Muhammad, also said that Patel was a patron to many schools and hospitals.

“He was a philanthropist who excelled in empowerment of the working class,” he said.

He said that NAHCON was a beneficiary of Patel’s words of wisdom normally delivered

during the World Hajj and Umrah convention in London whic was usually attended by the Commission.

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He said that the Hajj and Umrah communities and indeed the entire Muslim world would feel the vacuum created by the loss of Patel.

” NAHCON joins the world in praying for gentle repose of his soul in Jannatul Firdaus,” he said.