Suffian (P)... peace be upon him
Thursday 25 September 2008
I saw 5 missed calls from Sam on my mobile. I called him right away half expecting the bad news. Its was true. Pyan passed away at 5pm this afternoon.
15 minutes later I found myself at the back of my steering wheel on the way to JB to fetch Sam and Jep before heading straight to KL for Pyan's funeral. His family decided to proceed with the funeral on that very evening after terawikh prayer. It was our hope to join the prayer as a send off for him. That is the least we can do as friends. We left Sam's place in Skudai at half past eight and didn't expect to reach KL at 10pm when the prayer expected to start.
We were sharing our personal memories of Pyan along the journey. They were vivid, precise and as if it all happen just yesterday. We were at Nilai when Sam received a call from Ita that the funeral has concluded. Every space in the car was filled with silence, dissapointment and sorrow.
We reached KL at 11.30pm and put up at Becky's place. We later found out that Pyan was actually passed away at 3pm. Only if we knew about it earlier, we could have made it to the funeral and join the prayers.
Friday 26 September 2008
Ronnie, Sam, Jep, Da'a and myself paid a visit to Pyan's grave and ricite verses from the Koran for him. I was still cannot believe that the grave before me was Pyan's. Images of him came rushing into my head with his antics. I never lost a good friend before. Now that I have, believe me its hard.
We stop Pyan's mom's place after the Friday prayer. She was sorry that we missed the funeral. It was Pyan's wish. He wanted to be buried without delay. It was indeed a great loss to the family. Pyan was their bread winner and his family was very proud of him. The fact that a throng of mourners attended his funeral in the middle of a week night shows how popular he is among friends. May he rest in peace. Al Fatihah.
Note:
Pyan, whose real name is Suffian Sulaiman passed away 3pm 25 September 2008 at the age of 36 at Damansara Medical Centre. He was a Programme Assistant at Al Jazeera English in Kuala Lumpur. Graduated from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia with a Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering. Previous entries about him can be accessed here, here and here
Pyan's online profile can be found here
I saw 5 missed calls from Sam on my mobile. I called him right away half expecting the bad news. Its was true. Pyan passed away at 5pm this afternoon.
15 minutes later I found myself at the back of my steering wheel on the way to JB to fetch Sam and Jep before heading straight to KL for Pyan's funeral. His family decided to proceed with the funeral on that very evening after terawikh prayer. It was our hope to join the prayer as a send off for him. That is the least we can do as friends. We left Sam's place in Skudai at half past eight and didn't expect to reach KL at 10pm when the prayer expected to start.
We were sharing our personal memories of Pyan along the journey. They were vivid, precise and as if it all happen just yesterday. We were at Nilai when Sam received a call from Ita that the funeral has concluded. Every space in the car was filled with silence, dissapointment and sorrow.
We reached KL at 11.30pm and put up at Becky's place. We later found out that Pyan was actually passed away at 3pm. Only if we knew about it earlier, we could have made it to the funeral and join the prayers.
Friday 26 September 2008
Ronnie, Sam, Jep, Da'a and myself paid a visit to Pyan's grave and ricite verses from the Koran for him. I was still cannot believe that the grave before me was Pyan's. Images of him came rushing into my head with his antics. I never lost a good friend before. Now that I have, believe me its hard.
We stop Pyan's mom's place after the Friday prayer. She was sorry that we missed the funeral. It was Pyan's wish. He wanted to be buried without delay. It was indeed a great loss to the family. Pyan was their bread winner and his family was very proud of him. The fact that a throng of mourners attended his funeral in the middle of a week night shows how popular he is among friends. May he rest in peace. Al Fatihah.
Myself, Mansor, Sam, Ronnie, Michelle, Pyan and Farid in London
Note:
Pyan, whose real name is Suffian Sulaiman passed away 3pm 25 September 2008 at the age of 36 at Damansara Medical Centre. He was a Programme Assistant at Al Jazeera English in Kuala Lumpur. Graduated from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia with a Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering. Previous entries about him can be accessed here, here and here
Pyan's online profile can be found here
Comments
as we all know.. he was the best friend ever but he leave us too early.. aku betul2 terkilan tak dapat jumpa arwah.. sedih betul aku..
aku harap ko juga dapat bersabar ek..aku tau ko tabah.. kita yg masih hidup ni sama2 la kita sedekah alfatihah kat dia.moga roh arwah dicucuri rahmat dan tergolong dalam golongan org2 yang dapat rahmat dan syafaat. insya-allah..
chell.papar.
I pray that may he rest in peace
insyaAllah..
alfatihah
nikli