"Mautul Aalimi Mautul Aalami" - Hazrat Mufti Hafiz Jaffer Ali sahib is no more

"Mautul aalimi mautul aalami" - Hazrat Mufti Hafiz Jaffer Ali sahib is no more

Hazrat Mufti Hafiz Jaffer Ali sahib, younger brother of Hazrat Hafiz Usman sahib, is no more. He passed away on 22nd March 2009 at the age of 78 years after being ill for about 14 years. Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajioon. He was a disciple of late Hazrat Hafiz Abdur Ravooof sahib, the Imam and Khatheeb of Jama Masjid, Ambur like his elder brother. His Namaz-e-janaza and burial took place the next day after Zuhar prayers at Jama Masjid where he had served as Imam and Khatheeb before falling ill, attended by a large gathering of people never witnessed before during the final rites of any other person. It showed the great respect people had for him. He was also a teacher at Rafeequl Uloom in Ambur. He had recited the holy Quran in Taraweeh for about 50 years. Maulana Mufti Hafiz Salahuddin sahib, present Imam and Khatheeb of Jama Masjid, paid high tributes to him during the funeral.

As I was a student of Usman Hazrath, I knew his brother Jaffer Ali Hazrath very well. Everyone knows them as honest people. They possessed a computer like memory and recited the holy Quran during Taraweeh prayers in Ramazan so accurately and so perfectly. It was not less than a miracle. It is undoubtedly a rare phenomenon.

Jaffer Ali Hazrath was a noble person. So is his family - wife, 2 daughters and 3 sons of whom one is a Mufti and another a Hafiz. They are a model and a shining example of a well knit, honest and dedicated family. They served the ailing Hazrath appreciably in the present age of materialism when nobody seems to care for anybody in the real sense. One feels that it is a blessed family and Allah is pleased with all of them for their Islamic characters.