COLOMBO : Former president of the All-Ceylon YMMA Conference Ahamed Lebbe Mohamed Sabir,85,passed away peacefully at a private nursing home in Colombo on Tuesday morning , April 20.
Funeral arrangements at Maligawatte Burial Grounds will be notified in due course.
Sabir, who is the present Vice Patron of the YMMA, had also served as its Chairman of the board of trustees. He had also served as a member of the board of trustees at the Maligawatte Jumma Mosque, which post he succeeded from his late father Ahamed Lebbe, who was a popular building contractor in the capital.
His obituary notice from his family is appended here :
“ Alhaj A. L. M. Sabir (Dematagoda) passed away today.
(Past president of All Ceylon YMMA Conference)
Son of Marhoom S.D. Ahamedo Lebbe & Marhooma Ummu Fatheela
Husband of Marhooma Izzathul Farida Sabir
Father of Shazna, Shehana & Shazliya.
Father in law of Rizqi Rasooldeen in Kuwait, Irsham Samsudeen & Murshid Muliheer
Grandfather of Hishma, Raaed, Aqeel, Ishfaq, Ifrah, Imra, Naila, Nabeel & Yusuf.
Brother of Marhoom Razik, Marhoom Zavahir, Marhoom Faiz, Marhoom Zarook, Marhooma Lareefa Abdulla, Marhooma Anisa Anwer, Marhooma Huzaima & Marhooma Zahira Samsudeen.
Brother in law of Khairul Vilaya Thowfeek & Marhoom Farook Hameed
Son in law of Marhoom S. D. A. Hameed & Marhooma Ummu Hayyala.
May Allah the Almighty bless him with Jannathul Firdouse Al-Aala.”