abu Samirah writes about Virgil Wood, 22, who died of multiple gunshot wounds in Southeast D.C., on April 8.
From Allaah do we come, to Allaah do we return(This is what the Muslim utters upon hearing death).I knew this brother, I know his grand mother,his father, family and the mother of his child. I received the news via text around 3 a.m. and have been up since then. Life is entirely too short, you never know when death will appear. Hence the reason it is imperative to be good to others, to do righteous good deeds and to rectify your affairs with your Lord. I pray that Allaah forgive my brother in Islaam of his sins, and grant him paradise. May he (Allaah) tranquil the hearts of his family during this most difficult period Aameen…
