June 26, 2009 - الجمعة 04 رجب 1430 
Ibn Anwar Michael Jackson who converted to Islam passed away today
Who doesn’t know Michael Jackson? His name echoes in every corner of the world. He was no doubt a colossal success(in entertainmet), but more importantly he was a human being. Let us remember that. But, even more important than that is that he was a MUSLIM! Yes, you heard me..he was MUSLIM! Let us hope and pray that he died upon the Shahadah and will be included amongst the believers. I would like to see him singing with the believers in Jannah. May Allah forgive him for his short comings and rest his soul.
News excerpt,
He is said to have been encouraged by Canadian songwriter David Wharnsby and Phillip Bubal, a producer, who both approached him after he appeared ‘a bit down’.
A source told The Sun: ‘They began talking to him about their beliefs, and how they thought they had become better people after they converted. Michael soon began warming to the idea.
‘An imam was summoned from the mosque and Michael went through the shahada, which is the Muslim declaration of belief.’
His brother Jermaine Friday, previously hinted Jackson was considering converting to the religion.
‘When I came back from Mecca I got him a lot of books and he asked me lots of things about my religion and I told him that it’s peaceful and beautiful,’ said Friday, who embraced the faith in 1989.
‘He read everything and he was proud of me that I found something that would give me inner strength and peace.
‘He could do so much, just like I am trying to do. Michael and I and the word of God, we could do so much.’
(http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1088225/Michael-Jackson-Muslim-changes-Mikaeel.html)
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It is somewhat shocking and sad that he has left this world for the next so suddenly but hopefully he died as a muslim.
His life in this world has been a mess and he is known to be weird but may Allah grant him peace.
It’s sad someone I grew up listening to has passed away. My saddness for his death is alleviated in the fact he died as a Muslim. ALLAH blessed him & put him on the right path before He took him. Subhan’Allah.
Mika’eel will be missed by my entire family. O’ ALLAH have mercy on his soul, AMEEN.
With Dua,
A-Q.
I still remember the day Michael Jackson passed away, the words I heard, the images that were shown to me will never leave my mind, and I guess I am writing this short entry to just keep my memories with me, even though I wish I never had them. When I think about the time, a mental image of 12:00 PM comes into my mind but my dad went to work shortly after I switched the channels on the TV so it could not have been that early.
It was a sunny day, I cannot remember if it was hot, or humid, but I remember that it was a sunny day. I was the last to sit at the table for lunch, and subsequently was the last to leave. We had chicken that was fried in a pan. I remember that I didn’t enjoy the lunch because I really hated oily chicken and for some reason the lemonade that went with the chicken was not as good as I thought it would be. By the time I was feeling full everyone had already left the lunch table and went on to continue their day. I was sitting south of the living room, and I heard my mom sit on the couch and turn the T.V. on. I don’t know how long after she turned the T.V. on, but it couldn’t have been long. A short while I heard her call my father by his first name and told him to see what was on the T.V. she said that Michael was in the hospital, and my dad was surprised. He told me in ‘’ 3ali Ta3 shouf Michael Jackson bil Mistash-fa, bill critical condition.’’ I remember being a bit angry at what he was telling me, and I still remember how I responded to him. I told him ‘’Dad that’s stupid he has his concert next week’’ I remember making nothing big out of what my dad told me, for some odd reason. I just couldn’t believe it, it never even crossed my mind that anything could happen, and having Arab parents who are immigrants, shocking news to them, is a rainy day in July, so I didn’t take into consideration what my dad had just told me, it went through my mind the article I read a few weeks ago, about how Michael may have had cancer, or how he was sick and this will affect the tour, but I knew that rumours were all they were.
I washed my hands and decided to go and see what was going on, I walked into the living room, and sat on the couch farthest left, and saw that the channel my mom was watching was channel 37 (HLN) called ‘Prime News’’ hosted by Mike Galanos, and in his always dramatic way he was telling us how Michael Jackson was taken into hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest, I wasn’t shocked or stunned or a bit interested then, because I knew at the time that this was just a report, nothing confirmed. What I did next is something that has been instilled in my memory for quite possible my entire life. I told myself okay if this report is on CNN and of all people Wolf Blitzer is covering it, then I will take notice, I switched channels from 37 to 33, and to my sorrow it was being reported on CNN. The breaking news was Michael had suffered a cardiac arrest and is in hospital in ‘’critical condition’’ as my father had reported to me. I sat down, had not showered, wearing the same clothes I wore the previous day and I watched. People were speaking about what was happening, I remember one specialist came on and explained to us what a cardiac arrest was and I was thinking that if paramedics didn’t come as soon as possible then, maybe? Is it possible they came too late? It was not a heart attack but a cardiac arrest which the specialist said was worse than a heart attack. I then go really nervous, all these men were being interviews by Wolf Blitzer, and ten minutes later, Wolf interrupted one special guest, to tell us that it has been confirmed that Michael was in a Como. I then got nervous, and scared. I felt these feelings like one feels when there about to do something in front of an audience. I felt like I wanted to vomit, I felt the hairs on my back raise as soon as he announced Michael’s new state. Now I knew it was something serious. My dad went to work, my mom left, and only my sister was sitting on the other couch next to me. She was not a big fan of Michael Jackson, and on top of that she we yell at my mom and tell her the latest news, and I would get angry, and wish she would shut up. No commercials were airing, which added to everything… people were lining up at the hospital, there were reporters at the hospital, helicopter shots, I knew that this was something more than I thought. I was in a state of confusion; I was scared, angry, hopeful and oblivious.
Finally about fifteen minutes later a man finished his statement on Michael after Wolf asked him a question. Then Wolf said that he was getting something in, and at the instant, he didn’t have to say anything else, I knew what to expect, body froze, the worst stress you can feel, I felt for that instance, and all of a sudden he tells us that both the L.A. times and CBC (cbc or some other organization) was reporting that Michael had died. I was stunned, bewildered, and I felt this emptiness that I had avoided feeling since last year (when my grandmother passed away, who I always called my second mother due to our closeness). Wolf then played a clip of Michael singing ‘’ I want you back’’ when he was a kid, and I couldn’t help it, I had hopes that ‘’ Hey if CNN did not confirm it, then maybe it wasn’t true’’ but deep down inside I knew, and when I heard the voice, of Michael, saw him as a kid, I couldn’t help it, I just began to cry. It was the worst news I had heard in a quite a long time. The emptiness I felt was too much to deal with. A few minutes later my friend called me and spoke with me, and another few minutes my friend from work called me and we spoke about it as well.
The following three days I did nothing much, I just sat and watched CNN, waiting for any news I could get, and boy did they cover his death a lot. For a month straight it was all about Michael, everything else all of sudden became un-important. His death brought back a lot of memories. Back in grade 5 I remember I would go home during lunch and practice my dance moves, and I mean every lunch I would go. In grade 6 I did his Billie Jean performance for my talent show (which I won), in grade 8 I had a dance completion and I did Michael Jackson moves, and I won that as well, in Grade 9 I did a performance for my performing arts class (I did smooth criminal) and I got an A on that. Since I could properly dance I danced like Michael, and he is the only one I know how to dance like.
I love him so much, and I wish he really did convert to Islam
Interesting web site and interesting post. I like MJ’s songs a lot. I have marked it to come back later.