All along the WB, up in the hills, were a number of villages and each having its own mosque. One such evening I remember being at a friends house just before 'breakfast' during Ramadam. Any one with knowledge will know it is not easy to leave without joining in on the breaking-of-the-fast.
I remember hearing the call go up in the distance, date in hand, I almost put it in my mouth, but quickly prevented, being inform that the call had not gone up at our mosque. Five minutes later my friend rang the local Imam who had been asleep.
Later I learnt that the Imam in question had been reported to Sheikh Tieb, in the days when he was still at El Soul, he told my friend,.......'Well yes, but your Imam is an old man and needs his sleep, can you not just give him a call on the telephone'. A wonderful man who gave simple easy answers to many a family problem that he was so often faced with.
P.S. - Not sure but top left picture looks very much like Sheikh Abu-Gum-Salam (as pronounced). A wonderful funny long gone old Sheikh, and highly respected..............Eid Mubarak to all.
