It was yet another Saturday morning, when a call from
Abubakar woke me up from slumber. As
expected, he told that I can say “Inna Lillahi vainna ilaiyi rajioon” because
there is a death of an infant of Mr. Anwar, native of Ernakulam came from Dubai with his family to get his 5 month old boy treated
in the famous Sir
Ganga Ram
Hospital. Mr. Anwar does not have anybody known to him in Delhi
and the news is through Mr. Basheer, the Spices person of Shalimar Bagh.
Abu’s call was followed by Basheer’s call
also. What is to be done? The parents are ready to bury their beloved
son’s mortal remains in this historical Delhi,
but would definitely like to visit his grave every time they come to this Capital city and hence want to locate an easily approachable graveyard. Nizamudin was the place we could suggest. Then it was telephone calls to and from every
whose who of our Kerala Muslim Welfare Association, Delhi(KMWA).
Abubakar and Basheer took the lead with the support of
Markaz and our other good old friends in KMWA to discharge the duty, ‘farz’ of the last rites of this infant.
The
final telephone call at about 4 PM from Anwar who was going back to the airport
with his wife and relatives empty handed after the colossal loss of their beloved child, thanking
everybody for every support and concern they received in that fateful day of
their life, still resonates in my ears with a silent prayer to God not to wake
us up with bad news, with news of pain and desperation for anybody in this world.
kv hamza,
19th May 2012
