Farkhanda Amanullah

January 19, 1943 - May 22, 2020

It’s never easy saying goodbye for the last time. May 22, 2020 in the holy month of Ramadan on the auspicious day of Jumma-tul-wida, our mother and grandmother Farkhanda Amanullah (Ammi jee) passed away. She was born on January 19, 1943 after her parents prayed for years to be blessed with a daughter. She was an angel and the purest soul I have ever known. She had always been a giver, she always looked after everyone before herself. She did full justice to hold every relationship being an ideal daughter, an ideal sister, an ideal wife, an ideal mother, an ideal grandmother, and an ideal human. She has taught me how to be a good human, to be patient, and to be giving. I am so fortunate to have had the opportunity to help her with my mother in my home for the past 8 weeks and during her last few days. It pained me to see her pain, she knew I understood what she was going through and even said “Call Fatima, only she knows my pain.” I’m so blessed to have received countless love and prayers from her and pray to Allah that I can take care of my family as she has and the way my mother has been taking care of everyone. She was a fighter and did her best to overcome any unfair obstacle; she raised 7 daughters on her own for many years and she fought for two years against cancer. But, she wasn’t meant for this brutal world and I know for sure that she is no longer in any pain and she will have the utmost peace in Jannat (Heaven). May Allah grant her the highest place in Jannat. Ammi jee, I learned to speak Urdu just for you and have always asked for you to spend more time with us, but you had your responsibilities to take care of. I wish we had more happy times together, yet I will forever cherish these eight weeks I devoted to you. I still can’t thank you enough for finally coming home and letting us do the most we could have done to try and ease your pain and see your beautiful smile and shining big eyes. I will miss hearing you say “I love you”. I have and will always love you Ammi Jee. -Your granddaughter, Fatu Princess💖 “Indeed, with hardship will be ease” [Quran 94:5-6]