The following document is Part I of a two part press release concerning the events that have transpired since the death of Imam W. D. Mohammed.

Part 1 which has been released today, deals with the history and chronology of events that took place immediately following Imam Mohammed’s death.

Part 2, which will be released for publication within 7 days, deals with the  Presentation of legal papers, court documents and fact sheets showing the true intent and objective of Shirley Mohammed the divorced ex wife of Imam Mohammed over the years as it relates to Imam W. D. Mohammed. This release will provide legal documentation and transcripts covering many years of legal maneuvering by Shirley Mohammed that  supports the fact that Shirley Mohammed’s Motivations have been and are all based on gaining access to material goods and money with no respect whatsoever for Islam or the Qur’an.


IMAM W. D. MOHAMMED:
AN INDELIBLE BLOT ON HIS MEMORY AND LEGACY?
BETRAYED BY HIS OWN BLOOD FAMILY?

Holy Qur’an 2:42

And cover not Truth with falsehood, nor conceal the Truth when ye know (what it is).

Holy Qur’an 2:217

They ask thee concerning fighting in the Prohibited Month. Say: “fighting therein is a grave (offence); but graver is it in the sight of Allah to prevent access to the path of Allah, to deny Him, to prevent access to the Sacred Mosque, and drive out its members.” Tumult and oppression are worse than slaughter.

Dear Believers, Muslims, associates, friends of our late wonderful, excellent leader, brother, and friend, Imam W. D. Mohammed.

I am writing this brief narrative in an attempt to help those members of the community associated with Imam Mohammed and the Muslim world in general to know and to understand–as best as we can share–the events that transpired leading up to Imam Mohammed’s death and the deceptive schemes released as a result of his death.  
I am Muhammad Siddeeq, father of Imam Mohammed’s present and only wife Khadijah Siddeeq Mohammed and a close associate of Imam Mohammed.  I  recognize that much that I will say is sensitive, and I am pained that I must say these things; however, I  had to weigh the choice between giving you honest factual information immediately–that we know to be the truth–or allowing you to be deceived by some of Imam Mohammed’s children who are willing to compromise their Islamic principles so that they can get access and control over the monies, properties and treasures that you have purchased, donated, or invested with him and the potential charities sent to his wife as a result of his death.

I am writing this report because it became crystal clear to me and anyone witnessing the terrible injustice perpetrated on my daughter,  that the Imams in Chicago and those partaking in the events surrounding his death did not have the strength to stand up and speak out against the un-Islamic behavior of Laila Mohammed and those supporting her in trying to deceive the world into believing that their mother, Shirley Mohammed the divorced ex wife of Imam Mohammed, is the rightful wife of Imam Mohammed.  I knew that if they did not have the courage to stand up to a blatant obvious misrepresentation of the truth  they would never have the courage to tell you the true facts behind what has transpired in Imam Mohammed’s community since his death.  These same so-called Imams stood by and watched these conspirators, led by Laila Mohammed put that lie into motion over, and over and over, that her mother Shirley is the wife of Imam W. D. Mohammed and they stood by and watched while shivering in their sandals, afraid to challenge her or to make her tell the truth.  

They also were aware that she had put Imam Mohammed’s young, faithful wife Khadijah out of her home and onto the street by literally changing all of the locks in her home while she was attending her brothers funeral in Atlanta Georgia.  Still, they stood by and said nothing.  Now all of this was done so that she (Laila) and those with her could start their money grab from this community and from any friends of Imam Mohammed who would give to his widow during this difficult time that she is going through and will face in the future.  

It would not be fair, but it would be understood if these greedy unprincipled people were in need of a home or money or maintenance.  But Imam Mohammed has provided for all of them as well as their mother very generously.  So what was their motive?  They knew that his wife was basically penniless without any material possessions to call her own and they also realized that the mantle of power, influence wealth and fame was going to fall on her shoulder as a result of being the bride of Imam Mohammed  and they were not going to have that, they were not going to sit by and allow Khadijah, his wife to be the recipient of this when they believed that their mother, Shirley the divorced ex wife of Imam Mohammed should be the rightful heir of this potential windfall of attention due to the death of Imam Mohammed.    It was not that they needed the money but their selfish and un-Islamic appetites would not let them be just and fair.  So they concocted a lie and began to spin their scheme to present their mother Shirley Imam Mohammed’s divorced ex wife as the Present wife of Imam Mohammed and this would give them access to the existing treasures and properties and make them the legitimate heirs to any monies or benefits offered to the widow of Imam Mohammed.  It was clear to me that you, his true followers, friends and associates who have loved, trusted and supported Imam Mohammed must be informed of the truth of  what transpired during that period.  And it was also clear that those Imams who also saw this scheme developing were too cowardice to stand up and speak a word directly to the truth so that you can protect your investments, our community  our sacred relationships with the international world and G-d fearing people around the world, and so that you can with-hold sending your charity to unworthy people.

We can never go forward with the excellent programs of Imam W. D. Mohammed if the first step we take after the passing of the most honorable human being this present day world has ever known is rooted in lies and deception.  This was not the way of Imam Mohammed and is not the way of the true sincere followers of his. 
  I am not saying that we should let this great community fall but what I am saying there should not be one more penny sent into a situation that is full of unprincipled people.   

Before going any further it is imperative that I tell you what Sister Laila told us was her reason for putting my daughter out of her home and into the street the day that Imam Mohammed died. She said that Khadijah Siddeeq Mohammed, the wife of Imam Mohammed for the last 4 years was “ONLY” AN ISLAMIC BRIDE AND THAT HER MOTHER SHIRLEY MOHAMMED WHOM IMAM MOHAMMED HAD DIVORCED MANY YEARS AGO, WAS HIS “LEGAL WIFE”. SO IS SHE SAYING THAT SHE DOES NOT HONOR OR RESPECT ISLAM OR IMAM MOHAMMED’S ISLAMIC MARRIAGE?  And note she never dared to speak this way when Imam Mohammed was alive nevertheless act on it.  But once she knew he was gone all of this rancour pours  out of her.

If one accepts this reasoning then we should ask her the question, “if you do not respect an Islamic marriage and that Imam Mohammed and Khadijah were married Islamically then why did you totally deprive Khadijah, his Islamic bride, from all of the activities that transpired since his death which were ALL ISLAMIC ACTIVITIES?”  One would think that she would step aside and let the Islamic bride participate in the Islamic programs honoring Imam Mohammed and the so called Legal bride partake in all the legal activities.  On Friday under the watchful eyes and supervision of Laila Mohammed the community had Jummah Prayer.  Is Jummah Prayer a legal event or an Islamic event?  It is clearly an Islamic event yet this was controlled by the one advocating their involvemnt is based on what is legal.  Is a Janazza (Islamic Funeral service) a legal event or an Islamic event? Again Shirley Mohammed, Imam Mohammed’s divorced ex-wife was given the front row star position for the janazza.  Did the “Legal” people from down town Chicago in the social security office or the probate court or the law offices of the state support the programs put forth honoring Imam Mohammed?  Did they  pay for your Limo’s,  provide a home for you , provide a car and money to live off of?  or were they Muslims of the Islamic faith that supported these programs?  So all of these events were Islamic and were paid for with zakat (the giving of Charity) or Sadaqa (alms giving) from the Islamic people and were held at  the sites donated by Islamic people.  So what I am saying is if Laila Mohammed is being truthful when she states that Khadijah Siddeeq Mohammed’s marriage was an Islamic Marriage,( and it was) she should have stepped back out of the way and not interfered in or with Imam Mohammed’s Islamic bride, Khadijah, properly partaking in the Islamic salute to her late Islamic husband.  But no, she did not do this.  She totally took charge of and co-opted the Islamic services honoring her late father, perpetrated a scheme to put her mother in position to be the beneficiary of all and any possible charities that would come about due to Imam Mohammed’s passing and accepted all of the Islamic charities given in the name of this Islamic Imam.  Once she has detoured every penny donated by the Islamic communities around the world for the bride of Imam Mohammed, she will then morph out of her Islamic regalia to put on her legal attire to be  sitting on the steps of the social security office and the probate court when they make the legal check ready.  All of this is to make sure that she (Shirley Mohammed the divorced ex-wife) gets and takes total control and charge of ALL AND ANY monies, prestige or social considerations that might come as a benefit to the widow of Imam Mohammed.   So these terrible people did not and do not care what shame they bring on this community as long as they can enrich themselves by any means necessary.

When my daughter heard of her husbands passing and returned home from Atlanta, she requested that the trustees of Imam Mohammed’s various accounts FREEZE THOSE ACCOUNTS; SHE PERSONALLY CANCELED ALL CREDIT CARDS AND REQUESTED THAT THEY NOT SPEND A DIME FROM ANY OF THOSE TREASURIES UNTIL THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE RESPECTIVE ORGANIZATIONS CAN COME TOGETHER AND DETERMINE HOW TO MOVE FORWARD AS IMAM MOHAMMED DESIRED.

I would like to say for the record that throughout this entire ordeal not one Imam or officer  came by the home of Imam Mohammed and his wife Khadijah and brought as much as a raisin, a date or a marshmallow.  Not one flower was given her except from the Focolare and her sister.  Though we thank those families who called and came by  to offer moral support to Khadijah during this very difficult time.  However, according to those who spoke to us about what transpired at the home of those who fraudulently falsified their identity to be the “widow of Imam Mohammed”  their tables flowed and their pockets were lined with much charity.

*In all fairness I would like to say that I believe the 3 following persons are innocent victims of the shenanigans or machinations of the main conspirators:

Wallace Mohammed Jr.
Mohammed Shakir Mohammed
Sultan Mohammed

Also, we want to express our appreciation for Imam Mohammed’s daughter Bakeerah Mohammed for being the only one of Imam Mohammed’s children, who we have come in contact with, to show warmth and compassion and a sincere spirit of family unity to my daughter Khadijah during this trying and difficult time for both Imam Mohammed’s children and his wife, Khadijah. There maybe others among his family that are not in support of or involved in this shameful situation but we are not aware of them at this time.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Imam Mohammed and Khadijah  travel to Atlanta to see my son and Khadijah’s brother, Qaadir
Imam Mohammed returns to Chicago, Khadijah remains in Atlanta

Saturday or Sunday evening, September 6 or 7, 2008

Last time Khadijah and Imam Mohammed speak. Imam Mohammed is concerned about Qaadir and wants to know how he is doing. Khadijah tells him he is not doing well.

Monday, September 8, 2008

Qaadir passes away at 1:30 in the morning.
Khadijah  immediately tries over and over in vain to reach Imam Mohammed to tell him of Qaadir’s passing. Around 2 or 3am, Khadijah calls brother Rafah and tells him of her brother’s passing and that she knew how much Imam Mohammed cared for Qaadir and if he knew Qaadir had passed he would most likely want to attend his janazah. Khadijah asked brother Rafah to ask Imam Mohammed to give her a call when he saw him. Brother Rafah said h
e would.

All day long Khadijah tries to reach Imam Mohammed to no avail.

She called their home phone (which Imam Mohammed doesn’t always answer, but if he sees Khadijah’s number he would answer the phone especially since she called so many times back to back throughout the day and he knows that Qaadir’s health was waning) in Markham and sent multiple text messages to Dijah (Imam Mohammed’s daughter who Khadijah believed was staying with Imam Mohammed while Khadijah was away) on her cell phone over and over after having called the house number  over and  over and over with no success. At different times throughout the day, Dijah tells Khadijah that she thinks he is sleeping and then later says he might have went out of town without telling her (Dijah). Khadijah begins to worry if everything was all right with Imam Mohammed. She did not believe he had any out-of-town engagements but was hoping against hope that he did and that that would explain the situation. Khadijah attempted to reach Laila to see if he just might have a speaking engagement that she (Khadijah) did not know about, but was unable to reach Laila and left a message on her cell phone asking if her father had any out-of-town engagements for that day. She waits for Laila’s return call, still hoping he just maybe went out of town. On separate occasions, brother Rafah and brother Yusuf go by the house but get no answer. Khadijah is very concerned and has not heard back from Laila yet and can’t help but think what if he did not go out of town. So she sends Dijah a text message asking her if she had seen Imam Mohammed yet and told her if she hasn’t seen him yet that it’s been way too long (the fact that no one has seen or heard from him all day) and that if there is a possibility that he is in the bedroom sleep to wake him up and ask him to call Khadijah.

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Qaadir’s Janazza is scheduled for 2p.m. at the Atlanta Masjid.
Khadijah  continued to attempt to reach Imam Mohammed.
Khadijah still hasn’t heard any definite information from anyone on where Imam Mohammed is and she continues to call the home phone back to back without any success.
Between 1:00am and 2:00am, she contacts  Brother Yusuf  who has a key to Imam Mohammed’s house early that morning  and asked him to go by and check on  the Imam. She told him of her brother’s janazah and how she felt strongly if he only knew about it he would want to come but she has been unable to reach him and she was worried that no one had seen or heard from him for a whole day.

Between 1:00p.m. and 2:00pm ,while boarding the cars to travel  to my son Qaadir’s  Janazza in Atlanta,   Dijah  called  Khadijah and told her through tears that Imam  Mohammed was dead. Khadijah was distraught and confused and began to cry.

Laila returned Khadijah’s call from the previous day and evidently did not know about the Imam’s death  but  has traveled and arrived  at his house at that  same time. She too began to cry and was in a state of disbelief and shock.

In Chicago (Markham) Neighbors  report the fire truck and ambulances  in front of Imam Mohammed’s  house and  relatives screaming and crying on the outside of the house.
Brothers who worked in Imam Mohammed’s  security had  arrived   but were  instructed to remain  outside of the house  and only the immediate   family  were allowed in the house.
A neighbor  who was very close to Imam Mohammed and  his Wife Khadijah  came over to find out what  had happened  and asked was Khadijah  home and was told by a lady “I am Shirley Mohammed  the legal wife of Imam Mohammed .”

Shortly after Khadijah learned of the passing of her husband, Elijah Mohammed II called  Khadijah on her cell phone and began by saying forcefully “what did you do…what happened…what did you do” He has never called back to offer condolences or an apology.

Later on that evening, after Khadijah had already learned second hand everything that was planned for the weekend, Laila calls Khadijah and tells her what will happen: the janaza, the jummah, and the memorial. She did not ask Khadijah for her input she told her what was going to happen. She explains to Khadijah that she must understand that her (Laila’s) mother, Shirley Mohammed the divorced ex-wife is the legal wife of her father, Imam Mohammed and that Khadijah his present and only wife is the “Islamic wife”. Khadijah was confused because Imam Mohammed hadn’t been married to Shirley for decades and she and Laila knew that Shirley Mohammed was no wife of Imam Mohammed, legally or Islamically. 

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Muhammad Siddeeq and his daughter Khadijah  fly to Chicago and arrive there at around 9:30 in the morning.  Brother Zambeezee,   the security representative for Imam Mohammed  was waiting outside of the Security Area to meet  Khadijah.   Coincidently,   Laila  and her daughter Tahirah were there  waiting for Laila’s  fiancée.   As Khadijah and her father came out of the secure  area of  Midway airport, Laila  greeted  her  and began  to explain to her that she wants unity and to go forward but that Khadijah has to realize that her mother  is the legal wife of Imam Momammed and that Khadijah is only his “ISLAMIC  WIFE”. She was persistent in trying to get this lie accepted as truth and to get Khadijah to go along with it. She told Khadijah that Khadijah was not permitted to go into the house, and that the locks have been changed by orders of the police. And that Laila is the only one authorized to hold a key and she cannot by order of the police give Khadijah a key. She tells Khadijah that if she wants to get in her home she must ask Laila first. When Brother Zambeezzee  asked her how she has a right to deny  Khadijah access  to her home, Laila’s  daughter Tahirah  begins to yell and scream  at Zambeezzee–very loudly and disrespectfully in the airport–   telling him this is family business and you have  no  right  to get  into family business and that he should stay out of it and just “drive the car” as if Zambeezee was just some servant of their family instead of a man so dedicated to his leader that he would risk even his life for the protection of Imam Mohammed and those whom he loved. Meanwhile Laila is shouting to Khadijah, “show me your name on the deed, show me your name on the deed…”. Laila and Tahirah eventually calmed down and pulled Khadijah to the side. They told her they loved her because their father/ grandfather loved her and that they wanted her to come to a press conference to be held in a couple of hours to show unity. Khadijah had not known anything of a press conference until that very moment. Because of the lack of specifics as to the purpose of press conference and the strange way Laila and Tahirah were acting Khadijah decided it would be unwise to show up at the press conference, she would not know what she was really walking in to.
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We left  the airport   and  went to the Markham Police Station and asked when Khadijah would be permitted to go into her home and if it was okay that Khadijah have a key to her home. Sergeant Walker, the investigator on the case, said that he was not holding anyone out of the house and that he did not order nor did he have any right to order anyone to change anything in that house.  This made sense considering any investigation that the police would conduct would have to include everyone and not just Khadijah who was in Atlanta, Georgia attending her brother’s funeral at the time of Imam Mohammed’s death. Sergeant Walker said that a lady who he assumed lived there asked if she could change the locks, and he stated that the police do not have jurisdiction over a person’s private residence and she could do what she wanted to do if it was her home. Before we left the police station, Sergeant Walker said that if we think we may need him to come by the home just give him a call and he would come.

We left the police station and Khadijah called Laila and asked  would she come and open the door so that she could get in.  Laila came and opened the door and said she would give Khadijah some time to get some of her things. While in the house Khadijah sat down with Laila and explained to her what the police officer had said, that he didn’t order anyone to change the locks and withhold a key from her but was asked by a lady he assumed lived in the house if she could change the locks. Laila responded by telling Khadijah “no…that’s not what he told me…he  must have been talking to Ngina or someone else”. Khadijah explained to Laila that the police officer was willing to come by and that he could get there quickly so that this matter can be sorted out. If there were truly an investigation going on no one should be in the home. However, shortly thereafter Laila was gone with the keys to the home and did not want to wait for the police officer. We could only conclude that she had lied.  We, with the help of some of Imam Mohammed’s security changed all locks on all doors and began to take inventory of Imam Mohammed and Khadijah’s home.  

The home appeared to have been ransacked.

Missing was Imam Mohammed’s:

Wallet (which had his ID, WDM Ministry credit card and his personal credit cards), personal checkbook in which he keeps all his cash, the keys to one of his vehicles, and some personal documents.

Immediately after discovering these items missing Khadijah called and canceled all his credit cards. Later on that evening brother Yusuf called and said that one of Imam Mohammed’s family members wants to know if the credit card bill was paid because the card was not working. Khadijah explained to brother Yusuf that she had returned home to find the wallet missing and canceled all his credit cards.
 
Laila, along with some other members of the Mohammed family, without ever consulting with or allowing Khadijah to have any say whatsoever set up and DICTATED to the community every event that would take place for the next few days concerning Imam W. D. Mohammed.

They started with choosing a young member of their family to be a spokesperson for their family and she subtlety weaved the family interest and community interest into one entity, lorded over and dictatorially controlled by her.  No one spoke or did anything unless she approved it.  All the while this is going on the Imams present followed her orders like she was some god or king who was going to throw them to the lions if they disobeyed.

Next she set out to permanently steal the identity of Imam Mohammed’s wife for the last 4 years, Khadijah Siddeeq Mohammed and to give Khadijah’s rightful relationship of being the wife of Imam Mohammed to her mother Shirley Mohammed who he has been separated and divorced from for over 30 years.  In fact Imam Mohammed has been married three separate times since being married to Shirley and has grown children from one of those marriages. However, each of these marriages had ended before he was married to Khadijah. It was clear from the beginning that Laila’s purpose and goal in having the press conference had more to do with wiping out and destroying Khadijah’s legitimate relationship as the wife of Imam Mohammed than it had to do with memorializing or recognizing Imam Mohammed.  In fact every program put forward by Laila Mohammed was designed to establish that her mother, Shirley Mohammed,–and not Khadijah Siddeeq Mohammed–was the “legal” wife of Imam W.D. Mohammed and that Khadijah’s marriage to her father was “only” an Islamic Marriage. When in fact Shirley Mohammed wasn’t even his wife, legally or Islamically. 

In the press conference it is reported that she talked of going forward with Imam Mohammed’s programs and goals and staying united as a community while using as the foundation for this unity and community togetherness blatant deceit and untruth.  So it was clear to anyone who witnessed this terrible behavior that her actions were NOT ISLAMIC, instead her actions were of those who say out of their mouth what is not in their heart and mind.

So they went forward and set up a press conference, Jummah prayer, and a memorial service without inviting input from any community members except those she could control or would do her bidding without asking any questions.

Next they conspired with a brother that I had always known as a beautiful Muslim, brother Otto Ali, the funeral director.   Brother Ali has been a mortician for over 30 years and knows that when a spouse dies, the next of kin is the person who has authority to make all funeral arrangements.  Brother Ali also knew for a fact that Khadijah Siddeeq Mohammed was the present and only wife of Imam W. D. Mohammed and that Shirley Mohammed, the mother of 4 of his grown children was not the present wife of Imam Mohammed.  Despite knowing that Khadijah Mohammed was the present and only legitimate wife of Imam Mohammed, brother Ali chose to join in the scheme of Laila Mohammed in her effort to establish her mother, Shirley Mohammed as Imam Mohammed’s legal wife (when in fact she was only his ex-wife) and the proper one he should be doing business with.  This he did without ever once picking up the telephone and speaking with or consulting with, Khadijah Siddeeq Mohammed, that he knew was the true wife of Imam Mohammed and the person that he should have been consulting with.

So now the conspiracy was in full motion.  The press conference was held and used to deceive the media and get them to publish to the entire world that Shirley Mohammed (a divorced ex-wife of Imam Mohammed) was the wife of Imam W. D. Mohammed.  Now keep in mind she did not use the word Legal wife to the media because she knew that if she used that term it would cause them to start asking questions as to why she said “legal wife” and not just wife.  So she shrewdly side-stepped that hurdle so that she could continue with her dishonest scheme.  This was a conniving move, because Laila knew that her father was an internationally renown loved, honored and respected Islamic leader and any information of his passing would travel to the 4 corners of the earth.  She knew that when this information was made public that whoever was his next of kin would be exulted to such an honorable status and revered by the entire world of leaders, kings, popes, presidents etc.  She realized this and it was just too much for her to accept that anyone other than her mother would be the recipient of suc
h honor and praise. Therefore, it appears that she was prepared to compromise every decent principle of Islamic community life  to make sure that the rightful heir to this honor and recognition, Khadijah Siddeeq, would not receive what Allah had chosen for her as the faithful wife of Imam W. D. Mohammed.

When my son in-law, Abdul Shaheed, who attended the very public marriage of Khadijah and Imam Mohammed (which can be found online at siddeeq.com/khadijah) and who is married to my daughter Baiyinah, who resides in Saudi Arabia was told by his wife that I, her father, had told her about this, he just could not believe that.  He then went to his computer to do a little research.  My daughter then called me and said that some people had indeed informed the media that Shirley is the wife of Imam Mohammed.  She went on to ask, “Can you contact them to make a correction…you should contact the media and correct this ….”  Here’s an e-mail Abdul sent after reading the incorrect information in the media:

Assalaamu alaikum

“I did a little research on this unfortunate situation that we are being tested with.  These quotes are from some of the biggest media outlets in the country.  Sadly, they do not mention Khadijah as being his wife even as I myself was one of many witnesses who attended their wedding some 4 years ago.  What is a marriage if it’s not before Allah?  Is this young woman who orchestrated these terrible chain of events implying that the witness of Allah upon a marriage is somehow not legitimate.  Anyway, … here is what I found (sadly):

From the Chicago Tribune:
“Mohammed’s survivors include his wife, Shirley, nine children and several grandchildren.”

From BET:
“Mohammed leaves behind his wife Shirley, eight children and many grandchildren.”

From the Associated Press (AP):
“Mohammed’s survivors include his wife, Shirley, nine children and several grandchildren.”

From L.A. Times:
“Mohammed’s survivors include his wife, Shirley, nine children and several grandchildren.”

From DailyPress.com:
“Mohammed’s survivors include his wife, Shirley, nine children and several grandchildren.”

From TimesOnline (2008 News site of the year):
“…He is survived by his wife, Shirley, and nine children.”

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Allah says:  “Those who slander such of the Believers as give themselves freely to (deeds of) charity, as well as those who give according to their means, — and throw ridicule on them — Allah will throw back their ridicule on them: and they shall have a grievous chastisement.” (9:79)

Hadiths: from Abu Dawud, Kitab al-Adab (Book of Manners) unless otherwise stated:

The Prophet MHMD said: “No man will desert a Muslim in a place where his respect may be violated and his honor attacked without Allah deserting him in a place where he wishes His help; and no man will help a Muslim in a place where his honor may be attacked and his respect violated without Allah helping him in a place where he wishes his help.”#4866

The Prophet MHMD said: “The gravest sin is going to lengths in talking unjustly against a Muslim’s honor, and it is a greater sin to abuse twice after abusing once.” #4859

The Prophet MHMD said: “Whoever defends the honour of his Muslim brother, Allaah will protect his face from the Fire on the Day of Resurrection.” (Reported by Ahmad, 6/450; see also Saheeh al-Jaami’, 6238).

Your brother,
Abdul-Hakim

So this was an unsolicited, unexpected response from Saudi Arabia and similar calls and emails are coming to our attention from around the world and the so-called leadership in our community do not see any need to address this issue.

To continue with my report; Laila also knew that the brothers who provided security for Imam Mohammed would not buy into this corrupt scheme of hers so she conspired with her uncle Elijah Mohammed Jr. and sent out of town for brothers who they knew would be blindly loyal to them, and that they could control and had them come into town to offer security for her and “the family” during the Janazza.

So, after deceiving the press, intimidating the unprincipled funeral director, and getting some sleeping Imams that were too detached to speak a word directly to the truth, importing some misinformed security brothers, she then allowed the believers to then to speak at some of these affairs believing that her plan to steal Khadijah’s identity was secure.  Her next move was to gain control of the properties and the businesses.  This she did by first putting Khadijah out in the street by deceiving her innocent younger half brother Mohammed Shakir into believing that the house that Khadijah and Imam Mohammed were living in was his and he should go and take immediate possession of it.   

The next dilemma that Laila faced in her un-Islamic plan was how could she say that her mother is the wife of Imam Mohammed when Khadijah Siddeeq Mohammed would arrive at the funeral in the very first car behind the hearse carrying her husband, Imam W. D. Mohammed?  So she contacted the funeral director, Otto Ali–who had already compromised all civil principles of decency as a funeral director–and had him join deeper in her plot to make sure that Shirley Mohammed would be placed in the rightful place of Khadijah Siddeeq Mohammed, the true wife of Imam W. D. Mohammed during the procession and at the Janazza.  Now all of this was done right in the plain view of and with the complete knowledge of a community of people who call themselves Muslims and followers of Imam W. D. Mohammed.  This was done while literally hundreds of brothers, some who call themselves Imams were present; and not one soul, not one brother not one sister, had the courage to stand up in one of these public forums being hosted by Laila Mohammed and say “THIS IS WRONG…THIS IS NOT ISLAMIC…THIS SHOULD NOT BE AL
LOWED OR ACCEPTED BY THE BELIEVERS IN ISLAM”.

HOWEVER, WHEN IT WAS KNOWN THAT I WAS GOING TO MAKE THIS CANDID AND FACTUAL REPORT PUBLIC AND SEND IT TO YOU, THE TRUE AND FAITHFUL FOLLOWERS OF IMAM MOHAMMED MY PHONE RANG OFF OF THE HOOK.   IMAM AFTER IMAM TRIED TO SHOW ME EVERY REASON WHY I SHOULD NOT WRITE AND PUBLISH THE TRUTH IN THIS MATTER , BECAUSE IT MIGHT CAUSE THE COMMUNTY PROBLEMS WHEN “WE ARE GETTING SO MUCH RESPECT AND PEACE”  BASKING IN INJUSTICE AND CONFUSION.

Having been kicked from one end of the city to the next Khadijah decided that she would not even attend the public janazza but would go to the grave site later and pay her respects to her husband with dignity and avoid any possible conflict.  However, Laila and Brother Ali the mortician, continued to call her to find out whether she would need transportation to the services.  I told Brother Ali that Khadijah had been through enough humiliation and to go to the services and be disrespected in the procession and seating at the funeral would only cause more pain to her and disrespect to the memory of Imam Mohammed.  Ali guaranteed and assured Khadijah in the presence of me and Brother Zambezee that he would not disrespect Khadijah and would send a limo to pick her up on the day of the Janazza and would make sure  that Khadijah would be respected as the wife of Imam Mohammed and will be placed directly behind the hearse which is the proper and dignified place for the widow of the deceased.  So we accepted him at his word.  Yet true to form this so-called funeral director placed Khadijah’s limo 5 cars  behind the hearse with approximately 30 to 40 people in front of her while she was the last limo car in the procession of her husband’s janazza.  

Despite the fact that Otto Ali had literally dozens of people looking out for Shirley Mohammed’s safety, and considering that he promised Khadijah that he would not cause her any more embarrassment and would give her the dignity and respect that she is due at the Janazza of her husband, he totally abandoned her. When Shirley Mohammed the pretender arrived in the limo that rightfully belonged to Khadijah all of Laila’s security team swarmed it and Otto Ali joined them as they made their rock star entrance on to the grounds for the Janazza.  This so-called funeral director never once checked on Khadijah to see if she was secure, or if she had a seat, or  did she need any help or support after loosing her beloved husband and being told about it while on her way to bury her young brother just two days ago.   He never ever came over to where she was standing to check on her to see if she needed a seat or anything, he felt that his presence was needed over in the pampered VIP section where Laila and her mother had seats and dozens of people watching over and catering to them.  When it was time to leave the site which was nearly 30 miles from the burial grounds this same funeral director never once checked to see if Khadijah  was on board in the limo that transported her to the Janazza nor did he call to see to it that she got a ride or got home safely.   Now keep in mind we are talking about the wife of Imam W. D. Mohammed the widow of the deceased.  He never once called on his cell phone or came across the grass from where he had arranged seats for Laila, Shirley and the rest of their family to where Khadijah was standing, to make sure that she had transportation to the burial site or was secure.  Instead, he left her in the limo in the procession and was too busy conspiring and shoring up the un-Islamic plan of Laila and Shirley Mohammed.  

Mr. Ali,  never once consulted Khadijah about developing an intelligent dignified memento program chronicling  the life of this wonderful man, Imam W.D. Mohammed.  Instead, he with the support of his co-conspirators, passed out a small flyer advertising some upcoming events and only gave Khadijah some washed out 5.5×8.5 flyers listing these same events that Laila was planning under the guise of honoring her father while in reality was no more than a forum to further her coup d’état of her fathers community (a “blatant take over” scheme).  

Brother Ali, the funeral director, knowing that Imam Mohammed would attract literally thousands upon thousands of believers did not secure one police escort for the funeral procession or the believers who traveled from around the country to be a part of this occasion.  Consequently, once the procession reached the freeway for the nearly 20 to 30 mile ride in Chicago rush hour traffic to the cemetery, the entire procession was in total disarray and chaos–all because his focus was on kissing up to “the so-called royal family” and not what was in the best interest of the community which would have been realized had he consulted with the true wife of Imam Mohammed as well as his family and children and close associates.

Upon arriving at the site of the Janazza, Khadijah, instead of following behind these unprincipled people who were determined on making their scheme acceptable to the public, chose to abandon their limousine and pompous show of arrogance and went and joined in with the masses of every day common believers, which is where Imam Mohammed was most comfortable and drew his strength and support from.

Khadijah had one of the security brothers alert the person who was Master of Ceremony that she, the wife of Imam Mohammed, would like to share with them some beautiful and profound historic words which he had written that she found in their home the day after his tragic death.
The M.C. Called Khadijah forward to speak.  Having been told by Laila, that her mother, Shirley Mohammed was his wife,  when Khadijah came forward to speak the M.C. mistakenly introduced her as Shirley Mohammed.  Laila and her crew of supporters, sent their cousin, Sultan Mohammed, who she had anointed the spokesperson for “the family” to tell the MC not to let Khadijah speak.  I then as her father, had to forcibly take the microphone from their spokesperson and prevent him as well as others from interrupting her, because they were determined to stop Khadijah from reading any remarks from Imam Mohammed that day.  However, they plan and Allah plans–and Allah is the Best of Planners.  She successfully with the most beautiful sincere humility and dignity of Imam Mohammed’s wife, delivered the remarks from her late husband, Imam Mohammed and two short surahs from the Qur’an. (the video can be found on her web site: (www.siddeeq.com/khadijah)

It was reported by persons standing in the area of where the Mohammed family were sitting that throughout Khadijah’s speech  the remarks  “astaghfirullah” were heard coming from the quarters of the so called royal family  in an attempt to express displeasure with their own father’s wonderful guidance to us.  It was also reported that Laila had to be restrained from coming forward to take the microphone from Khadijah.

Before the weekend was through, after much persistence, some believers of the area were able to have input in the final event of the weekend, the Memorial. Friday night Khadijah received a voicemail message from one of the
young adults of the area that they would like for Khadijah to recite at the memorial. However, due to the stress of the previous days and utter disrespect showed by Imam Mohammed’s children she chose not to attend and to just have time to herself to try to understand all that was happening.

There is much more I could share and more details I could go into as well as much I do not know, but to conclude I want to say that it is a shame to have so many cowards masking as Imams in the association of Imam Mohammed.   At the five major events that transpired over that week since the death of Imam Mohammed, where Laila and some of the members of her family insisted on perpetrating the falsehood that their mother, Shirley Mohammed, was Imam Mohammed’s wife, when in fact she was his ex-wife…they had separated and divorced many years ago, not one Imam had the will to stand up and challenge them on this.  How much courage does it take to stand up and speak out against the misrepresentation that Shirley Mohammed is Imam Mohammed’s present and only wife when you know for a fact that what is being said is not true?.  Not to speak out and to allow them to perpetrate the fraud that they are attempting to perpetrate is to say that Imam Mohammed was not telling the truth and that he was living a deceptive life in our midst when he told the entire community that Khadijah was his wife.  We know that Imam Mohammed was an honorable man and did not ever use lies and deceit so why was it so difficult for men who call themselves his Imams to defend the truth that he stood on and stood for?

In speaking to Dr. Khan, a close friend of Imam Mohammed’s and the head of Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), he said that he as well as most others knew that what was being said about Shirley Mohammed being Imam’s wife was not true and that he was obligated to speak out in defense of what is right considering that Imam Mohammed brought his wife Khadijah and her parents out to the center to meet with him.  He also noted that if their position is that those married according to the way of the Qur’an is not legal then literally millions of Muslims in the United States and other countries around the world who had Islamic marriages are not legally married and have no obligations, morally, financially, emotionally or in any other way to their husbands or wives.  Also, if Shirley Mohammed is the only legitimate wife of Imam Mohammed, despite they having been divorced and living separate from Imam Mohammed for many years, then all of the children that were born to Imam Mohammed from marriages of Imam Mohammed and his other wives after His and Shirley Mohammed’s marriage and divorce are not legitimate or legal because according to Laila Mohammed’s reasoning  her mother was the only “legitimate wife” of Imam Mohammed.

When Imam Mohammed spoke to me about marrying my daughter he told me that he would marry her according to the Qur’an and would give her a home, transportation and would support her to finish her education and provide for her if anything ever happened to him so that she could live the rest of her life in dignity and not as a beggar.  He told me that he would put all of that in writing but I never approached him nor asked him about it, I was satisfied with his word.  I know others heard these things and soon I believe they will tell the community what I have told you

I’m not asking this community to do what perhaps it can’t do now, but I know this matter must be taken under serious consideration soon and I also know that he never intended for her to be put out in the street the day of his death–as Laila, his daughter, has insisted on.  Where would Khadijah be if it were not for her mother, brothers, sisters and I as well as brother Zambeezee and brother Sharif stepping up to help her.   Laila and others have filled the head of Imam Mohammed’s young innocent 18 year old son with the idea that their home was his and that he should immediately go and take possession of it now that his father has passed away.  When in fact they know that this is not true nor is it right or legal.  

Many people knew that Imam Mohammed always said that he wanted the home that he and Khadijah were living in to be his son Mohammed’s  but two things young Mohammed did not understand and it should have been explained to him by those who were negatively misguiding and instigating him and that is, he could not own the house until it was paid for and he could not occupy it until his father and Khadijah had gotten a place to live.  Even if he owned the house and it was only leased out to his father and Khadijah he could not just march in to the house, unannounced,  and demand possession of it two days after his father dies because the house belonged to him.  They should have told him that if he owned the house and it  was being lived in by people that he did not want in the house and he wanted to take possession of it, he would have to go to court to get the tenants evicted if they were leasing his property and this process could take months or even years depending on the lease agreement.  They should have told him that the owners don’t have a right to just open the door  and march to the tenants bedroom unannounced demanding to take pictures and scrutinizing who the tenant could or could not invite to visit in his (the tenant’s) home. 

The fact that he did not own the house and that Khadijah was legally there as the wife of her husband who established this property as their home he had no right to have a key or any interest in what they did with this property.  But those who wanted to cause confusion exploited his lack of knowledge and used him to support their goal of putting Khadijah out of her home of 4 years (the house) and into the street.

After Khadijah learned  that Imam Mohammed had approached me for her hand in marriage I remember Khadijah praying to Allah to make her worthy of such an honored position and after getting married my wife and I as well as everyone who came in contact with her and Imam Mohammed as a married coupled witnessed how she stood by his side striving to serve him as a husband and leader.

Khadijah said to both me and her mother that she wishes so much that she could have been there with her husband when he died, but as most of you know, our son, her brother was terminally ill from cancer and both her and Imam Mohammed had gone to Atlanta to be with him and Imam Mohammed had to return home while she stayed on.

Once it became clear that the threats and intimidation from the Mohammed family were going to continue and very little work would be achieved in such an atmosphere, it became incumbent upon me as her father to leave Chicago, and have her turn the house over to the community.  In the interest of the investors and believers as a whole she had already requested that brother Yusef freeze all accounts–and he told her that he did–and she personally canceled all credit cards, and left Chicago with a small amount of money given to her by brother Zambeezzee and brother Sharif who faithfully stood by her side throughout this whole ordeal.  She turned the checkbooks over to Imam Mohammed’s security and moved back to Indiana where she will remain until or unless cooler and more rational heads prevail.  She plans to get a job, work, and go to graduate school part time.

As-Salaamu-Alaikum
Muhammad Siddeeq
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