Chehlum Majlis of Yusuf Bhaijaan - Yusuf Ajani, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
I was invited to the 40 Chehlum Majlis of late Yusuf Bhaijaan or Yusuf Ajani by his son my dear friend Raju Shresta also popular as Master Raju.
The Majlis was on 19 August 2009..at the Shia Khoja Mosque Bandra Bazar Road.
The majlis was well attended and after the majlis was Niyaz - the most delicious Kichda that I have ever tasted.
The majlis was recited by Maulana Hussain Mehndi Hussain a very powerful orator and well versed Shia scholar...
I had to keep these pictures on hold and am posting them today ..
Yusuf Ajani was endearingly known as Yusuf Bhaijan was a very humble human being liked by everyone who met him, his kindness , his concern touched everybody,he was a a humble servant of Ahle Bayt..
He was always there serving people , he would be the last one to eat the Niyaz and here Niyaz was being served in his memory by his son Raju Shresta.
Yusuf Bhaijan liked me a lot, goes without saying, he always searched me out in the crowd, and would inquire about my sons and family.
And I loved shooting him , there was nobility in the lines of his wrinkled face a nobility that came from his unconditional love of Imam Hussain.
Nobility and humility were the two cornerstones of Yusuf Bhais life.
He was deeply hurt by the infighting among the Shia factions of Syeds and Khojas at the Bandra Shia Khoja Mosque..he felt betrayed and would speak to me about sorting things out and adding congeniality and amity in the House of God..
I feel these lines are important to the stature of Yusuf Bhaijaan..
Marziya my grand daughter loved him too much always running into his open arms , I know she will search for him, when she visits the Mosque next Moharam.
I pray to God for the deliverance of his Soul and may he have eternal rest..
