Perseverance — Page 199
Concluding Thoughts 199 Death and Funeral: On the morning of Saturday, February 7, 2015, my wife received a phone call from N as irah, in which she informed us that her father had passed away at approximately 3:45am that morning. Inn a Lill a hi wa inn a Ilayhi r a ji‘ ū n. An email was later sent out by Brother N as irull a h Ahmad, President of the Milwaukee Jam a ‘ah, informing all that Maul a n a Al- Ha j Rashid Ahmad American had passed away. The funeral was held on Tuesday, February 10, 2015, and the funeral prayers were led by Maul a n a Shamsh a d N as ir, while the bier was maintained outside of the mosque. There appeared to be approximately 300 to 400 people. With so many cars (approx. 75 to 100) to drive from the mosque to the burial ground, the Milwaukee Police Department had provided several police cars to escort the long funeral procession. Over the nearly 6 miles we travelled, the police escort ensured none of us had to stop at any of the traffic lights. Rashid was laid to rest at Wisconsin Memorial Park Cemetery: