Mahmood Ahmad Bengali: A True Ahmadi Passes Away

Hazrat Khalifatul Masih devoted the entire sermon today to pay tribute to Mahmood Ahmad Bengali Sahib, Ameer Jama’at Australia who passed away two days ago. Huzoor said:

‘I wish to pay tribute here to a very dear personality who had a special station owing to his absolute loyalty. He was utterly devoted to serve the Jama’at and passed away two days ago. Inna lillahe wa inna illaihe raji’oon. Each person has to leave and will one day depart from this world. Most fortunate are those who try to spend their lives according to the wishes of Allah the Exalted and try their utmost to honour the pledges they make. Along with serving faith, they are ever keen to try and also serve humanity. These people are included among those whom the world praises and because of this according to the saying of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) Paradise becomes obligatory for such people.

This was our dear brother Mahmood Ahmad Shahid, who is known as Mahmood Bengali Sahib by many in Pakistan. He was a servant of the Jama’at, an excellent helper of the Khulafa of the time who had intense sense of honour for Khilafat. These days he was serving as the Ameer Jama’at Australia. He passed away on 23 April. Inna lillahe wa inna illaihe raji’oon. The first letter or message that I received after his passing away was from a relative saying that may Allah the Exalted make all of us as devoted to Khilafat as he was. In response I said that indeed, he operated in synchronisation like pulse. He did not ever entertain the thought of why an instruction was given and why was it given in a specific way. He would promptly comply even if something was asked which was against his will.

I will now mention his illness and passing away. He left Sydney mission house on 22 April to offer Asr Salat at the mosque but turned back after a brief walk as he did not feel well. Soon after reaching home he suffered severe brain haemorrhage. He was diabetic and suffered from blood pressure. He was taken to the hospital where he was placed on the ventilator. The doctors were of the opinion that a haemorrhage in the area of the brain that he suffered proved fatal. However, I advised them to try for twenty four hours and not any more. When the ventilator was switched off after twenty hours, he passed away after two minutes.

By way of introduction Mahmood Ahmad Sahib was born on 19 November 1948 in a Bangladeshi village Char Dukhiya in Chandpur district. His father’s name was Maulana Abdul Khair Muhammad MuhibUllah and his mother’s name was Zebunnisa. His father had accepted Ahmadiyyat in 1943. Initially his father’s name was just Abdul Khair Muhammad to which Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II (may Allah be pleased with him) added MuhibUllah. He was the first Ahmadi of his region and was a great scholar. He was very keen on Tabligh and through his Tabligh efforts he gave the beneficence of the light of Ahmadiyyat to his father Khawaja Abdul Mannan, Mahmood Sahib’s grandfather. MubibUllah Sahib was introduced to Ahmadiyyat during the lifetime of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) when he went to Saharanpur in UP, [Utter Pradesh] to study. When the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) once visited Delhi he was eager to meet him but he was not allowed to go by the education authorities where he was studying. Later, when he became Ahmadi he used to say those people tried to keep us deprived of this blessings but Allah the Exalted granted us this blessing. On the motivation of Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II (may Allah be pleased with him) Mahmood Ahmad Shahid Sahib’s father dedicated his life under the auspices of dedicating one’s children in 1954. Mahmood Shahid Sahib had his elementary education in his hometown and joined Jamia Ahmadiyya, Rabwah in 1962 at a very young age. He obtained his Shahid degree in 1974. He was married to Hijira Sahiba, daughter of late Maulawi Muhammad Sahib