Gardens of Peace

إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ

Hassan Ali

حسن علي

15 January 1928 – 30 April 2010

Aged 82

Indeed, we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we shall return.

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Who they were

A merchant seaman in the early years, then a millworker, then a husband, then a father. Each chapter he gave his full attention.

Early life

Born in colonial Aden. Joined the merchant navy at sixteen and saw most of the world before he was thirty.

BornAden, Yemen

Career and community

Settled in Cardiff's Tiger Bay, later moved to East London. Worked in textile mills until retirement at sixty-eight.

Among the founding worshippers at the early Yemeni mosque in Cardiff. Spoke five languages.

Things they used to say

  • "The sea taught me there is always another shore."

Quranic verses

  • · Surah Al-Rahman

Du'as

  • Ya Rabb, raise him among the patient ones.

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May Allah grant Hassan Jannat-ul-Firdaws.

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