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09 October 2003
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1. Appeal continues for Yuniss' Family
2. About Yuniss Rgis
3. Paying Financial Debts of a dead person
4. Contact Us
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==== 1. Appeal continues for Yuniss' Family ====
by Elias Karim, News Editor,
cmo@CambridgeMuslims.info
Assalaamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa
barakatu.
Brothers will be collecting donations for brother Yuniss' family to help pay for
Yuniss' medical costs. There is a short fall of about £9,000 or so.
Donations will be collected outside Abu Bakr Siddiq Mosque after the Friday
Jumah prayers insha Allah.
For more information email
appeal@cambridgeMuslims.info.
Wasalam
Elias
==== 2. About Yuniss Rgis ====
Our brother Yuniss Rgis passed away Thursday 9th October.
"Due us to Allah that which He has taken away and His is whatever He has
given. With Him, everything has an appointed term; so have patience and seek
reward from Him" [Al-Bukhari]
Please make Dua' for Yuinss and his family.
Yuniss was extremely ill in hospital. He was staying in Northwich Park
Hospital, London.
He was 37 years old with a wife and three children. He arrived in England
about a month ago to get a second opinion on his heart condition.
Unfortunately, he collapsed at Heathrow airport just as he arrived. He was
rushed off to hospital and since then the Muslim brothers and sisters in
London have been trying to raise money for a heart operation as his
condition has deteriorated.
Unfortunately, the money he brought with him from Morocco for scans etc
was nowhere near sufficient so the Muslims in London managed to raise
£17,000 to help cover the costs of £25,000+ to cover the increasing expenses
of the clinic.
It is expected that any remaining monies will be given to his family in
charity insha Allah.
==== 3. Paying Financial Debts of a dead person ====
From Benefiting the Dead
Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips
Chapter 6 from "Funeral Rites in Islaam"
by Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips
© Copyright 1996 Dar Al-Fatah
http://islaam.com//Article.aspx?id=246
Paying Financial Debts
Anyone may cover the debts of a dead person, whether they are relatives
or not. Furthermore, the payment of outstanding debts can benefit the dead
by relieving them from some of the punishment due to them for their
negligence in repaying them.
Jaabir said: A man died and we washed him, perfumed him and shrouded
him. Then we brought him to Allaah's Messenger (sallallaahu `alayhi wa
sallam) to lead the funeral prayer for him. We asked, "Could you pray for
him?" He took a step forward then asked, "Does he have any outstanding
debts?" We answered: "Two deenaars." [He said, "Make the funeral prayer for
your companion," and] [This addition can be found in another narration of
the hadeeth] began to leave. Aboo Qataadah took responsibility for [paying]
them, saying, "The two deenaars are my responsibility." Allaah's Messenger
(sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam) asked, "Will the creditor be taken care of
and will the dead person be absolved from them?" He replied, "Yes," so the
Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam) led the funeral prayer for him. One
day later he asked [Aboo Qataadah], "What was done about the two deenaars?"
He replied, "He only died yesterday!" The following day he returned to the
Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam) and said, "I have paid them off."
The Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam) said, "Now his skin
has become cool."
[Musnad Ahmad, vol.3, p.330; authenticated in Ahkaamul-Janaa’iz, p. 16]
For the full extract see:
http://www.CambridgeMuslims.info/Newsletter/CMO/Oct03/cmo09Oct03update.htm
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