Prominent scholar, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Central Representative Council member and member of Kerala Circle Shoora K T Abduraheem, 67, breathed his last at a private hospital in Perinthalmanna, Malappuram, Kerala on June 14.
Abduraheem was taken into the hospital following intensity in his ailment early morning on July 14. Burial of his physical body was held at Juma-Masjid Pattikaadu, his birthplace at 11:30, July 15.
Abduraheem was born to Pattikaadu Karat Thodi Ahammad Kutty Haji and Kunnachu. He was granted membership of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind in 1966 and was later elected to Kerala Shoora. He was a very efficient organiser and had been a full-time worker of Jamaat in various districts of Kerala and Andaman Nicobar Islands.
He also worked as Jamaat Naazim in South Kerala. He served as Director Eranakulam Islamic Centre. He was a Katheeb at Eranakulam Madheena Masjid, Malappuram Masjidul Fatah, Ponnani I.S.S. Juma-Masjid on different occasions. He was also a man behind the formation Ponnani Islamic Service Society along with K N Abdullah Maulavi.
Later he gave leadership for Islamic activities in the U.A.E. He has been survived by wife Rashida (Trivandrum) children Salih, Faizal, Maimoona, Yaser, Ayishabi Shandhapuram, Sumaira Padinnattummuri, Nuzrath Pullaram, Subair Ambalapara. His brothers are Abdul Hameed, late Abdulla, Abdurahiman, Abdul Gafoor and Sister is Mariyam.