Sunday, January 15, 2006
Sheikh Yasin Mungla passes away .......
Obituary: Mohammed Yasin Sheikh (1926 - 2005)
Mohammed Yasin Sheikh, son of Mohammed Amin Mungla, passed away on Sunday, November 13th 2005 (11th Shawwaal) in Fremont, California, USA. Mohammed Yasin was born on 4th of February 1926 in Narowal (near Lahore), Pakistan. In his college years, he contributed towards establishing Pakistan and was awarded the status of Mujahid-e-Pakistan by Quaid e Aazam - Mohammed Ali Jinnah.He spent his early years in Lahore and then in Karachi running a textile business.
In 1953, he moved to Nairobi, Kenya and joined the Police Service. Later he transferred to GSU, Kenya. Whilst in Mombasa, Kenya he became more interested in Islam and started to devote more time to promote original Islam, as taught by the Ahlul Bayt a.s. During his years in Kenya, he travelled to remote villages and sought opportunities to help the indigenous populations and invite them towards Islam. He moved from Kenya to California in 1990.
Throughout his life, he supported Islamic organizations and sent donations all over the world. He offered seed money to the unfortunate to start small businesses. At the time of his death, he was contributing towards building a school in Pakistan for the needy. During his time in California, he wrote to all 50 US Governors and to Presidents all over the world, promoting Islam.
As one brother mentioned in his condolences:“His spirit of waking the neighbours early in the morning for Fajr prayers, his extreme attachment to Imam Khumayni and the Islamic government, his extreme concern for the native African Shi'as, his constant distribution of useful Islamic literature, and his active role as a travelling muballigh - all reflected the purity of this great man whose luminous personality will never leave our memories.”
Till his last breath, during short bouts of consciousness in his hospital bed, he was heard remembering Allah. He constantly recited the Kalema, Ayatul Kursi, Ayatul Mulk and the verse:
قُلْ إِنَّ صَلاَتِي وَنُسُكِي وَمَحْيَايَ وَمَمَاتِي لِلّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ Say. Surely my prayer and my sacrifice and my life and my death are (all) for Allah, the Lord of the worlds; Ayah 162 of Surah Al-Anaam.
Mohammed Yasin Sheikh was laid to rest in Hayward, California, USA and is survived by his wife Mumtaz Sheikh d/o Khurshid Ali, three sons, a daughter, and 15 grandchildren.
His family requests that if he was indebted to anyone in anyway to please contact them at awsheikh1@yahoo.com for reimbursement.
Please recite Sura Al-Fatiha for his thawaab.
Mohammed Yasin Sheikh, son of Mohammed Amin Mungla, passed away on Sunday, November 13th 2005 (11th Shawwaal) in Fremont, California, USA. Mohammed Yasin was born on 4th of February 1926 in Narowal (near Lahore), Pakistan. In his college years, he contributed towards establishing Pakistan and was awarded the status of Mujahid-e-Pakistan by Quaid e Aazam - Mohammed Ali Jinnah.He spent his early years in Lahore and then in Karachi running a textile business.
In 1953, he moved to Nairobi, Kenya and joined the Police Service. Later he transferred to GSU, Kenya. Whilst in Mombasa, Kenya he became more interested in Islam and started to devote more time to promote original Islam, as taught by the Ahlul Bayt a.s. During his years in Kenya, he travelled to remote villages and sought opportunities to help the indigenous populations and invite them towards Islam. He moved from Kenya to California in 1990.
Throughout his life, he supported Islamic organizations and sent donations all over the world. He offered seed money to the unfortunate to start small businesses. At the time of his death, he was contributing towards building a school in Pakistan for the needy. During his time in California, he wrote to all 50 US Governors and to Presidents all over the world, promoting Islam.
As one brother mentioned in his condolences:“His spirit of waking the neighbours early in the morning for Fajr prayers, his extreme attachment to Imam Khumayni and the Islamic government, his extreme concern for the native African Shi'as, his constant distribution of useful Islamic literature, and his active role as a travelling muballigh - all reflected the purity of this great man whose luminous personality will never leave our memories.”
Till his last breath, during short bouts of consciousness in his hospital bed, he was heard remembering Allah. He constantly recited the Kalema, Ayatul Kursi, Ayatul Mulk and the verse:
قُلْ إِنَّ صَلاَتِي وَنُسُكِي وَمَحْيَايَ وَمَمَاتِي لِلّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ Say. Surely my prayer and my sacrifice and my life and my death are (all) for Allah, the Lord of the worlds; Ayah 162 of Surah Al-Anaam.
Mohammed Yasin Sheikh was laid to rest in Hayward, California, USA and is survived by his wife Mumtaz Sheikh d/o Khurshid Ali, three sons, a daughter, and 15 grandchildren.
His family requests that if he was indebted to anyone in anyway to please contact them at awsheikh1@yahoo.com for reimbursement.
Please recite Sura Al-Fatiha for his thawaab.
