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