul Islam Masjid, Mathra and soon thereafter, the dead body was buried at the burial space enclave adjacent to the Masjid complex before sunset. May Allah (swt) illumine her tomb, Aameen.  

‘Learn from Mr. Nelson Mandela’

In the course of his Friday Sermon of 06 December 2013, the Khalifatullah Hadhrat Munir Ahmad Azim (atba) of Mauritius spoke about the demise of the great politician and human rights fighter Mr. Nelson Mandela who died early that morning at the age of 95. The passing away of Nelson Mandela is truly an end of an era for the South African people and for all those who struggle for human rights, individual dignity, inter-racial equality and social peace, national self –determination, solidarity and reconciliation in our troubled world.

Huzur (atba) talked a lot on the good works done by Mr. Mandela and the injustice which happened to him when he was imprisoned for 27 years, and the true forgiving nature he expressed when he was released from prison and fought for the rights of both white and black people to live life on an equal footing – the white people were considered as superior and used to enter buildings through the front door, while the black people did not have such rights and had to go through the back door. He became the first “black” president of South Africa and obtained a Nobel Prize for Peace.