Abdul Ahad Yasin, a long lost friend has returned to Allah (SWT)

"On Tuesday night, 4th October 2011, Abdul-Ahad Yasin was tragically killed in an automotive collision on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago. He was only 25 years old.

 Abdul-Ahad is survived by his parents, two younger brothers, and a younger sister. Both of his younger brothers are memorizers of Quran: Hafiz Talha Yasin and Hafiz Saad Yasin. Masha Allah, he was around blessed family members, and may God make his ends blessed.

Abdul-Ahad was the first cousin of Shaykh Husain Sattar (may God protect him and sanctify his secret). He was a good man. He spent time in the company of righteous people

His sudden passing comes as a complete surprise, as death often does. It utterly defies expectation further insofar as his father had just been recovering from a long, debilitating bout with throat cancer. He had reconstructive surgery on his face, and for a while, many had become convinced that he would not be able to survive the cancer. But, all praise to God, he did. And now, I witnessed this heart-broken man weeping at the bedside of his 25-year old son, whom he never imagined he would survive. Such is life, and such are the vagaries of time--the mysteries of the Divine Plan--and His constant testing of us. It seems He is relentless in breaking our wills--until that point when we finally understand that there is no will besides His. There is only the Will of God. Nothing else.



As our spiritual forefather Abu Bakr As-Siddiq (God be well pleased with him!!) put it: "al-'ajzu 'an idrakihi idrakuhu" ... which means, in rough translation: "Incomprehension of Him is comprehension of Him.

 

Initially, I did not intend on exposing his good acts, but then realized the world could learn a thing or two about what it means to be selfless for the sake of Allah through his example and when it came to serving the community at any capacity.

For Abdul Ahad, to serve Allah, meant to serve His slaves (community); to beautify and keep the house of Allah clean at all times; to lay his limbs and heart out in honor of all those who came to the House of Allah to establish a spiritual bond."

Make du’a for him. Give Sadaqah on his behalf. May Allah enlighten his grave and give him Jannatul Firdaus...Ameen.