In the name of Allah, to whom belongs all praise and the abundant blessings of whom are sought for His noble Messenger.

كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ وَإِنَّمَا تُوَفَّوْنَ أُجُورَكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَمَن زُحْزِحَ عَنِ النَّارِ وَأُدْخِلَ الْجَنَّةَ فَقَدْ فَازَ وَما الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا إِلاَّ مَتَاعُ الْغُرُورِ

"Every human being is bound to taste death: but only on the Day of Resurrection will you be requited in full - whereupon he that shall be drawn away from the fire and brought into paradise will indeed have gained a triumph: for the life of this world is nothing but an enjoyment of self-delusion." [Ali-Imran: 185]

The brothers and sisters of Hizb ut Tahrir Australia bid farewell to their sister, Alfia Um Hassan, whose life-span (ajal) came to an end last Wednesday, 19/09/2013 - as determined by Allah, the Exalted, the Giver of life and its Taker - within the circumstances of an extremely short encounter with cancer.

She went from being a healthy and active person to awaiting death in hospital with a cancer that had spread beyond hope of medical cure within 2-3 short months, in which is a lesson for all of us whose youth and strength deludes from the reality of life and its ephemerality and death and its certainty and sudden arrival.

Um Hassan was a role model for the Muslim woman - though we do not ascribe purity to anyone, that judgment being for Allah alone. A sincere servant for Islam and Muslims, working tirelessly day and night for the sake of Allah. She was among those who led in the path of da'wah, leading the sister's wing of Hizb ut Tahrir in Australia. She was also a mother of four raising them on Islam to the best of her ability. This (http://goo.gl/mO42nd) is a clip of her 8-yr old son, Hassan, speaking at the community protest for Syria last year; an indication of the good fruits she leaves behind.

She juggled family and da'wah, exerting her utmost, with Islam as the centre of her life - a short life, if measured in years, but a long one, when measured in deeds.

May Allah bestow His abundant mercy on her, overlook her shortcomings, and make her of those who enter the gardens beneath which rivers flow, prepared for the muttaqin. And may He grant patience to her husband, children and relatives in this difficult time, the tongue of who state cries out: "Indeed, the eye tears and the heart grieves, but we say naught except that which is pleasing to our Lord."

Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir in Australia