Bushra, thanks for the article. I wondered about this:
A few days before her demise, she told her husband that she had seen her deceased grandfather, an individual well known for his righteousness, in a dream. The learned sage indicated that the end of her worldly struggles was near, and a resting place in Paradise would soon be hers.

I have heard about this, people having dreams and not always understanding them, but then later when something happens, the meaning is realized.

No matter what we should be prepared, both in worldly and spiritual matters, for death. Worldy, to make it easier for those we leave behind, spiritually for us and for Allah.

Since we are on the topic of death let me tell you all a story. It was the last Friday of this past Ramadan and a popular brother here in the Kansas City area came to the Masjid for fajr prayer. He didn't want to lead salaat, but he was pushed into leading it. In salaat he recited from Surah Qaf, the beginning ayats of which talk about death. Then it came Jummuah time, and since it was the last 10 days of Ramadan one would expect that he would be talking about the virtues of the last 10 days. But instead of that he talked about the death of the Prophet (SAAS) which was a suprise. Then it came time for him to go back home and as he was driving back with his 16 year old son, he began to feel sleepy. His son told him to let him drive, but he said no because he was afraid that they might get hurt. As this brother was about to pull over to take rest a car hit him and he died on the spot.

Subhanallah just look at the lessons of this. This brother didn't know that he was going to die today, and he recited ayat about death in fajr salaat. This brother didn't know that he was going to die today, and he spoke about death in his khutba. This brother wanted to avoid harm by not letting his son drive, and he ended up dying. Subhanallah!

I was going to post this.......actually this has been making news here in the bay area. They had the Janaza in a park and was attended by more than 500 people. This woman is a mother of 6 and was on her way to pick up her kids from school. Some lone gunmen just jumped out of his car and shot her in front of her 3 yr old. The Afghan community (largest in the country) was and still is in shock.

Its hard not to treat this like a hate crime.....how do you make sense of this. This crime has no connection to the previous one in the family--those people were my neighbors....and this happened only 5 minutes away from my house in a wealthy suburban neighborhood...and believe me it has many hijab wearing woman on the edge. This incident has cast a pal on the muslim and Afghan communtiy since it happened.

See this article about Aliya Ansari?a descendent of Abu Ayub Ansari.
www.zaytuna.org

the amazing thing about all of this is that many christians and jews have come forward and with out pouring support. So far they have a "person of interest"' who may have had some mental disorder but if you ask me, what triggered some man to go into one particular neighborhood, pulls up in from of this woman and shoots and shoot her.

b@stard :( May Allah ruin the life of the guy who killed her.

It seems this isn't the first time someone in their family has been shot:

"The slaying marks the second time someone in the victim's family has been shot and killed in Fremont. In January 2002, Afghan community leader Rahim Ansari, 34, of Union City was shot and killed inside his business, Pamir Travel, in Little Kabul.

The suspected gunman in that incident, upset over a spurned romance, also wounded Rahim Ansari's brother-in-law, Zabiullah Ansari, a second-cousin of Alia Ansari. In an interview Friday, Zabiullah Ansari, 48, expressed hope that the right person had been arrested. But he said, "They don't know what happened."

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Perhaps it wasn't a hate crime but some other disgruntled guy with a chip on his shoulder? I don't think the Afghan community should jump to conclusions and start labeling a hate crime so quickly.

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi Rajeoon

How come its not on the news, may be its not news worthy for CNN and Fox.

This is sick. -:-
Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi Rajeoon

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi Rajeoon