Cherished Memories of Africa — Page 174
156 happened that he separated from that lady, married a second time and was blessed with a son by Allah, the Almighty. He was very devoted, hardworking and well versed in account keeping. He used to serve as interpreter during Khutbas and Jalsa speeches amicably. He had the good fortune of serving in Guinea-Bissau for some time. He died quite young in a car accident. راجعــون ألیــہ وأنّــا ہلل انّــا May Allah grant him forgiveness and be a Helper of his progeny. Ismael Trawally Shaheed He was a dervish-like, lovely and devoted young man. He belonged to a well-known Gambian jama’at at Salikenni. After his preliminary education in his village, he went to Ghana for religious education and returned from there after three years. He served in several jama’ats as a muallim. He was contended young man; was sociable and sympathetic to everyone and an excellent muballigh. Once he learnt that a muallim had criticised the Nizam-e-Jama’at because of his personal weaknesses. It distressed him a lot; he went to the muallim who was older than him and advised to desist from such talk because it creates disturbance in the jama’at. He told him that he was behaving like the sons of the Khalifatul Masih I ra and should be aware of their end. He was stationed at Farim, Guinea-Bissau as a muallim and was discharging his duties in an excellent manner. One early morning he was preparing to set out on a Tabligh tour. He had a motorcycle which caught fire and burnt most of his body. He spent a few