Bashir Ahmad Rafiq in his younger years
Source: Munir Rafiq
It is with deep sadness that I wish to inform you that my beloved father Bashir Ahmad Rafiq, the former Imam of the London Mosque passed away this evening إِنَّا للهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعونَ.
He was devoted servant of the jamaat and remained loyal to the institution of khilafat throughout his 86years on this earth.
He faced triumph and adversity with dignity and courage and accepted with total equanimity the will of Allah the almighty.
He was my beloved father, but he was also my best friend and guide and mentor. When I let him down he never gave up on me, but instead enveloped me in his love and prayers-I will miss him a great deal.
He lit up any company that he sat in and left you with a store of knowledge and spiritual sustenance. Most of all he was a happy jovial raconteur who left you with a smile on your face.
Please pray for my brother Mahmood who was blessed that he was able to take care of my father throughout these years and who had a particularly close bond with my father.
My mother and father were a very close and loving couple, and as my father was older than my mother he always threatened to go before her, and said use to tease her and say “You will miss me when I am gone”.
Today he is gone and she is heartbroken as are all of us, Jamila, Neeno, Bushra and Mahmood.
Please remember my father in your prayers and pray that he is granted a lofty station in paradise (Ameen)
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Accept my sympathy for y/our loss and my condolonces to you: May Allah bless & rest him by showing mercy on y/our loss&family in Allah’s forgiveness and almighty ameen
Please accept the condolences of my wife and myself for your loss. It is without a doubt that he will be missed by many, not just family but also friends.
Our friendship goes back some 70 years when we were students at Qadian in TI School, as well as in TI College at Lahore. We met up again when he arrived here in London after me, and we reestablished our old bond. He was supportive to me when I was faced with the trauma of bone cancer more than 50 years ago, resulting in the amputation of my leg, and faced with the prospect of only 6 months to live, visiting me in hospital and giving comfort. I remember him with gratitude and affection.
Our thoughts are with you at this difficult time, and our hearts go out to your mother and siblings. May he rest in peace.
With kind regards.
Renate and Khursheed Chaudry
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