Labba posted a condolence
Sunday, July 17, 2016
Deceased was my maternal grandfather. His love was phenomenal. Sometimes I would forget him for a while cause he was far away but he would not. In his last days I talked to him & upon seeing me he exclaimed with love "Oh mera labeeb! ".
Even in his tough days he cared for his immediate & extended family.
Like that one day when Waleed fell from bicycle and Nana Abu walked all the way to our house to inquire about his health.
One of the things that struck me was he and Nani Jan praying together. When it was time for prayer Nana Abu would call Nani Jan or she would call him and both would pray together.
Every time when I would go to visit him he would give something to eat & if I would not, he would insist & mind if I would not eat. All out of deep love.
He had the honor of being Aseeran-e-Rah-e-Maula, when he came back, thinking about hardships of jail he said, "we often say we should pray for Aseeran but when you go to jail then you know how hard you really need to pray for Aseeran"
One of his friend who came to visit after his demise in Pakistan, told us that once he did not have enough money & wanted to meet his brother and Nana Abu said take 150000 rupees from me and visit your brother in Canada, though he politely refused.
I would not say he was unique as none of us is but I would say I was blessed to have him & I truly want to thank Allah for associating me with him.
It is hard to bear the loss but then I think about the way he persevered during his severe illness.That's something worth following & that's one of things where I find solace.
Few ways we can return all the love he gave are to pray for him, give charity in his name & continue his good deeds. That's what I suggest to all family members.
May Allah have mercy on his soul. Ameen.
دنیا بھی اِک سرا ہے بچھڑیگا جو ملا ہے
گر سو برس رہا ہے آخر کو پھر جدا ہے
شکوہ کی کچھ نہیں جا یہ گھر ہی بے بقا ہے
یہ روز کر مبارک سبحان من یرانی
اے دوستو پیارو عقبٰی کو مت بسارو
کچھ زادِ راہ لے لو کچھ کام میں گزارو
دنیا ہے جائے فانی دل سے اِسے اُتارو
یہ روز کر مبارک سبحان من یرانی
( درثمین )
