Update: Sad News: Alnasir "Flint" Nathoo has passed away!

"And He it is Who in the heaven is God, and in the earth God. He is the Wise, the knower" (Holy Quran; Az-Zukhruf; XLIII:84). 

 

 

March 6, 2009

 

 

Dear Brothers and Sisters:

 

Ya Ali Madad, wa Asalaamu Alaykum! 

 

Yesterday afternoon I received word from a friend in Calgary that Alnasir was taken critically ill a few days ago and admitted to a hospital in Lethbridge, Alberta.  He apparently suffered from liver and kidney failure.  Alnasir's deteriorating condition resulted in his descending into a coma for the final two days before his eventual death.

 

With not much hope for recovery, doctors unhooked the life support systems allowing him to make a peaceful transition into the next world, at around 4:00 PM, March 4, 2009. 

 

After removal of the machines, Alnasir was alive for one half hour and then breathed his last.  His family and friends were at his bedside.  Those present, were encouraged by Mukhi Sahib to perform the "Chanta" ceremony and offer their prayers. 

 

Alnasir's funeral ceremonies will be held at Calgary on Saturday, March 7, 2009.  He was a mere 58 years old -- young man!    

"Beautified for mankind is love of the joys (that come) from women and offspring; and stored-up heaps of gold and silver, and horses branded (with their mark), and cattle and land. That is comfort of the life of the world. Allah! With Him is a more excellent abode" (Holy Quran; III:14).

 

"This life of the world is but a pastime and a game. Lo! the home of the Hereafter - that is Life, if they but knew" (Holy Quran; XXIX:64).

 

May Mowla Ali, our Merciful Lord, bless Alnasir's soul with the holy Batin Noorani Didar and grant him an abode of everlasting eternal peace in the life hereafter.  Ameen!

 

Your brother in faith,

 

Aziz Hasham