Tag Archives: OBITUARY

The Legacy of Ali Banat (rahimahullāh)

A distinguished academic and imam who had the audacity to use his knowledge to help Palestinians

Innā lillāhi wa innā ilayhī rājiʿūn.

He was a seasoned graduate of the University of the Prophet Yūsuf (‘alayhi al-Salām), having spent decades in Egyptian prisons unjustly...

Innā lillāhi wa innā ilayhī rājiʿūn... Islam21c would like to express condolences to the family, students and community of the renowned scholar and leader, Muḥaddith al-ʿAṣr Shaykh al-Ḥadīth Mawlānā Muḥammad Yūnus Jownpūrī.

Britain’s oldest serving MP, Labour’s Sir Gerald Kaufman, died last night at the age of 86. Kaufman was distinguished due to the fact that he was both Jewish and an outspoken critic of the criminality of the state of “Israel”. ...

Despite knowing that death is inevitable, most people are engrossed in the trappings of this worldly life and neglect to prepare adequately for the certainty of what follows – our death and ultimate reckoning. Our stay in this world is ...

On Friday 11 Safar 1438, which coincides with 11th November 2016, the Muslim Ummah lost one of its unique Islamic scholars and thinkers. Sheikh Muḥammad Surur b. Nayif Zayn al-ʿAbidīn, may Allāh shower him with His immense mercy, passed away ...

Innā lillāhi wa innā ʿilayhi rājiʿūn. Indeed, to Allāh we belong, and to Him we are returning. We offer our sincere condolences to the family of Moazzam Begg whose father, Azmat Begg, passed away this Saturday morning. This is surely ...

The Messenger of Allah (sallAllahu ‘alayhi wasallam) famously said, “The best of people are the most beneficial to people.”[1] The ummah and the world at large today has lost one of its most beneficial and influential people, as Abdul Sattar Edhi ...