raheeq • رحيق

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un. Two months, nine days since we lost such a kind soul, selfless man, and an amazing father. Alhamdulillah I was blessed with such an incredible example of character to see and hear every single day for 20 years. Unfortunately I don’t have the vocabulary extensive enough, nor the the word limit large enough to tell you how ‘good’ he was. If I were to describe him in one word it would patient. “Be patient, surely Allah is with those who remain patient” (Quran, 8:46). Not once did he ever complain about his life, his cancer, or ask “why me?”. Our relationship and bond was unmatched, he’s a programmer, I’m a programmer, he loves basketball, I love basketball, he loves photography, I love photography, he loves to laugh and I love his laugh. Home was where he was. And even though a part of me left with you, my kids will know you through me. Almost everyday I get told the stories of how kind and caring he was to others. His name, قاسم (Gasim), means ‘the generous’, such a befitting name. Not once has he ever raised his voice at his family. He prayed sitting when he can no longer stand for years, then lying when he can no longer sit, never missing a prayer. If I hurt, he hurt and if I smiled he smiled. His last day in this world he said “don’t tell Raheeq I’m that sick, I don’t want her to worry, I want her to enjoy her time abroad”. He gave me the world even if he had nothing. He made me want Jannah even more. The first man I ever loved. A daddy’s girl to a girl dad. May Allah raise your rank baba. ‎اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ ، وَارْفَعْ دَرَجَتَهُ فِي الْمَهْدِيِّينَ ، وَاخْلُفْهُ فِي عَقِبِهِ فِي الْغَابِرِينَ ، وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلَهُ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ ، وَافْسَحْ لَهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ ، وَنَوِّرْ لَهُ فِيهِ

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more life & a pocket full of yen!

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And to think I wouldn’t get in. Raheeq Gasim Abbas Ibrahim B.A Computer Science 5x Deans List First Gen NSBE President Full Ride & 4x Scholarship Recipient For Baba & Sudan الحمدلله

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Isn’t life for living? -surprise at the end

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the traveler’s dua

livin for two 🤍

Alhamdulillah. I have the gift of Islam. Even when I have nothing I have Allah. March 2023, I prayed Tahajjud and asked Allah to invite me to his house and take my parents with me. It was a delusional dua, with my father’s health and the financial struggles that came from that. But Allah answered. No words to describe closeness to him in Mecca and the tranquility of Medina. Alhamdulillah he gave me the gift of being the vessel to my mother’s first time in the holiest cities as well. May Allah give us all an invitation many times over. While my father was unable to physically be there, only a couple weeks before departure, fiha khair (there’s prosperity in every situation). “But they plan, and Allah plans. And Allah is The Best of Planners.” - The Holy Quran [8:30].