Salbiah: Syed Shahir’s wife
Oct 12th, 2007 by Tian
Syed Shahir called at about 23.30hr tonight (Oct 11). He told me that Salbiah, his wife just passed away about an hour ago. He was still in University Hospital.
It was a sad news, and came as a short. Life can end so suddenly.
Salbiah was a warm, kind and also very creative woman. I remember she used to do various type of handicraft and deco (e.g. artificial flower) as her sideline work. I lost words to console Syed Shahir.
Salbiah was diagnosed cancer less than a year ago. Last Hari Raya, I visited their new house in Shah Alam. She was rather optimistic and in good spirit in fighting the disease. We were talking about developing a healthy diet to control the cancer. I also shared my mum’s experience with her.
Salbiah’s situation reminded me of my mum’s struggle with cancer. Mum was dedicated to the promotion of organic food and healthy lifestyle while fighting her own cancer.
Cancer is such a scaring phenomenon. I won’t call it an illness, as it is simply a sudden surge of cell disorder. The process of deterioration of health is always very painful and distressing. In some way, Salbiah was fortunate to have gone without long suffering.
Her body was brought back to her house at 13 Jalan Gunung Nuang, Taman Bukit Bandaraya Shah Alam. The burial will be after Zohor prayer tomorrow (Oct 12).
I can only offer my best wishes: may peace be with her soul, and peace to the living too.
yeah, may God bless her soul.
Dear Tian Chua,
This is a moving piece and a nice tribute to the late Salbiah, the wife of Syed Shahir. I do not know her personally but as a Muslim, I felt it was the proper thing to do when I was told of the passing of a fellow Muslim. I was there last Friday because I felt the need to participate in sembahayang jenazah. I also wanted to ease the pain of Syed and his family due to the loss of their loved one.
You are right to quote me. I felt that the least the Malaysian Government could do was to send wreath. But politics came in the way of even the humane thing. How desperate can they get!!
If Syed reads this blog, I would like to say to him:
“Syed, I share your grief and pray that you will bear this loss with the dignity and patience of a good Muslim. Death is the ultimate truth for the living. We will all have to face Allah the Most Merciful and the Most Compassionate one day. Sabarlah, Syed.
Your leadership of MTUC is needed because our country faces many challenges and we need to work very hard.”
Din Merican
mr din merican,
love to read your comments, hope your blog will be up soon. not to forget, let us recite al-fatihah to Syed Shahir’s wife