Hafiz Patel Rahimahullah Tribute Thread

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#46 [Permalink] Posted on 21st February 2016 12:27

Tribute to Hafiz Mohmed Ahmed Patel, Rahimahullah (1926-2016)

As the sun sank of Thursday 18th February 2016, so did the great shining star sink and begin to fade away to start a new journey towards the eternal life.
As the blessed day of Friday began (after Maghrib), little did anyone know that Hafiz Sahib Rahimahullah, was taking his final breaths and before Esha, he would have taken his last breath and departed from this world.
Whilst Markaz was busy with Shab-e-Jummah, he slipped away very peacefully in his sleep without any signs of pain or visible discomfort and it was confirmed before Esha that he had left this world for the next.
Within a span of 15-20 minutes, news spread around the globe like fire and shocked all those that knew him or whose hearts he had touched and minds that he had transformed into better beings. Individuals and groups rushed to airports from various countries to try and book a seat to fly over to pay their final respects and get a possible glimpse of the guide and leader who they had revered and honoured all their life. They had been lectured by him on topics of respect, tolerance, love, unity and piety.......
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#47 [Permalink] Posted on 21st February 2016 13:39

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A fine playlist, various thoughts in the aftermath of Hafiz Patel's rahimahullah death.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=laNvMIDjMYg&list=PLKzhJ_Y7hLasUdM...

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#48 [Permalink] Posted on 21st February 2016 13:51

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📂📂📂 Speacial folder📂📂📂

Assalamualaukum Warahmatulahi Wabarakaatuh

Alhamdulillah we have added a special Tributes folder for Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad Patel Saheb Rahmatullahi Alayh which includes:

1⃣Bayanaat
2⃣Duas made by Hafiz Patel Saheb
3⃣Tributes in form of speeches & naats regarding him

- Moulana Fazlurrehman azmi
- Shaikh A.Rahim Limbada
- Maulana Imtiyaz
- Maulana Saeed Patel
- Shaikh Hanif Luharvi
- Maulana Abdullah Kapodravi
- Shaikh Saleem Dhorat
- Mufti Habibur Rahman darkhasti
- Maulana Abdul Rauf sb Batley

Please visit the following link which will be regularly updated as we have many audios to follow.

🔈http://www.attablig.com/hafiz-patel-ra

Jazakallahu Khairan

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#49 [Permalink] Posted on 21st February 2016 15:20

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I Found the tribute and biography by Mufti Abdur Raheem Limbada (DB),
particularly inspiring and informative ..... www.attablig.com/

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#50 [Permalink] Posted on 21st February 2016 18:08

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Every person who knew or met hafiz Patel sahib, have good memories of him.
Few of his really good qualities which we all should try to get into our lives:

1. Never belittled anyone. He always used to do salaams and talk to you, ask how you are etc.
He gave importance to everyone he met.

2. Had lots of respect for ulama. He always used to meet them. Infact we whom were his students, he used to call us class by class and talk and treat us, give us sweets/kulfi/dates/etc.
End year classes would be invited by himhe and after some talk and ikraam he used to ask everyone for forgiveness, if he did any khiyanat in doing our tarbiyah at the madressa.
Subhan'Allah.

3. He used to do long long duaas. If someone used to spy-listen to his prayers, he would hear many names being mentioned whom he used to do duaa for. That's the reason he always remembered your name amongst the thousands he met.

4. His talks/bayaans used to be very very simple but would go to the hearts.
You could feel the truth coming from his heart. You could feel the love and worry for whole mankind. Even non muslims, how everyone can be successful in this life and the eternal life.

5. Never missed his maamulaat (10 para/juz everyday, zikr, durood etc)
Whole life in journey or home always prayed tahajjud, awwabeen, ishraaq and chaasht. (many muslims don't even know these extra nafl salaah)
Steadfastness is important in Islam.

6. Always had a deep connection with his Shuyukh and spiritual teachers until they gave him permission to teach further.
So always remember to have a islaahi connection with righteous ulama.

May Allah guide us all.

By Maulana Tehsin Abo Barira

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#51 [Permalink] Posted on 21st February 2016 23:51

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh

Hafiz Mohamed Ahmed Patel (RA) [1926-2016] was the Ameer of Tableeghi Jamaat (Europe) who passed away a few days ago. This is a collection of tributes and condolences offered by Ulama from around the world.

http://wifaqululama.co.uk/society/44-tribpatel

حافظ محمد احمد پٹیل (رح) جو کہ یورپ میں تبلیغی جماعت کے امیر تھے کچھ دن پہلے انتقال فرما گے۔ یہ کچھ بیانات علماء کرام کی طرف سے تعزیت اور ان کی زندگی کی بارے میں

✔ Wifaqul Ulama is working to preserve the Sunnah, earn rewards and preserve your hereafter doing the same.

جزاك اللهُ خيرًا

Date: 21FEB2016
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#52 [Permalink] Posted on 22nd February 2016 00:35

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One of the most amazing qualities from the many qualities of Hafiz Patel (may Allah have mercy on him) is that Allah blessed him with an amazing memory. Even being of the age of 91 made no difference to his memory. He would mention the names of graduates from Dewsbury in order of year and city!
He would visit London and mention names of Ulama who now reside in London beginning with those who graduated in 1992/3 and continue up to 2010! He did the same when he goes to Lancashire, Yorkshire, the Midlands, and in other countries in Europe and beyond. I mentioned this to a senior scholar in London, Mawlana Najmul Alam, and he said the reason why he remembers everyone's names is because he would get up for Tahajjud prayer and would cry to Allah to keep all these scholars on the straight path. Now that our dearest Hafiz Saheb has left the world we are all deprived of this blessing.
رحمك الله يا شيخنا ويا أبانا، لقد كُنتَ والله، أبا مشفقا وناصحا أمينا وداعيا مخلصا

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#53 [Permalink] Posted on 22nd February 2016 00:37

A SHORT PIECE ON HAFIZ PATEL

Since Dewsbury Markaz was my local mosque growing up, seeing him was a routine occurrence in my daily life. Knowing he is no longer either at Markaz, or travelling somewhere in the world for Dawah, will take a long time to sink in.

Although no single post can do justice to his life, but I feel compelled to share some experiences to my connections here and elsewhere, who may not have known him as well but happen to come across of my musings. He was, after all, ultimately responsible for creating hundreds of accomplished graduates in Islamic studies, thousands of people active in the field of Dawah, and hundreds of thousands rectifying their religious lives. I can confidently say I would not be anywhere near where I am had it not been for his efforts during my life, and in fact decades before I was even born.

Everybody – student, teacher, the local layman, and those regularly engaged in Jama`at 'l-Tabligh – will have their own experiences and stories about him. I was a student at Markaz during the 98-03 period. I was not there when he really hard-grafted himself into who he eventually became, during the 60s, 70s and 80s, other than the stories he mentioned about himself, such as how he was advised not to go out to invite people to the mosque in Johannesburg after nightfall, only to do exactly the opposite.

During the early 90s, I used to see an important man walking from his room to the first row to stand take his place behind the Imam. That was his place and it was known to all. He regularly delivered speeches on Iman after Fajr, Asr and Thursday nights. He had mastered the art of speaking from the Markaz Chair long before the platform was opened up to others.

Almost singlehandedly, he erected Dewsbury Markaz, which spawned spin-off tens of mosques across the area, hundreds across the country and the continent. He takes the credit for all the hard graft involved in gaining approval for such a building in the first place. Any prostration in that patch of Allah’s earth is registered in his book of deeds – and so much more that only Allah knows of. In no time, the best of the best from the world of scholars walked through its famous gates – from the most revered of his time, Abu 'l-Hasan Nadwi in 1994, whose speech has been recorded and transcribed far and wide; to the Imam of the Prophet’s Mosque, Abd 'l-Muhsin al-Qasim in 1999, who delivered a lecture to students; to Yunus Jaunpuri in the early noughties, delivering a lesson on Hadith from the Markaz Chair; to Abrar 'l-Haqq, the last spark of Ashraf Ali Thanwi; to the success that was the World Gathering of 1994, attended by virtually everybody carrying any significance in Dawah, including the late In`am 'l-Hasan Kandhalwi. Nowadays, despite its vast area, the place cannot even cope with a solitary London Gathering, which is testament to how far the Dawah has grown. He singlehandedly put Dewsbury on the Dawah map – and also the Islamic higher studies map.

I have never seen anyone associated with Dewsbury Markaz, whether student or teacher in the adjacent seminary, or anyone even loosely associated with Dawah, or the local residents speak ill of him, behind his back. Such was the respect he carried with anyone who knew him.

When I went to his room with my colleagues, I oftentimes saw was a man being massaged on his shoulders and feet. At the same time, however, he was on the phone, or talking to someone, about some Dawah project in some remote part of the world. It seemed he was more preoccupied with the concern of the religious state of Muslims in Southern France or Oslo, than his legs. I used to tell myself that he really must have earned this; yet, he vocally shunned this world and was very scornful of it.

He routinely invited all the class years to his room, admonished them, and routinely followed it up with a generous dose of kulfi. The assumption was that the kulfi was only permissible should you implement his advice. He once gave some fine Ajwah dates to the local Dewsbury and Batley students to give to our mothers and sisters – in exchange for their participation in Dawah. His fees for conducting marriage proceedings were extracting a promise from the groom to go into Dawah. This is how he was, sometimes administered as banter but a deadly serious and heartfelt desire overall behind his words, that everybody should be part of Dawah.

He would especially pick on his favourites in our class (I was not one of them; I was gleeful then but I now feel I missed out) – whom we would refer to at the time as the Akabir of our class – admonished them in front of everyone, including his eldest grandson, and poked fun at them for not meeting his required high standards. He would have students read Quran to him – having gone through intense doses of Tajwid theory and practice as we would in the mornings and evenings Dewsbury, this would be a badge of honour for anyone who read to him in front of the class in his old room.

He was a man of the scholar and student. Occasionally, in front of the laity, he rigorously defended them. He stressed that the value of a scholar is not lessened if he chooses not to actively participate in Jama`at 'l-Tabligh. He emphasised normative and universal Islamic practices over everything. He repeatedly said that those who have not made the Hajj of Islam and can afford to do it should do so before they embark on going on a four-month Jama`at 'l-Tabligh travel plan. I once heard him mention in a students’ lecture that they should memorise Hadith, and focus on the authentic ones. Away from the public eye, he had to step in when the admin laity at the Markaz forgot their place vis-à-vis the scholars, and issued stern warnings to them.

Yet, in front of the student and scholar, he held them to account in their obligations to Dawah. He had an idealistic vision for teachers and students of Dewsbury Markaz – that they become pioneers in Dawah, knowledge and spirituality. This idealism gave rise to his trademark telling-offs after the final Sahih 'l-Bukhari lesson gatherings each year. In these gatherings, he routinely pointed out that he does not care if anyone took offence, “whether it is Shaykh 'l-Hadith, a big Mufti, a scholar” –right next to Shaykh 'l-Hadith. It is a moment when graduate and scholar would both hang their heads low and agree with everything he said. He berated students for sleeping after Fajr, citing Imam Abu Hanifah’s stance. He rightfully had and expected the highest of standards from students at Dewsbury Markaz. This is what caused Dewsbury to be one of the most recognised traditional Islamic academic institutions in the world.

In his speeches, he frequently cited the Quran, stories of the Sahabah, ancient scholars, and scholars from the past two centuries in the Indian Sub-continent, but rarely did he ever cite Hadith in his lectures, perhaps for a fear of not citing Hadith properly. Being the highly critical person I am, I don’t recollect anytime where he made a poor reference. Unbelievably, and despite not being a scholar, he spoke as if he understood Arabic, with verses of the Quran and their translations tripping off his tongue. At his bedstead in his old room, he had a calligraphy-handwritten version of the first syllabus at Dewsbury. He entertained students with his own stories from his time at Dabhel: one of his famous stories was the cooked state of daal (lentil soup) – it was cooked so watery that they used to make ships out of paper and set them off on the daal, reciting بسم الله مجريها ومرساها.

His speeches were instinctive, unscripted, from the heart, somewhat repetitive, but absolutely clear and direct in their message. He did not mince his words when it came to explaining how Islam needed to be safeguarded in society. He was monotone but occasionally broke out into a trademark shout in front of the mic, usually when highlighting Muslim neglect vis-à-vis Islam, causing considerable consternation within those sitting. His speeches were littered with genuine cries, and oftentimes smiling, demonstrating that everything he said was from the heart. People naturally paid more attention to his Dawah talks than others.

I distinctly remember once, in 2004, when I returned from my first year at IU Madinah, that he walked into the Musalla from his old room, on the right wing of the Markaz main building. I was standing in a central position at the back, waiting for Salah to commence. Upon seeing me, he deviated course and started walking to the back of the mosque towards me with intent. Perplexed, I started walking towards him as well, so that he would not have to come burden himself with walking all the way to me. There I was, standing with him, some three to four rows from the back, and he whispered to me something that I will not share here. What I will say though is that his son – our teacher – was absolutely spot on when he said that he wasn’t the type of person who admonished others for the sake of admonishing; rather he would have supplicated a hundred times for them before admonishing them. And I have seen the effects of his supplications on me personally.

One of my absolute privileges was to meet him in my second year at IU Madinah, in the Prophet’s Mosque, and to introduce him to a few students from Pakistan and Qatar, beneath the first set of umbrellas towards the Rawdah. He looked at them with a smiling face and instinctively advised them with the importance of Dawah. There they sat, absolutely focused on him and listening attentively – not generally a trait of students there but I guess his awe transcended to those who had not ever yet met him, and only just learned of him. During his travels to Hajj, he also lectured on occasions to Barelwi groups and Muslims of other orientations. His appeal transcended his own circles.

Beyond the four walls of the Markaz, he had transformed Dewsbury. In fact, he transformed the United Kingdom. The very face of Islam in the UK would not be as it would be had Allah not sent the man to do his work. Some have ruminated in the past couple pf days that over 50% of mosques across Europe in the past half century are directly or indirectly from his intervention, many a time through people associated with Dawah. He held many people together, as well as the Dawah. He was an absolute constant in a time of mass change. People knew they and the Dawah were safe as long as he was around.

He went through great tribulations. He stuck on the work even when his children, most of whom are now accomplished scholars and administrators, were crying out for him. A few years ago, he had to endure the death of his son – also another one of our teachers. He endured the hell of travel for the best part of five decades – and more, clearly an act of wonder (Karamah), or should I say a sign of steadfastness (Istiqamah(, والاستقامة فوق الكرامة – just for Dawah. In many ways, he was the embodiment of some of the tribulations the Prophet (peace be upon him) went through. During all this, his ailment came, and he managed to recluse to personal worship and devotion to Allah, almost as per Surat 'l-Nasr. Analysing his career in hindsight, he clearly falls somewhere within the ثم الأمثل فالأمثل category.

He never missed Qiyam 'l-Layl. He made Dua for everybody, his son says. The only times I got to see him in Qiyam 'l-Layl was the occasional time when he invited us to his room during the late evening, or during I`tikaf in Ramadan when he was able to stand: his shadow body spectacularly fell on the thin white curtain that he reclused in, at the back-right side of the Markaz Musalla, during the last ten days of Ramadan – all when everybody else in I`tikaf was eating or sleeping.

He was really the only saint in the flesh and in practice I really knew. It turns out that the locals of Dewsbury Markaz were fortunate enough to actually be close to one such person – many people do not get a chance to be so geographically close to such a human being. However, one of the most striking things about him was how he behaved when other saints came to town. I distinctly remember when Abrar 'l-Haqq Hardoi came from India, in the late 90s. The entirety of Batley and Dewsbury were running for cover after hearing about his frequent putdowns, embodying the scrupulous methods of his mentor, Ashraf Ali Thanwi. Even the Quran shelves in the Markaz Musalla were covered with custom curtains to avoid the scorn he had expressed in another local mosque. As he arrived to the excitement and amazement of hundreds in the audience, I kept my eyes on Hafiz Patel. He sat next to him in utter humility. I felt that Abrar 'l-Haqq reciprocated the respect, and he just grew in my eyes manifold from.

He was not the type who would be flanked by several servants, nor did have the personality that would breed cheerleaders. He was not a scholar, but sometimes quipped that he was a father of scholars. He was inspirational and influential, yet absolutely independent in his personality.

His death caused Savile Town to grind to a halt. Prior the 4pm Funeral Prayer, I read Asr in a place I imagine no person has or will ever read Salah – such was the sea of humanity that had engulfed this part of Dewsbury. The scenes were unprecedented and shall never be replicated. This is the funeral that everyone present will talk about for the rest of their lives. It reminded of all the famous funerals of the past, which we read about in biographical books and the annals of Muslim history – funerals of men that spent their entire lives in the struggle of Islam and had actually produced something in the society and had tangible evidence to show for it. All the 20,000+ were witnesses unto Allah that this man had done good. Some graduates of Dewsbury Markaz felt compelled to cut short their Umrah trips. Others took the first flight from Canada and Barbados; one even left the beaches of Trinidad and went straight to Piarco, onto Gatwick, Victoria, King’s Cross, Wakefield – he arrived just in time in Dewsbury for the Funeral Prayer with the sand of Trinidad’s beaches between his toes. Such dedication was only the reflection of how much he had given to them, their lives, and their countries.

Simply put, he was Hafiz Sahib. And most do not know his first name, such was the title ‘Hafiz Patel’ that everybody instinctively knew who he was. It echoes of of Abu Amr al-Basri, one of the Seven Imams of Qira’ah, whose name was virtually replaced by his title Abu Amr. Hafiz Patel was not only a leader of Jama`at 'l-Tabligh. He was a figurehead in the timeless and universal obligation of Dawah that the Messenger of Allah brought, period. His message was a global and a universal one. Irreplaceable, his passing leaves a yawning chasm within the Ummah. The closer one was to him, the greater that hole seems to be. As for Dewsbury, it will never be the same again. Rest assured, his name will be on the lips of those who have not even been born yet, and it is they who will take pride in him being their inspiration and elder. And it is in them, unscarred in not having had to witness his death, that we seek hope even if we have lost some of it.

هذا ما نحسبه والله حسيبه ولا نزكي على الله أحدا، غفر الله له وأسكنه فسيح جناته، أحسن عزاءنا في فقيد الدعوة ومحيي الملة والقائم بالليالي المظلمة داعيا للأمة بالسلام والإسلام والجنة، آمين

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#54 [Permalink] Posted on 22nd February 2016 12:04

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From a scholar in Saudi Arabia

#HafizPatel #Legend #Historic - May Allah have his mercy on him.

Whilst I know that this is a time mourn, but I believe that this is also a time to reflect. Almost everyone, except whoever arrogantly refuses, has praised the great efforts of this historic man; a true pioneer of da`wah in a country to which he came as a foreigner. A man who selflessly went from house to house calling people to masjid despite being faced with the good, the bad, the ugly, the moody, the angry, the sad, the anxious, the hater and the lover. A man who relentlessly traveled for Allah overlooking the obstacles that age brings. A man who continued on the call to Allah for 90+ years. May Allah have his mercy on #HafizPatel and grant the Ummah great successors.

A group of my friends had once visited Sh. Abdullah ibn Jibrīn who asked them where they were from. When each one of them named a country which hosts Muslim minorities, the Shaykh immediately started praising the #TablighiJamat for all the great efforts they have done in spreading Islam. He emphasized that they have brought Islam to corners of the world to which, perhaps, none other than them has been able to reach.

My next door neighbour in Riyadh was from the #Saudi #TablighiJamat and he was the best neighbour I have ever had. He was the neighbour who would wake me up for fajr. He was the only neighbour who would ask about me, and everyone in the neighbourhood, if he noticed them missing in prayer. He was the neighbour who truly understood the rights of neighbours! Despite this, I would hear in the neighbourhood gatherings, "He is a good man but watch out as he is #tablīghī." By Allah, if the aforementioned is what being #tablīghī means, I wish I was raised up a tablīghī.

Sunnah is not about hoping to be on the Sunnah. Sunnah is about the embodiment of that Sunnah. Sunnah is not a mental exercise, rather sunnah is a comprehensive code of conduct. If someone has the "y=mx+b" of theology figured out and claims that belief is a "word, action and belief," rather believes that omitting the actions from this list is a bid`ah, yet omits the actions from his own practical life, "what do you make of such a person!?" Our religion is not based on mathematical equations. Whoever doesn't understand this fact well enough hasn't understood the very essence of Islam.

And if you want to use all the statements of the #Salaf to discuss who is on the #Sunnah, then look at this statement of Imam Ahmad, the Imam of the Sunnah: "Tell the people of #Bidah that the deciding moment between us and you will be the funerals!" This man, by the leave of Allah, had between 22 000 - 30 000 attendees in his funeral from all sects of the religion in a majority non-Muslim country. This is the largest funeral I have heard of in the recent past. The largest which I have ever attended was that of a famous Shaykh in Riyadh which had 10 000 - 14 000 in a capital of a Muslim country, where 99% of the population is Muslim. This is a sign.

Let us not forget the famous tradition of the Messenger -SAWS- in regards to two funerals which passed by, "He whom you praised in good terms, Paradise has become certain for him, and he whom you condemned in bad words, Hell has become certain for him. You are Allah's witnesses in the earth, you are Allah's witnesses in the earth, you are Allah's witnesses in the earth." [Muslim]

It is necessary to highlight what I did because as soon as the emotions settle some overzealous or understudied youngster (in age, experience or knowledge) who barely has the peach fuzz of his religion will capitalize on the silence to say things we don't want to hear. May Allah have His mercy on the Shaykh and the movement to which he strongly adhered throughout his life. Ameen!

Shaykh Abdul Wahab Saleem

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I didn't realise how big a part Hazrat Hafiz Sahib played in my life until I was told of his passing away on Thursday 18 February... and then it all clicked.

In the summer holidays when many students would spend 40 days Hafiz Sahib would ask his khadim to gather up all the youngsters in the path of Allah that were in Markaz and I was to be one amongst them.

The room would fill and as we would wait, Hafiz Sahib would be engaged in tilawah and zikr untill he felt he had given ample time for all the youngsters to be fished out.

He would give us Zamzam and dates from Madinah. Ambala mithai, and if in stock the ultimate green kulfi. Then he would give us targheeb and tell us how important we were and how Allah will take so much work from us. He would then tell us about the Hoors and make us all giggle. He would say
"I want to tell you more but I'm fearful that you may have to go for ghusl in the morning, so I won't,"
this would make us all laugh.

Before we would leave he would give us a hadya of miswak and sometimes Itr.

He would shake every youngsters hand, he would kiss our hands, ask our names and if you were lucky maybe give you a loving slap on our faces from a hand so soft that you wished not to let go. He would smile at us all individually and then bid us farewell. He would do this everyday throughout the holiday period.

Two years later I now return to the same markaz but as a student of deen. I enter alim class in 1998 and very quickly become his khadim.

Putting aside his always leaving us food to eat, leaving us half a cup of his tea, feeding us shortbread biscuits with his own hands. He would make us feel special. He loved the talaba so much that I feel he only called us to do his khidmah so he in fact could do our khidma. He really believed we were 'Mehmaane rasool'.
As we would press his feet or massage his head, I found it impossible to believe he could fall asleep. Lol, some talaba were simply a disaster at khidmah and were so bad it was amazing he didnt scream in pain. He would pretend to fall asleep giving us the excuse to slip away and go back to madrasa for afternoon classes.
It was hafiz sahibs habit to always address the talaba before he would go on a long safar and as soon as he would return from a long safar. As if to cool his eyes.

Whenever a calamity befell the ummah, Hafiz Sahib was particular to usher the talaba to Markaz for Yasin khatm followed by dua led by himself.

The love of madrasa, its students, asaatidha and all those who served it ran in every vein of Hafiz Sahib as did the greatness of the effort of dawat.

His every wish and dua was that Allah Tala uses its students for the greatest of efforts, the effort of the ambiya and that we not be wasted.

After graduation Hafiz Sahib never slowed down. He would now rebuke me for not spending time and remind me of the promises and intentions I made whilst in his khidmah. He would slap you whilst trying to pretend to be naraaz but inside you knew his love was so much for you that he felt pain that you wern't joining in the effort. That pain and kurhan would then translate into his tahajjud dua. Seeing Hafiz Sahib was a mercy in itself as you were now guaranteed a place in his duas.

I was naive to think that this relationship was only for talaba. When Moulana Imtiaz announced the janaza the sound of uncontrollable sobbing could be heard throughout markaz and the red eyes of all those hearts he had touched. 20,000 people plus were to try and console themselves by bidding him farewell at the janaza.

I pray that Hazrat Hafiz Sahib's passing away is a wakeup call for me and all those who knew him, that it's our job to step up and carry on his legacy.

I only now realised in 2016, that the name I told him 20 years ago in the summer of 1996 has made me who I am today. He never forgot that name.

(Mawlana) Nasir Zameer, Birmingham)

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#56 [Permalink] Posted on 22nd February 2016 14:44

I was just pondering that how strange it is, that we seem to have a desire to seek out,Scholars and luminaries in far of distant lands around the world. Whilst being completely unaware of those gems that reside amongst us in our neighbourhoods, cities and countries.

I am reminded of a story of a farmer in ancient Iraq, who had heard of people discovering Diamond mines in the surrounding mountains and becoming very rich, so this farmer set off to discover a diamond mine of his own he was determined to become rich, he spent years in the mountains and the surrounding plains in his quest, but remained unsuccessful and eventually became despondent and passed away. His farm was sold and a few weeks later the new owner whilst digging a well discovered acres of diamonds on the very land that had belonged to the departed farmer. The Farmer had spent years in distant places searching for Diamonds not realising that they had been in touching distance all along, and this is our situation here in the U.K. .

In recent years ,this is the third time that I can think of were the masses in the U.K. have only become fully aware of the status of a religious personality after their passing. We have lost Maulana Ismail Wadi رحمة الله عليه, Maulana Muhammad Gora رحمة الله عليه (who was the father of Shaykh Riyadh Ul Haq (db)) and now Hafiz Patel رحمة الله عليه May Allah mercy upon them all ameen, only realising that these were Diamonds amongst us after they passed.

May Allah give us the tawfiq to fully appreciate and benefit from the servants of his deen whilst they are still amongst us.

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#57 [Permalink] Posted on 23rd February 2016 13:22

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What do you mean masses became fully aware?

Hafiz Patel (RA) was fully recognised for the last 30-40 years but he was a Tableeghi so Non-Tableeghees always appreciated him.

The Ulama who are writing about him always appreciated and recognized him but in his lifetime there was minimal contact (by some) due to obvious reasons.

I strongly disagree with your assessment of British Muslims on this issue.

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#58 [Permalink] Posted on 23rd February 2016 13:26

Same for Maulana Ismail Wadi (RA) due to differences in Sulook.

The issue is compartmentalisation by Ulama themselves....

The best solution I have seen is in Karachi where Ulama like Mufti Taqi Usmani are regularly invited and they give talks and also point out errors openly...

Mashaykh also visit each other's Majalis.

This hardly EVER happens in UK where cross-Mashaykh conduct each other's Majalis

This has nothing to do with Layman or masses, why don't the Ulama exchange regularly (instead of token appearences) once in a few years etc?

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#59 [Permalink] Posted on 23rd February 2016 14:28

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#60 [Permalink] Posted on 23rd February 2016 14:38

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The only thing I personally knew about Hafiz sahib until now is that he was the Head of Tabligh in U.K. beyond that I did not know anything about his auspicious personality nor heard him being discussed much even on the forums. I would say that goes for most people I know they new he was the Amir of Tabligh and that was the extent of their knowledge.

The masses I would say usually know about those personalities whose lectures and writings are disseminated and freely available.

Those personalities who are involved in teaching and academics etc. or who for reasons of Ikhlas do not like to have their lectures recorded are less well known or fully appreciated by the lay people and remain hidden Gems.

I was not talking about internal politics, nor do I have much interest in those issues, nor do I think it is appropriate to be discussing them on a tribute thread.

My above post was simply a reflection of sadness that I did not know the value of the personalities I mentioned during their lifetimes, and a sense of regret that I did not meet them or spend time in their company. I have seem similar sentiments expressed by others.

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