Perseverance — Page 197
Concluding Thoughts 197 stated that she would be surprised if Rashid were to live another 10 days. I visited Brother Rashid on Sunday, January 25, 2015. He was able to converse briefly. He spoke to me and his grandson, Erfan Ahmad, about the distribution of his belongings after his death. He also referred to the short prayer recited at the gravesite that is mentioned earlier in this book (but without detail): “After performing the jan a zah prayer, the next prayer said after covering the body at the gravesite is so short, that when the Holy Prophet saw had finished this prayer, the C ompanions ra did not even know that he had prayed. The English translation of that prayer, that should be recited at the gravesite, is, ‘Oh Allah, teach him the Book. ’ This is the prayer to be said after the jan a zah at the gravesite. It should not be long. ” Sunday, February 1, 2015: My family and I visited Brother Rashid. He wasn’t speaking and his eyes were closed, but he could slightly move his hands. I told him that messages for prayers are coming in from all over and Allah has granted him great honor in this life, and in sh a ’ All a h , will in the Next as well. I then conveyed, as I was requested, a special sal a m from Munawar Saeed of the USA Jam a ‘ah and Maul a n a Munir-ud-Din Shams from London (both of whom I am privileged to work with daily on the English translations of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyyah and Haqiqat-ul-Wahy ). Immediately, to my surprise, Rashid raised his arm and said, “Oh yes! Oh yes,!”