Muslim man arranges cremation of Hindu ‘sister’

[SouthDesi]

In a heartwarming display of communal harmony, a Muslim man in a village near here made the arrangements for the cremation of a Hindu widow, whom he treated as his sister and had been supporting for a long time.

The unique story is from Moondha Pandey village, about 10 km from Rampur.

After the death of her husband, Yashodha Devi had been living in a hut with her mother and son in an extremely pitiable condition in Maualagarh in Moondha Pandey, according to reports in the village.

Moved by her ordeal, Aslam Beg of the same village made Yashodra her ‘rakhi sister’ and urged her to treat him as her elder brother.

Thereafter, Aslam arranged a house for Yashodha’s family and even provided her with financial assistance. For 15 years, the two shared the relationship and participated in each other’s festivities, they said.

However, on Saturday, while Aslam was about to go to Yashodha’s house for ‘Bhai Dooj’, she passed away due to illness.

Yashodha’s relatives had planned to cremate her at Maulagarh itself, but Aslam insisted on taking the body to Garhmukteshwar.

Bearing all expenses, Aslam took Yashodha’s body and her relatives to the banks of Ganga in Garhmukteshwar and got her last rites performed there.

Muslim man arranges cremation of Hindu ‘sister’ | The Indian Express

 

[Green Arrow]

Good gesture. Religious harmony and a mutual respect is sign of the healthy society.

 

[third eye]

Acts like these reinforce faith in the fact that humanity is alive and well.

 

[Mike_Brando]

In a heartwarming display of communal harmony, a Muslim man in a village near here made the arrangements for the cremation of a Hindu widow, whom he treated as his sister and had been supporting for a long time.

The unique story is from Moondha Pandey village, about 10 km from Rampur.

After the death of her husband, Yashodha Devi had been living in a hut with her mother and son in an extremely pitiable condition in Maualagarh in Moondha Pandey, according to reports in the village.

Moved by her ordeal, Aslam Beg of the same village made Yashodra her ‘rakhi sister’ and urged her to treat him as her elder brother.

Thereafter, Aslam arranged a house for Yashodha’s family and even provided her with financial assistance. For 15 years, the two shared the relationship and participated in each other’s festivities, they said.

However, on Saturday, while Aslam was about to go to Yashodha’s house for ‘Bhai Dooj’, she passed away due to illness.

Yashodha’s relatives had planned to cremate her at Maulagarh itself, but Aslam insisted on taking the body to Garhmukteshwar.

Bearing all expenses, Aslam took Yashodha’s body and her relatives to the banks of Ganga in Garhmukteshwar and got her last rites performed there.

Muslim man arranges cremation of Hindu ‘sister’ | The Indian Express

These small but selfless gestures actually ushers a sense of hope that humanity still exists in this part of the world.Hats off to Mr.Aslam Baig,you have just shown us that the bond of Humanity is actually greater than that of religious belief,may God bless you and your family.

 

[Atri Ganguly]

Indian muslim community is the only reason why I still do not hate the entire religion. Very nice!

 

[trollhunter]

awesome to hear something after a tough day made me smile!!

 

[waz]

These small but selfless gestures actually ushers a sense of hope that humanity still exists in this part of the world.Hats off to Mr.Aslam Baig,you have just shown us that Humanity is actually greater than religious belief,may God bless you and your family.

Agreed, lovely gesture from brother Aslam.

May the widow rest in peace. Life is very hard for women without husbands, especially those from lower income groups.

 

[Mike_Brando]

Agreed, lovely gesture from brother Aslam.

May the widow rest in peace. Life is very hard for women without husbands, especially those from lower income groups.

Yeah you are absolutely right brother.We may have advanced quite a bit as a nation but still there exist some cruel traditions in our society which we need to eradicate if we want to transform India as a developed nation.

 

[SrNair]

Hats off to Mr.Aslam Baig .You are great man and pure hearted.
RIP women

 

[Parul]

Appreciated! Rest in peace to dead.

 

[waz]

Yeah you are absolutely right brother.We may have advanced quite a bit as a nation but still there exist some cruel traditions in our society which we need to eradicate if we want to transform India as a developed nation.

Yes indeed bro we all have to improve (the subcontinent). For many folks, once the main breadwinner is gone, it is the end for them.

 

[scorpionx]

After reading the story, first thing came to my mind was the famous quote by Swami Vivekananda,"The secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice. To be good and do good – that is the whole of religion." While pundits, clerics or pastors can spend centuries in debating on transcendence of their respective religions, the basics of spirituality remain absolutely simple, just as Mr.Aslam Beg has demonstrated here.

 

[jugad]

Hats off to Mr. Aslam

 

[Judge]

Acts like these reinforce faith in the fact that humanity is alive and well.

Frankly after being on PDF, such stories are almost life affirming and life saving.

Without them, one can get confused and start taking people's behaviour on this forum as what is there in the real world - and that is the start of a bad bad life.

 

[bloo]

Faith, belief or religion don't have a problem, its the people that are problematic.

My best friends are Punjabi and Muslim, and whenever we hang out we have the time of our lives, and no one can strawman argument me into believing otherwise.

God bless you Mr Aslam Baig.