Daddy’s Islamic Burial and Funeral Services

Hi, my name is Yasmine Ahmed. I’m 33yrs old born and raised in Elmhurst Queens NYC. My father came to this country from Bangladesh back in the early 80s with my birth mother. They worked very hard to assure I had what I needed. My father then brought down his wife and son to United States from Bangladesh and managed to care for two families! Along the years my father reunited with his wife and son and brought me home with them. My father unfortunately has always had major health issues. Heart failure, high blood pressure, cholesterol problems, diabetes, a dialysis patient and as of recently, being a fall risk, has had multiple head injuries. My father had a significant stroke at the nursing home on the evening of 12/20/2021 and was brought to Elmhurst hospital where they confirmed he is now unable to speak, unable to swallow, force feed through a tube going into his nose down his throat and into his stomach, which unfortunately is causing aspiration. There is also fluid in the lungs, a lung infection. The stroke as we know impacts the left side of the body so his entire left side he cannot move. There is a blood clot in the larger artery of the right side of his brain and because of the several head injuries, he cannot intake any blood thinners. He is suffering and is in pain. He just only turned 69 years old last month. I’ve made the decision to stop his suffering and allow Allah to take him in. I know this is what he would have wanted. He hated dialysis and even skipped treatments a lot of the times with the small idea inside him thinking that this isn’t a way to live. I’ve agreed to stop treatment as his body isn’t taking it in and also to stop the force feeding down his nose, to prevent any further aspiration. He has days left, possibly weeks but unsure. With holidays and COVID here, it is very difficult to get anything normal done let alone prepare for a huge loss like this. I’d also like to add his wife, my step mother who has been more of a mother figure to me than my own brith mother, is not too far behind him. Their son and daughter-in-law are hurting too. We’ve decided to prepare and invest for a couple burial so when his wife’s time comes, it will be ready. The cost for one burial is starting at $5,500. For a couples would be $8,000. I’ve always been daddy’s little girl and it always has been my daddy and I against the world and Vice versa. This is just what life has shown us. The brothers at the Paak Funeral Home have been kind and informative, however there are no financing options at this time. I live check to check and also forgot to mention I moved to Florida two years ago so I’ve already spent a lot of money on flights and Airbnb. I have had help from close friends to help me pay back the bills I’ve racked up on travel expenses but I will need your help to prepare for my daddy’s funeral expenses. He is an Islamic man and heavily has faith in Allah and his plan all his life. It is only right to assure he goes in peace in the Islamic way and that everything is done in accordance with the laws of Islam. The Paak Funeral home is the only licensed independent Muslim Funeral Home in New York. I trust that they the entire process will be carried out according to the Quran and Sunnah. Please, anything will help. His time is going.