farewell

[alan]

Dua,s for Al Yunan.
Iam very sad to hear today that Brother Yunan is no longer with us.I enjoyed his brief period on the forum very much.

[Sadiq_b]

Dua,s for Al Yunan.
Iam very sad to hear today that Brother Yunan is no longer with us.I enjoyed his brief period on the forum very much.

Surely we are from God and to him we return... Inshallah he has passed into a much better place...

[Zees]

""And those who came after them say: Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in faith, and do not put in our hearts any hatred against the believers. Our Lord, You are indeed full of kindness, Most Merciful."
Quran 59:10

May Allah keep him and bless him.

[Endymion]

انا لله وانا اليه راجعون

That is indeed a sad day for me.He was truly a great friend and a really kind old man.I thought he was just sick and will be alright in a few days.Im really sad for him.

[Kabeer]

إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعونَ
Inalilahi wa inailaihirajioon
Peace

[alan]

انا لله وانا اليه راجعون

That is indeed a sad day for me.He was truly a great friend and a really kind old man.I thought he was just sick and will be alright in a few days.Im really sad for him.

I guess age is relative,he was only 58.

[hyd]

Sorry to hear.

Inalilahi wa inailaihirajioon

[Sigma]

Inalilahi wa inailaihirajioon,

It's really sad to hear.

[ihsan]

To God we belong and to Him we return.

May God forgive him and shower with his blessings.

[DocW]

May Allah have Mercy on brother Al Yunan. Of what I knew of him he was a very dedicated and passionate Muslim.

[Ron]

May God have mercy on him. May he rest in peace and enjoy God's ever-loving light.

From God and to God we return.

[ali]

I Just found this thread now. Inalilahi wa inailaihirajioon

[DocW]

Salam

This was a brother who was part of our forum for a brief period, recently passed away aged 58 years. I understand he was a devoted Muslim. Please pray for him.
He had shared his personal story of how he bacame a Muslim in Greece on another forum. I wanted to share it with you all.

Walaikum Salam brother Waseem,
Firstly the reason I came to Islam is not very flattering as I was a very impulsive person who followed where ever his hart or mind took him.When I was working in Brazil someone mention to me there is a place called Singapore and a street called so and so and surely you'll find work, so off I went with a one way ticket and $150. Even though I managed to get work the next day it's not a wise thing to do. I also married on a whim and seven months later divorced.


One morning I woke up with the Idea of changing my name to a Muslim one so I went around the Embassies inquiring until I got the information about A Mufti's office in northern Greece who could provide me with the document I sought. From the idea to reality in 24 hours I was standing in front of a terrifying to me man with a booming voice and after the secretary translated my request he rushed to me as I turned for the door to bolt but before I could this amazingly agile old man had grabbed me in a bear hug and then Kissed me on both cheeks. Then took my hand and shook it over and over again while in his booming voice was chattering away the pulled me near his desk and proceeded to what I know now is the Kalima Shahada with his eyes beaming like a proud father repeating it over and over. By now I was in total shock and thought I was to be killed in revenge for what ever they thought the Greeks did to them. I looked around the room which by now seemed the whole town was there and more people could be seen out the window, all smiling at me some beaming with joy and I finally calmed down enough to listen to the repetitive Kalimas.


Slowly word by word I managed it and after a split second of silence the room erupted in voices all saying I don't what except for a few "bravo" (Greek for well done) everything else was in Turkish. then people started to dig in their pockets and giving me money and wanting to shake my hand. A strange calm had taken hold of me and I felt as if I had taken a hand full of Valiums calm as royalty at a public function.
A lot of photos where taken and slowly I was ushered with a crowd in tow to the courtyard and finally out in the market street where everybody was looking at me and talking Turkish and smiling. Finally only two people where with me and the one who spoke Greek said to me to quickly get on the bus and return to Athens and handed me a certificate of change of faith.


I looked around everybody gone and thought how strange first I thought I might get elected Mayor now it's like I got plague. On my next visit I was told they where worried that the local Greek extremists might find out and attack me or worse. I decided to eat something while waiting for the bus to depart. I finished my meal and asked for the bill and the waiter said it's on the house and also asked to shake my hand and the cook came out also to shake and kiss my hand. I have no memory of the 13 hour drive back home.

I proceeded with changing my birth certificate and when I went for the final paper at the municipal office the clerk said to me the God will cut his arms off if he entered a non Christian name in the public record books. After getting a local policeman to explain that he will be summonsed if he does not issue the new certificate he got a colleague to write it out(those days everything was still hand written). Amidst curses and calls of traitor and Turkophile and wishes that Jesus A.S pluck my eyes out I left.


Now I felt obligated to find out what religion did I join. What is Islam ? What am I supposed to do ? My mind telling me with each public ridicule, you've done some dumb things in your life but this takes the cake and the crown for dumbest Greek, the King of fools. But my hart was inexplicably happy. Now the journey begins !


I have never told this whole story to anyone before.


Inshallah the rest next time.
Masalam
noureddin

[Sadiq_b]

It seems difficult to believe that he is no more in this world. I was not always most pleasant to him, and I feel bad about it now. Inshallah Allah will admit him to his highest grace and his tribulations are over and he shall have eternal peace...