Abdul Sattar Edhi Passes away

[Nilgiri]

RIP great legend.

 

[XenoEnsi-14]

RIP

 

[cleverrider]

I have not seen many like him, RIP.

 

[RIP Pak LAW]

One of the greatest man, Pakistan ever produced.

May his soul rest in peace. Ameen.

 

[dexter]

اللہ تعالی مرحوم کے درجات بلند فرمائے اور اپنے جوار رحمت میںتعینات فرمائے

Words are not enough for man like him.

Nov 1995 ( You can see it in this old video how Edhi sahab bury those who cant even recognized by their relatives)
To many he's the Mother Theresa of Pakistan. Every day Sattar Edhi collects the dead from the streets of Karachi for burial.

 

[untitled]

Rest in peace Edhi Sahib

You have served your country and humanity well

May your legacy live on

 

[Drashid]

From what I have read, he sounds like he should have gotten the Nobel Prize, not Malala.

 

[Nilgiri]

From what I have read, he sounds like he should have gotten the Nobel Prize, not Malala.

Nobel prize is permanently tainted because of Obama the Droner (way more than anyone, no matter how biased, can make a case for Malala).

Its better that Edhi never got it.

Anyways I don't think Edhi would appreciate (looking down from heaven) such comparisons or award claims in the first place....he never did anything with intent of recognition/attention. That just happened naturally by itself.

 

[Khafee]

Very sad news. May Allah Almighty forgive his sins, and give him the highest place in Jannah.

 

[The Sandman]

Its better that Edhi never got it.

Anyways I don't think Edhi would appreciate (looking down from heaven) such comparisons or award claims in the first place....he never did anything to be recognised or get attention. That just happened naturally by itself.

This he just never wanted an award or attention or anything and imo i might sound a bit emotional here but nobel peace prize wasn't worth the work he had done for humanity in short he never needed an award anyway .

 

[Panther 57]

Completely Agreed

But ask yourself this question. Would he have wanted a State Funeral? He refused to be sent abroad for treatment, and was given a bed with all other patients. He lived his entire life as a Common Man, giving him a State Funeral would be an insult to this Great Man's Legacy.

No that would be a token of thanks for what he has done for this country. After his departure it is obligatory on us to thank him the way he deserves. This is not a usual vip protocol but sincere note of thanks.

A State Funeral requires time to organize and the amount of security required would prevent the common man from attending.

This goes against Islamic teaches of quickly burying the body and the Hazarat Edhi's own belief of serving the people rather than being served.

When there is a will there is a way. All the arrangements have been done by Army and Rangers. He will be buried on time.

 

[Sipahi]

recite Surah Fatiha and 3 time surah ikhlas for him.

 

[IceCold]

RIP Edhi sb. Our salute to you sir. Pakistan has lost an irreplaceable soul. May Allah Grant him a place in Janna ul Ferdous.

 

[CriticalThinker02]

KARACHI (Dunya News/AFP) - Legendary social worker, humanitarian Abdul Sattar Edhi passed away in Karachi on Friday due to severe kidney problems, Dunya News reported. He was 92.

Edhi’s funeral prayer will be offered today (Saturday) at the National Stadium Karachi at 1:30 PM after which he will be laid to rest at Edhi village in a grave that was dug around 25 years ago.

The founder of Pakistan’s largest welfare organization, Abdul Sattar Edhi, died at the age of 92, his son confirmed, as tributes swiftly poured in for the humble man almost unanimously revered as a national hero.

"Abdul Sattar is dead," his son and heir to his charitable empire Faisal told AFP.

"My father was suffering from severe kidney problems and both of his kidneys had failed," he said.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced a state funeral and day of national mourning in honor of the man who owned just two sets of clothes, but whose work uplifting the nation's destitute and orphans cemented his place in the hearts of Pakistan’s masses.

"We have lost a great servant of humanity," Sharif said in a statement.

"He was the real manifestation of love for those who were socially vulnerable, impoverished, helpless and poor. This loss is irreparable for the people of Pakistan."

Motivated by a spiritual quest for justice, over the years Edhi and his team created maternity wards, morgues, orphanages, shelters, and homes for the elderly, picking up where limited government-run services fell short.

His ethos of humanitarianism transcended religious and ethnic lines, but made him the target of many ferocious smear campaigns.

His response was hard work and an obstinate asceticism, a bid to leave his enemies with no ammunition.

He slept in a windowless room adjoining the office of his foundation furnished with just a bed, a sink and a hotplate.

Edhi leaves behind his wife Bilquis and six children including son Faisal, who said his father's funeral will be held near Karachi on Saturday.

The last time Pakistan held a state funeral was for military dictator General Zia ul-Haq in 1988.

Born to a family of Muslim traders in Gujarat in British India, Edhi arrived in Pakistan after its bloody creation in 1947.

The state s failure to help his struggling family care for his mother -- paralyzed and suffering from mental health issues -- was his painful and decisive turning point towards philanthropy.

In the sticky streets in the heart of Karachi, Edhi, full of idealism and hope, opened his first clinic in 1951.

Abandoned children and the elderly, battered women, the disabled, drug addicts; Edhi's foundation now houses some 5,700 people in 17 shelters across the country.

The most prominent symbols of the foundation -- its 1,500 ambulances -- are deployed with unusual efficiency.

He was so widely respected that armed groups and bandits were known to spare his ambulances.

Meanwhile the foundation's adoption service sees unwanted children -- many of them girls -- left in cradles placed in front of every centre, where they can be safely cared for.

Without Edhi, "I would have had no life," Seher, 16, one of several thousand children who has grown up in the foundation's care, told AFP earlier this year.

As news broke of his death, social media lit up with tributes lauding him as "the greatest Pakistani".

Opposition leader Imran Khan described Edhi as a "noble soul", while Pakistan's powerful military chief General Raheel Sharif expressed his "deepest sorrow and regret".

Edhi has been nominated several times for the Nobel Peace Prize, and appears on the list again this year.

Frail and weak in his later years, he appointed his son Faisal as managing trustee in early 2016.

He gave until the very end, his son told AFP, seeking to donate all his body organs -- though doctors said that due to his age he could only donate his corneas.

"I have done a lot of work. I am satisfied with my life," he told AFP in an interview earlier this year.

 

[HariPrasad]

Rest in peace sir.