He sounds like a great dad.

It is an honour to hear you share your relationship with your dad. May you carry on his perspective on life.

Your father sounds like a wise and good man. Thanks for sharing his story. 🙂

Sorry to hear about your loss. Your father was a good man.

Thank you for your moving tribute to your dad. I too had a wonderful Father. A loving Christian who supported me until his death.

Your dad was amazing, he encouraged whatever in the belief of your potential. In these crazy times I know his heart would swell in pride of your accomplishments. His greatness lies in the family you helped create.

A wonderful father indeed.

May your father rest in peace, Abdullah. ❤️🌹

Thank you for sharing, that was amazing. I bow to the divine in both of you

Lovely tribute, my friend. Sending you love and best wishes

Thank you for sharing this Abdullah! I lost my father last year. As a son, to have had a father to remember whith proud is really something.

He sounds like a great guy. I'm.sorry for your loss.

My mother just passed away last month. What I resented, is how short the funeral was, and that everyone was staying at least six feet from each other. Sure, it was the right thing to do, but I resented it.

Thanks Sameer, for such a moving tribute to your father, may his soul rest in peace.

Funerals are fantastic for closure, for everyone the deceased knew. And of course time reduces the pain. My dad died in June 2009, I kept his wish and flew his body for burial in Bangladesh, and boy it turned to be a very big event. I now have wonderful memories, best thing of all I don't have to pretend I'll see him again as I know I won't.

We love you abdullah sameer if you are Muslim or atheist. You are a good person.

Your father was a good person

My mother has cancer and has only short time left, perhaps a week or two. Your reflections on your father gave me some comfort and reminded me to appreciat the values my mum instilled in me. Thank you Abdullah.

I lost my dad back in 2014 and I totally understand the feeling of being able to come to terms with death. It's going to happen to all of us and should serve as a reminder to be a little kinder to our loved ones.

My evolutionary brother! You’ve heightened and enlightened my senses with Serge of emotions on this video, which has reminded me of major losses in my life and how I feel and encountered it likewise. ☮️

Thanks for sharing...from his picture can tell he was a happy person. ❤

Your father was mature and moderate man,,,,

GOD bless your dad. What a gentleman! How lucky you are to have lived with such a wonderful father. How lucky you are that he left you with such great memories.

I'm sorry for your loss, your dad sounds amazing!

Beautiful video about your father Abdullah. My condolonces on your loss.

Thank you for sharing, he sounds like an amazing human being. Sorry for your loss (HUG)

I lost my mother when I was 15 years old, 30 years ago. I miss her, but know I will never see her again. Treat those in your life well.

Wow, what an emotional video Abdullah. I really enjoyed hearing about your dad, thanks for sharing. What a kind man. All the best to you and your family.

A Good father raised a Good and decent son. All the best. Stephen

I am truly happy that you had a father that respected your belief and supported you even when you switched religion (branch of Islam), because I know very little religious parents that would be as tolerant as your father.

He lives in your heart, and will never die! Such is love.

Abdullah Sameer... You are truely a beautiful soul.....always good to watch your videos... You are so humble..... Thanks for being you 🙏👍🏽peace and blessing from cape Town south Africa

I’m watching again! Your father looks like a great man!

Bro your father is broad minded and good behavior and very honest

Such a soothing voice. 👏🏻

I'm so sorry to hear about your father. Love and support out to you and your loved ones.

A great father indeed.... Rest in peace

I felt your deep sincere emotions.

Accept my sincerest sympathy despite this long gone event that'd never be forgotten in every human's life..Continue to rest in peace Dad..

My most sincere sympathies. A number of years ago, I was privileged, as a refugee judge, to grant refugee status in Canada to Ismaelis like you and your father. I am very proud to see how yourself, your family have thrived and blossomed. Peace be with you and your family.

Your dad would be very proud of you. True gentleman

Your father was a good man. You are vey right in saying that you are lucky because your father supported you in every way.

Your dad sounds cool. Mine was too and I miss him terribly. You reflect the best of your dad. You are one person who makes me feel good about being Canadian. I'm so uplifted by watching your channel at a time when there's not much to laugh at. Do you think your dad was referring to the Fibonacci ratios/curves/numbers that are present in nature? I think some guy in India first disovered this and called it God's fingerprint. My daughter learned about this in her science degree at U of Saskatchewan. I worked with Ismailis from Kenya for years in Calgary. They are very self educated and kind people and I really miss them. Hugs from the Sunshine Coast.

Thank you Abdullah. This is a loving tribute to your Dad.

You were blessed indeed!

Looks like you are copy of yours father in kindness.

Hi Abdullah, God bless you and ur family. Ur Dad sounds like a really lovely man. Stay safe🙏🤗

I was born a Sufi Deobandi. Converted to Salafi. And now I am skeptic.

Your video is congruous with life,well done.

"Best Religion is No Religion" very true.

We all deeply love our parents and children , that remains always

Photo never truly deleted on two levels. One, the police recover deleted photo all time that how they can catch people with incriminating evidence, also, his image that day is indelibly printed in your memory. Remember that so acknowledge the anger and release the pain it does you no good to carry that around with you. We need to carry the good and treasure the memory in our hearts that’s where the good is nurtured and given back to the world.💔

I have friends who like Ismailis and their values.

As a Hindu Brahmin Octogenarian + , I find Islam so fascinating, Many times I’ve been inclined to run away from rituals and so on on festival days and temple hopping I found abhorrent!. But ISLAM! I wouldn’t have lasted a day past 5years a Muslim woman. As an Agnostic it’s easy being in A Hindu.. I fully endorse the idea of expressing grief which ever way you want after a person died. Fully endorse quick cremation. As for You Abdulla I read all your posts and am heartened that a new breed of FreeThinkers are coming up teaching the two-legged creatures “Us “ A thing or two. Learning never ends.! IS THERE AN END ?

A moving tribute to kind and understanding father.

A great soul.

I am sorry for your loss.

RIP to your father. It sounds like he was a very wise man.

Even though I may not agree with some of his beliefs, may god bless him.

Abdullah gondal, abdullah smeer you are gret, congratulation

It would be very good for the world if all Islam was like Ismaili Islam .

This is beautiful man, thanks for sharing your story and relationship with your father. I was raised as a Sunni myself and I agree that the "system of thinking", for lack of a better word, does seem dogmatic to me. A lot of the approaches of Sunnism in my opinion seem to be quite restrictive and not aligned with the "modern" world. I don't mean it in a sense of hedonism but more so in a sense of progressive aspect of the society. Anyway, so, I am on the same boat as you right now. I do think religions are man-made. But, to me, there is still beauty in the world that we can appreciate through our logical and intellectual thinking. In any case, your video makes me curious about Ismaili :)

A complete 180° from my dad..

My relatives were horrible my entire life, have caused my severe mental and physical illnesses 24/7 that I’m suffering with non stop. Ans what sucks with all this is that they don’t get what they’ve done wrong. I will not contact them until they get buried, even though they live in another city here. And of course I feel sorry for them, but I never saw them as my parents/family and It’s not my fault that they don’t understand. I hope one day I’ll be able to find a solution for my illnesses that they and everybody else caused me, and go out and talk about my history as an ex-Muslim atheist.

Such a touching tribute.

You can still get the photos through history just take it to technician. RIP

Bless you Abdullah Sameer.

May God guide you in seraatul mustaqeem. Aameen

Heart warming

I see where your excellent analytical mind comes from . Rip.

Sorry about your dad Sameer. He sounds like a very decent man.

As an Ismaili I recommend you to keep your father's faith alive.

Ismailism is a very noble faith....

We really need to cherish our parents and realise that there will be a time they won’t be around.

I think you did the right thing deleting the photo so as not to offend their beliefs. I realize how painful it was. I had a picture of my year anda half year old daughter in her casket. Lost it what a hard drive failed. But I believe I will see her again and I have the memories of her just as you memories and mental pictures of your father.

that is the sadness of life, we die. I fear this. I want to live forever and edver,

dear man you look like your father I think💕 💕

Don’t fret about not having that photo. You don’t need it. I do understand your anger, though. The volunteers you spoke of were there to see that you father left this world honoring the principles of the faith he had adhered to. I thank your father might have agreed with them. You two knew each other and that is plenty. Your children will truly see him in you.

My condolonces here from Solo. I am Muslim, so I believe that there is an afterlife. Will all be judged for our actions. When people gather for Judgement, they will ask one another how long this life was, some will say a few days, no but a day, no but only a few hours! This life is just a fleeting enjoyment for some, hardship for most others.

صلی اللّٰہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم علیہ السلام سلام اللہ علیہا رضی اللہ تعالیٰ اجمعین رحمتہ اللہ اناللہ واناالیہ راجعون thank you for sharing this information with us please consider my condolences on behalf of all the Muslim community it's sad to hear that your father is no more in this world please except our condolences on your lost couldn't say what I used to write in the end of my comment

I really enjoyed watching your video tribute to your father and providing an insight into your relationship with your father. With regards to your disappointment in not being able to keep a last photograph of your father. I can empathize with your sadness. My mother passed away when I was very young and to this day I feel emptiness in not having more time with her. So much so that I don’t even recall what her voice sounded like. Like you recall your father I too remember her kindness tolerance and wisdom. I do not pretend to know what rationale the two volunteers used in asking you to delete your photo. It may have had to do with religious and social dogma. However I can provide you some insight into the most “correct” reasoning behind why they may have asked you to delete the photo. Your father was a follower of the Ismaili faith and one of the central tenants of the faith is to recognize the temporary nature of this life. Once the person has died his soul has left and all that remains is the body ( an empty shell) That is why the body is buried in a simple cloth and a simple coffin if any. To symbolize the importance and eternal nature of your dads soul as opposed to his physical being on earth. Is your dad was indeed a follower of this faith then I would assume that he would have wanted you to remember his actions and his wisdom and his morality rather than his his physical appearance.

Interesting journey

Ismaili, Shia or Druze, it's still Islam. Converting to so called "Sunni/Salafi Islam" is overrated and you're only giving more power to their ego by acknowledging it, it's useless. Your father had the right idea, same as mine who brought me up as a non-dogmatic Sufi muslim. I was allowed to question everything and form my own opinions on religion. Now we often acknowledge that the nature of religion is caused by sheer existentialism, one's freedom to express and experience how they perceive life. God is not an imaginary spook, sitting on a throne in the sky. More importantly, the idea of God being a some kind of person, who sometimes feels jealous, vengeful or showing favoritism towards his creations is a fallible one. If God thinks or feels emotion then wouldn't he have questioned his own existence? ie. "where do I come from? why am I here? why am I god? Could another entity have created me?" thus invalidating his own perfect sovereignty. A more refined way of looking at God for non-theistic people, is to replace the word God with "Existence" or "Reality" and exclude all human-like aspects to it. In a sense it is simply nature, or a better word for it "Existence itself". God is just a word theists use to relate to the nature of being. Thus, God is the force that emanates all of reality and indeed we are bound by this reality. There is no way we can explain why we exist, we're just simply are. Why does the universe exist? Why is there something rather than nothing? Take a step back and simply observe all that there is and internalize that. Ask yourself why couldn't I have "NOT" existed, if I could, what would non-existence feel like. To be honest it's technically impossible. Even nothing is something when placed within the "space" of our conscious minds. The issue is "Always Something rather than Nothing, But I refuse to think it's some personified God". From my background (disclaimer: NOT EXCLUSIVELY ISLAM), this realization is what is called by "Submission". Submission to God? Remember, replace the word "God" with? "Existence" or "Reality". And there you have it. And in a way, I can be an Atheist too, for rejecting the concept of God as a spook/person. Perceptions can change. Just submit to the fact that the universe just exists. And how so? Through existence itself. Why existence? Now you tell me how you can explain it better. So why is something rather than nothing? I guess the best answer to that is Even if there was nothing, you still wouldn't be satisfied. Everyone has their way of interpreting life, thus different ways of thinking and religions. Some questions are deep and thoughtful while some are not. But even with our diverse backgrounds, it always seems to be that same age old question of existentialism that brings us together.

A deep and personal story. Thanks for introducing the concept of Ismaili-ism. I wonder why you became an Atheist as opposed to Agnostic after moving from Ismaili to Sunni and then no affiliation? Indeed there is a lot of unfortunate events in the world. Yet there is a lot of progress and improvement in people's lives also thanks to modern developments. Although the benefits are still skewed, it is not totally terrible.

I am the same as your dad - agnostic theist. And I think it's very rational.

lol ur beard back in ur old days haha :D

I can see in your eyes and body language that you are still believe in after life and searching for the righteus. I pray for you so you can open your heart to the Almighty who create you, had loved you and your family. Jesus bless you.

I'm sorry they asked you to delete the photo of your dad. I can understand how upset you are about it. People can be cruel at times

RIP

You look scary in that old photo bro... Love you by the way.♥️

😥😥😥😥😥

One possible connection between theodicy and aesthetics is through the concept of "the problem of evil." Many philosophers and theologians have argued that the existence of evil and suffering in the world undermines traditional beliefs in a benevolent and omnipotent God. This problem can be seen as a challenge to the aesthetic value of the world. If the world is full of evil and suffering, can it still be considered beautiful? Some philosophers have argued that it is precisely the existence of evil and suffering that makes the world beautiful, as it adds depth and complexity to our experience of it. Another possible connection between theodicy and aesthetics is through the concept of free will. Some theodicies argue that the existence of evil and suffering is necessary in order to preserve human freedom. From an aesthetic perspective, free will can be seen as a necessary component of beauty, as it allows for creativity, spontaneity, and unpredictability.

As a born sunni I definitely agree that ismailism is the better version of islam

in general brother sameer , Ismaili sect acceptes modernity , new ideas and progressive thought , more than another sect in islam . a wonderfull father.

Some similarities with you. This Bangladeshi philosopher turned atheist after he was being denied to take a photo of his dead mother. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aroj_Ali_Matubbar

2:05 "He didn't take the Quran Literally. And of course that is in line with Ismaili beliefs to not take the outer meaning of the quran but the inner meaning." That's simply beautiful and often overlooked by the mainstream Sunnis. It is stated in the Quran in Ali Imran [3:7] that some verses are allegorical. In Islam, there is an esoteric tradition called "Batin" which majority of the muslims simply ignored for only the exterior teachings and rituals. By looking through the esoteric lens, it changes how you perceive things. Eg. Did moses ever parted the red sea? Or was it more of a metaphor for something else? Then again we can't know how valid the ancient texts are but we're able to feel the emotion and history behind those stories while staying rooted to our current reality. However I do accept the possibility that a book can be changed or tampered with just as all objects are subjected to change and destruction. The quran is abit of an enigma to me sometimes. Some parts do makes sense while some doesn't at all and that can turn out to be contradictory. So there is a possibility of the quran being tampered with, and no one truly knows the truth of the authentic state of the book.

And now here you are...

3:38 nice photo

I am surprised about you, being upset regarding having a picture of your dead father. It is to me something I don’t like to have or to keep. The picture of your father alive is very nice ( which carry a better memory). This reaction of yours is strange for the people of faith, who consider death the most accursed a person has to insure, but with it is the hope of eternal life . The teaching of Christ, and Paul is splendid in this regard. Anther lesson of life is to be tolerant to other people’s belief, particularly as it is your father’s faith.

Every religions is good if one human is good.. human is good necessary rest everything follows ..