Abu Hafs al Pakistani

The Mujahid, and lover of the Sunnah

Abu Hafs al Pakistani,an amazing brother with good character. He was of Pakistani origin but had lived in Britain.

Abu Hafs left home and his family for Islamic studies as he knew that knowledge was the key to action. He spent a few years gaining knowledge. When he heard of the plight of the muslims in Shaam, he knew that knowledge was for action.

Abu Hafs rushed to the land of Shaam responding to the call of Haya allal Jihad (Come to jihad) in the same manner in which he responded to Hayya alas salah (come to salah).

After spending a period in the land of glory, Abu Hafs became a trainer in the camp of Jund al Aqsa.

The brothers describe his character as the hadith which means that a person should either say good or be silent. He used to talk so little when it was required that the brothers used to wait for him to talk.

A brother from his brigade says

“In our camp once all the brothers got together and thought of asking Abu Hafs about his life and history. He simply refused to answer and said : “Rather than hearing about me and wasting your time. It is better we hear the stories of Sahabah.”. Once all of us in the camp, about 40 of us gathered just to talk to him and extract some info about himself. When he saw us talking about unbeneficial issues and we were wasting time, He slowly got up and left”

Abu Hafs was very keen of following the Sunnah. He used to wear izar while many other mujahideen wore trousers. He also used to wear long robe in the Sunnah way when he was not in battle.

Sometimes Abu Hafs used to sneak out of the camp at night. The brothers used to find him reading Quraan at night.

Sometimes in the camp there used to be night training session which include military drills for 3 to 4 hours. When the brothers returned it used to be just before Fajr salah. Usually the brothers used to pray Fajar salah and then sleep but even in those tiring times Abu Hafs used to wait until midday, pray Dhur and then sleep.

Abu Hafs was 23 years old and looked very young but he was in the battle leading armies and probably one of the most fit and well trained fighters.

Once the army of Bashar advanced in a region. Abu Hafs and some brothers went out immediately to defend the area. As the  mujahid in the path of Allah, fought he was shot in the eye with a PKC bullet.

The brothers narrate that he was injured for almost an hour and the whole time he was reading the Shahadah and then he was martyred. From Allah we are and to Allah we return.

When the mujahideen buried him they said he had both his index fingers raised.

His parents had to be informed and the mujahideen were worried that they would be really depressed and sad but when the parents of Abu Hafs were informed of his shahadah they said the takbeer!

After his shahadah the brothers found a diary that he used to maintain. They found in it notes and tables in which he missed Qiyaam al layl, the night prayer and missed recitation of the Quraan.

We ask Allah to accept the actions of Abu Hafs by his mercy and give his family patience.