Minister Abdul Hafeez Muhammad
BY AAGD STAFF
(April 12, 2020) — Student Minister Abdul Hafeez Muhammad has died from coronavirus. Muhammad was the leader of the Eastern Regional Headquarters of the Nation of Islam and the New York representative of Minister Louis Farrakhan. Muhammad passed away early Saturday morning, according to the New York Amsterdam News. He was 56 years old.
Along with his leadership capacity with the Nation of Islam, he was the founder and CEO of the Center for Self-Improvement, Inc. The Center for Self-Improvement. Muhammad was also known for his walks with Minister Farrakhan throughout theNew York City for the nonviolent “Peace in The Streets” gathering.
Minister Abdul Hafeez Muhammad
Muhammad held positions as the Assistant East Coast Regional Minister encompassing the tri-state region as well as Canada through South Carolina from 1998 to 2000. In 1993, he lead the launching of Muhammad Mosque No. 7C in Brooklyn serving six years as the Minister.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
“Minister Hafeez always invoked our great freedom fighters and educators on the continent and Diaspora in our presentations: Kwame Nkrumah, Julius Nyerere, Anta Diop, Menelik, Yaa Asantewaa, Nzinga, Dr. Clarke, Dr. King, Malcolm X, Paul Robeson, Elombe Brath, Baraka, Douglass, and many others….Minister Hafeez felt that once fortified with knowledge of what Africans have done Africans –on the continent and Diaspora– can once again set their sights on big accomplishments,” said Black Star News publisher Milton Allimadi.
Minister Abdul Hafeez Muhammad
Below is a statement from the Nation of Islam on his passing.
Dear Beloved of Allah,
On behalf of The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan and the Executive Council, we are deeply saddened to inform you of the loss this morning of Student Minister Abdul Hafeez Muhammad, Eastern Regional Minister and Representative of The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan and The Nation of Islam as a result of the COVID-19, Coronavirus. Our beloved Brother and friend was a sincere devoted faithful servant of The Honorable Elijah Muhammad and The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan in the Cause of Allah.
We mourn his loss and thank Allah for his dedicated service and sacrifice for our Nation. He will truly be missed. Our prayers and thoughts are with his lovely faithful wife, Sister Loray Muhammad, his children and family. May Allah lift the burden of sorrow from our hearts, comfort his family and our Nation and grant us His Peace. Surely Allah is the Best Knower and to Him is our eventual return.
“O you who believe, seek assistance through patience and prayer; surely Allah is with the patient. And speak not of those who are slain in Allah’s way as dead. Nay, (they are) alive, but you perceive not. And We shall certainly try you with something of fear and hunger and loss of property and lives and fruits. And give good news to the patient, Who, when a misfortune befalls them, say: Surely we are Allah’s, and to Him we shall return. Those are they on whom are blessings and mercy from their Lord; and those are the followers of the right course.”
Holy Qur’an 2:153-157
Sincerely,
Student Minister Ishmael R Muhammad
Student National Assistant Minister to The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan
The African American Golfer’s Digest sends our condolences to the family of Student Minister Abdul Hafeez Muhammad and the entire Nation of Islam under the leadership of The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan.
