I was informed that as-Sayyid Hajj Ayman Ahwal passed away on the 16th of Ramadan (16th August). May Allah grant him the highest maqam and proximity to those with whom Allah is utterly content with. Sayyidi Ayman was a sweet, kind, gentle, humble, generous, caring, loving and beautiful person. I was introduced to him through a mutual friend Sidi Dean Othman a number of years ago when Imam Zaid Shakir was visiting Birmingham. I was honoured to have hosted a…
I have recently set up a gallery on Whitewall.com of some of my photography. Whitewall do excellent quality aluminium backed ready to hang prints. Sale of these prints will enable me to pay for hosting etc for masud.co.uk insha’Allah. I shall be uploading more over coming weeks. I would appreciate it if you all could take a look and share the link. http://www.whitewall.com/masud If there are any images you like from my Flickr account http://www.flickr.com/photos/masud that you would like prints…
I started photography when I was 16 years old, over 23 years ago. Ever since my father let me use his Kodak Rangefinder camera, I was hooked. I then purchased a Canon T70 SLR when my father’s camera was stolen out the car one day. I had a part time job and purchased with a 10 months interest free deal; it was my first major purchase. I think it cost me around £400. Whilst I was not a incessant photographer…