Srinagar, Jan 19: Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party’s entire leadership including the party president Altaf Bukhari expressed profound sorrow and grief over the demise of veteran Islamic scholar and the former head of the Arabic department at the University of Kashmir Mufti Abdul Ghani Azhari Naqshbandi, who passed away at Dar ul Aloom Deoband on Thursday.
In his condolence message, Altaf Bukhari while expressing his sorrow over the death of Mufti Azhari Naqshbandi Sahib, said, “Mufti Abdul Ghani Azhari Naqshbandi’s passing is a great loss to the Ummah, and the void created by his death is impossible to be filled”.
Bukhari said the deceased was a great Islamic scholar who spent his entire life serving humanity and spreading the Almighty’s message to the people. “I am deeply saddened to hear about his death, but since life and death is in the hands of the Almighty, thus we Muslims are supposed to always bow our heads before His will. I pray to Almighty to bless the departed soul in the highest place in Jannah and shower His choicest blessings on Mufti Abdul Ghani Azhari Naqshbandi’s grave.”
Meanwhile, all the senior leaders of Apni Party have sent out their statements extending their condolences and expressing their grief and sorrow over the demise of Mufti Sahib.
Senior National Conference leader and former minister Mian Altaf Ahmed has condoled the demise of Kashmir’s veteran Islamic scholar Mufti Abdul Gani Azhari who passed away after a prolonged illness on Thursday.
In a statement issued today, Mian Altaf Ahmed termed the demise of Mufti Abdul Gani Azhari a great loss. “Mufti Azhari was a renowned religious personality and was an authority on Naqishbandiya Silsila and a veteran Arabic scholar who always devoted himself to the service of people for spreading religious knowledge and spreading the message of humanity and brotherhood ” he added.
Mian Altaf expressed his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family and prayed for eternal peace to the departed soul.