To Kamal Rida
Last time I met him was in Riyadh where we spend some really good time, he took me around the city, I had mansaf with him, and so on. Weeks before it he came to Dammam, where he showed me around the city that I was new to. I didn’t see him since then. A couple of days ago, my friend Shadi called me around 9pm, to tell that Kamal passed away in a car accident in Jeddah. It took me a couple of hours, or in fact until I was in his house the next day, and saw his father and brother, to really understand what had happened.
I was lucky to stay in the same school, Al-Bayan, for 14 years, where I had some of my best friends. Maybe when we were in 5th or 6th grade, when I got my first 386 PC, then I started to get closer to Kamal, who was in my class for years, because he got a 486 PC as well. We used to exchange tips, games, and programs. He told me and took me to Al-7amra in Jabal Al-Hussein were we got many of the programs and games that we enjoyed (along with the colorful floppy disks that was on sale there). I first saw Windows 95 in his PC, he first saw Linux in mine. Although Kamal left in the 11th grade to go to Itihad School (where he got a scholarship) we stayed intouch in semi-weekly basis as I was either in his house, or he in mine. When we reached university, he ended up with exactly what he wanted, Engineering in Jordan University. Soon after he graduated, he got an offer he couldn’t refuse, and went to work in KSA.
Although he had been in KSA for 4 years, it was this year that he decided that he should go to Hajj for his first time, and so he did. And one week after it, he died in a car accident. I didn’t know what to say then, or now. Although we didn’t meet often in the last couple of years, you were always part of what I grow up to, as I hope I was for you. الله يرحمه ويصبر أهله.
البقية في حياتك
إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون
حكم المنيّة في البرية جاري ما هذه الدنيا بدار قرار
بينا يُرى الانسان فيها مُخبراً حتى يُرى خبراً من الأخبار
طُبعت على كدر وأنت تريدها صفواً من الأكدار والأقذار
فالعيش نوم والمنيّة يقظة والمرء بينهما خيال ساري
عظم الله أجركم …
عظّم الله أجركم…
لا أريد أن أتفلسف ولكن يبدوا أن صديقك أخلص النية لله فأحبه الله واختاره بجواره حتى يلاقيه بعد أن غسل الله ذنوبه في الدنيا بعد الحج.. لا حزن على هؤلاء فهم عند ربهم فرحون
إن شاء الله.
يا رب إرزقنا حسن الختام
إنا لله و إنا إليه راجعون, لا حول و لا قوة الا بالله
اللهم ارحم الفقيد و اسكنة فسيح جناتك
اللهم باعد بينة و بين خطاياه كما باعدت بين المشرق و المغرب
اللهم نقه من الخطايا كما ينقى الثوب الابيض من الدنس
اللهم اغسلة بالثلج و الماء و البرد
اللهم ابدله دارا خيرا من داره و اهلا خيرا من اهله
اللهم اجمعنا و إياه في مستقر رحمتك
امين يا رب العالمين
Il ba2eyeh b7ayatak.
God works in mysterious ways!
Alla yir7amo
That was a real shock! May his soul rest in peace.
http://www.ieee-ju.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=82
I don’t know Kamal, but I consider him lucky, since he did Hajj and die after it.
ان شاء الله ربنا يكون قد قبل حجته ويغفر له ويرحمه. والعبرة لمن اعتبر بان الموت لا يميز بين فتى وشاب وكهل.
عظم الله أجركم
Am sorry for your Loss :(
There are far too many people who lose their lives on Saudi roads. Do you remember that old govt. public safety message on Channel 2? “Be careful, be safe” (or something like that, with the man nodding his head as you heard a car skidding into an accident). Well, no one drives carefully in Saudi Arabia. I lost 2 friends on those same roads and nearly died myself in a seperate accident.
On a lighter note, it is funny how you also bonded with your friend over exchanging programs for your computers. I went to Manarat-Al-Riyadh and it was the same there. I actually gained popularity when I upgraded my 386 to a 486 DX-II 66 (the fastest proc. at the time). I installed 4 MB extra to bring it to 8 MB when I installed Win95 using 5.25 floppies (it took forever).
My condolences on the loss of your friend.
I just read this…..I know its too late since our dear friend Kamal passed away suddenly…..but I guess its not too late to write a few words about him
I knew him for 5 yrs during the university being colleagues and kind of nieghbours…..he was an an excellent engineer…..distingueshed in everything he did…..and we enjoyed suffering thru EE together…..were a lovely days really
Allah yerhamo o ye7sin eleeh ya rub
I googled marj alhamam and what do u know!! isam’s blog!
I just wanted to say allah yr7m kamal he was a real close friend to me specially..
thank u isam for the trip down memory lane. I think our years in albayan will stay in us forever. It’s wierd how our life paths cross. hope you all the best.