. The teenager will be buried in Brixton today without his family present, as his mother and six siblings are forced to self-isolate.
Family friend Mark Stephenson, who set up an appeal on GoFundMe for the family, said Ismail’s younger brother and older sister have developed mild symptoms including a temperature and loss of taste. Mr Stephenson said: ‘Shaykh Sharif Zain will be leading the funeral and I will be delivering a short speech for the Abdulwahab family and a few close family and friends.
‘We hope that we can send a live stream of the funeral to his mother and siblings so they can be there remotely, but they are obviously devastated that they can’t be there in person again.‘It’s extremely upsetting for everyone involved, but they have been very moved by the warmth and very positive messages of support from people following their appeal.’Ismail, who had no apparent underlying health conditions, was described by his family as a ‘gentle and kind’ boy with a ‘heartwarming’ smile.
Mr Stephenson, college director at the Madinah College where Ismail’s sister works, set up the GoFundMe page to raise money for funeral costs and for the family, who also lost Ismail’s father to cancer.
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I hate this headline, he did not die alone, he died without his family present but there is no way on earth that boy died alone, a nurse would have been holding his hand the whole time.
Tragic. No other word for it
Absolutely heartbreaking
Awful, my thoughts go out to family x
Just heartbreaking totally RIPIsmail thoughts with his family especially today xx
This is tragic. My thoughts and prayers are with the family during this heartbreaking time. 🙏🏻✝️
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