Ahmer Hussain

Assalaamu Alaikum

It wasn't a suicide. Alhamdulillah!

Here is the note posted by Iboo on facebook:

Assalaamu alaykum bros and sisters,

I just wanted to convey to you all the latest about
the cause of death of Ahmer Hussain who was presumed
to commit suicide last week.

According to the medical report it has been confirmed
that Ahmer did NOT die of any self inflicted hanging
and/or any other form of suicide. The initial report
of suicide being the cause of death was relayed to the
community through the family of Ahmer, and this cause
of death was presumed because they found him in the
basement with cord slightly around his neck, and he
was apparently suffocating. The father then
administered CPR and he passed away after that.

The report now says that there was no sign of any
trauma on his neck (ruling out any type of hanging)
and there was no other evidence of self inflicted
harm. Therefore, they are looking at the possibility
that he passed away due to his severe asthma, some
sort of allergies, or some other cause which caused
him to suffocate.

I am sending this email because I feel that this is
great news, and must be conveyed to everyone who may
feel that Ahmer committed suicide. This is a great
relief to his grieving family and friends as well as
the community in general which is still recovering
from this tragedy. Let me know if there is anything
that remains unclear, though you gotta realize, I am
just as shocked (and happy) as you all are.

May ALlah swt admit Ahmer into Paradise, fill his
grave with light, ease the difficulties that his
parents and family are going through, and make us all
among those whom He loves...ameen.

PS: I am not just sending out a report or a theory of cause of death, but brother Junaid Hassan who is working on an article for the Muslim Link has done extensive research with the family of Ahmer who has been affirmed of this through the EMS services and the Medical Examiners. Imam Mahmoud will be addressing this (presumably) in his Khutbah this week, the postvention part 2 at Dar al Taqwa will address this issue, as well as the muslim link article to be published in the next issue of the paper (not the one coming out this week, but in 2 weeks).

Iboo

Unfinished bidness

Assalaamu Alaikum

So I felt like reminiscing and went into my email account and started digging up old emails I sent myself or just reading up on funny/pointless conversations I've had with old friends. One of the emails I came across was one that I sent myself - btw, I only email myself to store documents with attachments or something, not to have conversations... - that contained a little rap that I was working on with my boy. The idea was that it was going to be a kind of duet, where he raps a bar, and I continue or finish it or add my own. "Shootouts"-esque, if you feel me. Just something we wanted to try. It wasn't intended to be lyrically astounding, but more "made by its performance". So I can't really say it was a failed attempt because we never got around to finishing it or even fixing it up to flow, let alone actually performing it. All I saved was the raw AIM version where we did it and sent it to myself. And here it is:


Our ummahs bleeding to death, we will never be whole//
we're walking around aimless no point no goal

Akhi, with talk like that you just killing your soul//,
stabbing your own feet,

We’re digging a hole// ;
cause death is all I see when I look deep in our souls

Gotta get that despair under control, cuz you really don't know//
what's gonna happen tomorrow, just gotta go with the flow//

You wouldn't say that if seen what I’ve seen//
gone around the world been where I’ve been//
how could you say to take everyday as it comes//
when all kids have seen is famine and bombs//

I know what you saying, but you gotta remain calm//

By singing songs and holding arms?//
nah akh we gotta stay strong//
cause its us against the world

That mentalities wrong,//
money is what lets these people sleep well at night,//
we gotta start making millions, and then use it for right

Yea right//money is a bounty already ordained before time//
so u need to shove this type of mentality out of your mind//
the Prophet alaihis salaam feared wealth more than poverty//
wealth isn't what gave the muslims their sovereignty

That’s true but remember that those were the best of people//
a nation the likes of us could never be equal//
let alone start a sequel//

Now that trap is evil//
these people were still people and made an ample example//
footsteps to follow and a blueprint as a sample

Yeah, but its just a great sorrow how we wait for tomorrow to follow,//

But without soul in our game

Or heat in our flame

Our words are just hollow//