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The Passing Away of an Extraordinary Student
Bissmillahi ar-rahmani ar-raheem.
Assalamu alikum warahmatullah.
On behalf of SunniPath I would like to write something short to express our sadness at the loss of one of our greatest students, Syed Mohammed al Bukhary, who passed away unexpectedly on April the 2nd, 2009.
Syed Mohammed took his first course in the Fall of 2007 and remained a hardworking, resilient student of sacred knowledge until the Spring of 2009. Always among the first to register, he completed over 50 courses in this time, in the last period having taken up to twelve courses per semester. He was also part of the Work Study Program as a Teaching Assistant and was able to take many of his courses through the credit points earned by his hard work and the barakh that Allah placed in his time and ability to benefit from his teachers.
I can honestly say that he was so much part of the image of SunniPath that his name often came up in our staff meetings without any prompter. If you ever took a course that he was in, I’m sure you benefited from his endless advice on the Forums and through email; his Arabic primers, the way he always rushed to marking and offering his time and experience to other TAs, myself as the TA manager, students and his teachers – all these things were signs of giving for the sake of Allah, without needing or expecting anything in return.
For those left behind, we can always think of him as a higher example of integrity and Islamic adab, as someone who strove to be what the pious before us were and someone who was humble even when others were in awe of him. He treated everyone with respect regardless of their status, approaching all issues, especially conflict, with clear mindedness and focus on his Islamic and moral principles.
We will miss him greatly and would like to offer our condolences to his family and all those who came in contact with him. Please make dua that Allah make the trials ahead easier for him and that he elevate him to the highest levels of the heavens and make his next journey easy and overshadowed with mercy and comfort.
Inshallah we will be completing a khatim of Quran for him, so if you would like to read a juz’ please comment below.
I had two classes with him way back in this same semester last year.. and I remember the way in which he spoke to his fellow students with such love and compassion, never making a piece of help or assistance seem like he knew better or more… just humbly offering something as though it was nothing at all and yet it was always something. 
and it was clear that SO many people loved Br. Syed Mohamed and wanted to take part in a khatm for him, masha’Allah. I will take juz 17 insha’Allah for the second reading, and hopefully, if this is correct, only 18-20 are left.
Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’oon.
May Allah grant our Syed the highest level of Jannah and allow him to drink from the hands of his forefather, our Sayyid Rasulullah (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallim) whose blessed bloodline he came from.
He was a shining example for us all and will surely be missed by all staff, students, and those who ever met him.
May Allah give his family ease and comfort in this life and the next.