Dear Baraka Api, This message is long overdue but I know you don’t mind. I’ve been putting if off because it’s hard to find words that even come near to doing you justice. I would often jokingly call you a perfectionist but the truth is you admirably strove for...

The last time i saw Baraka, she was around 10years old. You realise how important some brief relationships are, when things like this happen. The more i learn about how she had grown into an amazing muslimah and made her time here count, the more urgency i feel to...

Barka wasn’t an ordinary girl , l personally feel that ìt will not be incorrect if I address her as Hazrat Barka Rahmatullah Alaih.Yes she can be compared with Hazrat Rabia Basri RA.Her life was 100 % on Sunna. We can’t even imagine the Martaba she has in Allah’s...

Like a comet, swift but luminous – and not to be forgotten! Now her pilgrimage is at an end, certainly in the mercy of the Infinite, all suffering over at last.

I have been trying to find the right words to describe how thankful I am for touching my life in so many ways, and how much your beautiful smile, your passion, and your kindness will be missed…I pray that Allah swt will gather us with you in Janat Al Ferdous and...

I’ll never forget the first time I met Baraka – she had been juggling several commitments that night but had promised she would swing by the ISoc fresher’s dinner to meet the new intakes, especially because there were a couple of PPS students in the mix this year –...

Every person you touch with your smile and warmth, your family and friends were truly blessed to have had you in their life’s , may they touch other with the same smile and warmth and keep your goodness alive, may you be the source of Junnah for your...

From your father’s stories of how amazing and wonderful you are as a person, I had already a great impression of you. Looking at your images, you are still a beacon of radiance and your legacy of grace and kindness will live on.Earth has one less gentle soul;...

Baraka and I met while rowing together at Cambridge. From the moment we met, I was taken by Baraka’s warmth and genuine kindness, her love of life and her positive outlook. While I didn’t know her well, we kept in touch over the years, and she was always a joy to...

‘To Allah we belong & to Allah we return’ Engaging with Baraka from afar for just a few months, I felt her steadfast patience & positivity. A truly enduring attitude of a determined soul. From Baraka I learned more about resilience: her constant grip of...

I remember coaching you on the river during your first term at university – so many early cold starts and lots of near-collisions with other novice crews (as is always the way in Mich term), but it was always a lot of fun! We bumped into each other around college...

Bharaka was so vibrant, so bursting with commitment and life, so willing to challenge the status quo….it is hard to believe she is no longer with us. I have a wonderful memory of a bright, assertive young woman of deep faith and keen mind at the Khan family’s...