To God we belong and to Him we shall return. Our cousin, Muhammad Yusuf Al-Khatib, and his mother, Wafaa Othman Obeid, have passed away. We consider them martyrs in the sight of God, God willing, and we do not presume to judge anyone before God. We say only what pleases our Lord. God is sufficient for us, and He is the best Disposer of affairs.

"Indeed, God has purchased from the believers their lives and their wealth in exchange for Paradise. They fight in the cause of God, so they kill and are killed. [It is] a true promise [binding] upon Him in the Torah, the Gospel, and the Qur'an. And who is more faithful to his covenant than God? So rejoice in your transaction which you have contracted. And that is the great attainment." (At-Tawbah 9:111)

إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون
ابن العم محمد يوسف الخطيب وأمه وفاء عثمان عبيد انتقلوا إلى الرفيق الأعلى ونحسبهم عند الله شهداء بإذن الله ولا نزكي على الله أحد
ولا نقول إلا ما يرضي ربنا حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل
﴿إِنَّ اللَّهَ اشتَرى مِنَ المُؤمِنينَ أَنفُسَهُم وَأَموالَهُم بِأَنَّ لَهُمُ الجَنَّةَ يُقاتِلونَ في سَبيلِ اللَّهِ فَيَقتُلونَ وَيُقتَلونَ وَعدًا عَلَيهِ حَقًّا فِي التَّوراةِ وَالإِنجيلِ وَالقُرآنِ وَمَن أَوفى بِعَهدِهِ مِنَ اللَّهِ فَاستَبشِروا بِبَيعِكُمُ الَّذي بايَعتُم بِهِ وَذلِكَ هُوَ الفَوزُ العَظيمُ﴾التوبة: ١١١