They travelled in their thousands to pay their final respects to spiritual and religious leader Hadhrat Hafiz Saheb Patel.

The funeral was one of, if not the largest Muslim funeral prayers said on UK soil  with mourners  travelling from across Europe.

Originally from India, Hafiz Saheb Patel was the head of the Dewsbury Jamaat and Tableegh and came to the UK in the early 1960s.

The funeral was marshalled by hundreds of volunteers and despite the crowds there was total silence and dignity befitting a man who was resepected throughout the world.

Hafiz Saheb Patel died on Thursday and the funeral took place at Savile Town playing fields, the only venue large enough to accomodate the huge numbers this afternoon.

The burial took place at Dewsbury Cemetery.

Many mosques in the UK organanised  travel  for those wishing to attend the janazah prayers.

 

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Video footage from the janazah salah of #HafizPatel, a great dā'ī' of Islām (may the Almighty have mercy on him). pic.twitter.com/chLO3URTyk

— Imam Mazhar Mahmood (@KamloopsImam) February 19, 2016