Indeed the tragic news of the demise of Hazrat Moulana Yunus Patel Saheb (rahmatullahi `alaih) has not only affected the Muslims of South Africa, but Muslims around the globe. Perhaps the scenario cannot be explained more aptly than the following poem:<\/p>\n
The demise of Qais is not the demise of only an individual; rather it is the collapse of the foundation of an entire nation.<\/em><\/p>\n The best means of solace for us at this moment in time can be none other than the incident of the demise of Rasulullah (sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam), which was the greatest tragedy that had ever afflicted the Muslim Ummat. In fact, this was the advice that Rasulullah (sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam) had shared with the Ummat during his final illness: \u201cO people! Whoever is afflicted with a difficulty after me, should take consolation from the loss which he has suffered because of my demise, for indeed none of my Ummatis will suffer a greater loss after me than my loss.\u201d (Majma`uz Zawaaid, vol. 8, pg. 614)<\/p>\n Together with this we should excessively recite the following two Du`aas which have been recommended in the Hadeeth:<\/p>\n O Allah! Do not deprive us of his reward, and do not put us into trials after him (Majma`uz Zawaaid, vol. 3, pg. 77)<\/em><\/p>\n O Allah! Reward me in my difficulty and grant me a better substitute (Saheeh Muslim #2126)<\/em><\/p>\n Lastly, we should constantly keep in mind the great words of Hazratjee Moulana Maseehullah (rahmatullahi `alaih):\u201cShaikh kab tak rahega, haa ta`leemaat rahegi\u201d<\/em> (How long will the Shaikh live with us? Yes, his teachings will remain forever.)<\/p>\n Let every one of us make this resolve of implementing every teaching of Hazrat (rahmatullahi `alaih), thereby bringing real happiness and joy to his Mubaarak Rooh.<\/p>\n May Allah Ta`ala enable us to follow in his blessed footsteps and bless us with that type of a Mubaarak death, Aameen.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12918"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21441,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12918\/revisions\/21441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}