Thousands of Indian expats from across Saudi throng funeral of Emirate Khader in Jubail

P A Hameed Padubidri, Saudi Arabia
December 12, 2018

Jubail: The tadfeen (funeral rites) of Abdul Khader aka Emirate Khader and his father-in-law, Basrikatte Bawa (S Kodi) was held in the graveyard of Jubail, the industrial city of Saudi Arabia in the presence of huge crowds on Monday night.

The duo died last Thursday (06/12/2018) in a road accident near Goodah on Riyadh-Dammam express highway while returning with family members from Makkah to Jubail after performing Umrah. Other members sustained minor injuries except deceased Khader's younger daughter Asma, whose leg got fractured. She underwent surgery two days after the accident at Dammam central hospital.

After having completed of all formalities in various departments in the KSA and Indian Embassy, the mortal remains, kept in morgue in Urayirah Prince Sultan Hospital (around 200 kms from Jubail) were taken to Jubail by Ambulance at 12.45 pm.

More than two thousand people consisted of relatives, friends and well-wishers gathered at Omar ibn Abdulaziz Mosque to pay a last homage to the departed bodies. The crowd was such that people voluntarily lined up in queue to see the Janaaizah (mortal remains) after the bodies were given Ghusul (bath) & put on Kafan (Shrouds).

Emirate Khader's friends and well-wishers from different parts of the Kingdom like Jeddah, Makkah, Qassim, Riyadh, Al-Hasa, Hafar AlBatin, Dammam-Khobar etc. took part in this rites.

Salathul Janaaizah (prayer for dead bodies) was held in the Masjid soon after Maghrib prayer. Immediately after the prayer, the bodies were taken to nearby cemetery & laid in the grave in front of a large saddened crowd & four sons of Khader. Both graves are positioned adjacently.

After the undertakings, the bereaved sons received commiserations hugely over the sad demise of their father and grandfather.

The funeral rites witnessed a vast crowd. Some senior residents said that they never saw such a huge gathering in their life; this is the first time they are able to see such a big mass.

Emirate Khader was individually known for his humanitarian and social services for the past four decades in the KSA. When there were no social organizations to reach out the compatriots for their issues of any nature, Khader was in the frontline to hear their grievance & to seek solutions to their problems. He was famous for his kindness, friendliness, whole-heartedness & selfless works.

It was really a sad moment when his body was laid in the grave & people threw handful of soils into the grave as a tradition of Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh).

Expertise Company Jubail arranged lighting facility on the site of the burial ground.

Heads and members of various organizations of Mangaluru, Bhatkal and other parts of Karnataka, Sayyed Karnire, Sheikh from Expertise Company, Mumtaz Ali-FIZZA Mall Mangaluru, Basheer Sagar, Ahmed Hussain-HIT, Kassim Ahmed-HF, Muzen Zakariya Jokatte, Ibrahim Hejamady Bahrain, Hassan Bawa-KSF, Mohammad Ali B.K, Naushad Krishnapura-ISF, Hameed Bajpe, Shareef Karkala, Social worker, Dammam, Firoz and Ashraf-ISF, Ashfaq- Plant Solution, among others were present to pay their last homage to the departed souls.

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Comments

ABDUL REHMAN S…
 - 
Thursday, 13 Dec 2018

May Allah SWT grant both of them highest place in JANNAH

 

Aameen

Azmath
 - 
Thursday, 13 Dec 2018

I personally do not know about "Noble Soul - Mr Emirates Khaderaka"

 

Prayers and hugs to their family and friends. I'm sorry Jubail/ KSA lost such amazing people. I pray for their children to heal and continue their parents compassion and kindness. Love and light will guide this awesome souls to peace. Rest in peace Champions..

 

Regards

 

Azmath

 

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Home Minister Basavaraja Bommai, Revenue Minister R Ashok, Chief Secretary TM Vijayabhaskar, Development Commissioner Vandita Sharma, Police Chief Director Praveen Sood, Health Department general secretary Javed Akhtar and secretary Pankaj Kumar Pandey were also present in the meeting.

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Mangaluru: The first-of-its kind Beach Zumba event organized by Veekshitha Arasa on January 26th at Panambur Beach, Mangaluru attracted huge crowd and entertained the masses. Thousands of people who visited the beach last Sunday evening witnessed and danced along with the talented Zumba instructors from Bengaluru and Mangaluru. The show lasted for almost two hours.

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