Абдул Саттар Эдхи скончался 8 июля 2016 года в возрасте 88 лет. Его последним в жизни желанием было пожертвовать свои органы нуждающимся.
Абд-ус-Саттар Эдхи , или Эдхи. — один из самых активных филантропов в Пакистане. Глава Фонда Эдхи, базирующегося в Пакистане с филиалами по всему миру.
Его жена Бегум Билкис Эдхи, руководитель фонда Билкис Эдхи. Они оба получили в 1986 году Премию Рамона Магсайсая. Он также является лауреатом международной Ленинской премии «За укрепление мира между народами» 1988 года, а также Премии Бальцана, 2000 года. Мауляна Эдхи, как часто его называют, из общины Мемон. Согласно Книге рекордов Гиннеса, у Фонда Эдхи крупнейшая частная сеть службы скорой помощи в мире.
Лауреат Премии ЮНЕСКО Манаджита Сингха 2009 года за распространение идей толерантности и ненасилия.
“Take care of the poor people of my country.”
Edhi’s dying words, as quoted (with translation from original words in Urdu language) by IlmFeed ( July 9, 2016 http://ilmfeed.com/abdul-sattar-edhi-a-hero-for-the-poor-and-destitute/) and in Gulf Times by Kamran Rehmat ( July 11, 2016 http://www.gulf-times.com/story/502146/The-beloved-distributor-of-hope/), retrieved July 22, 2016
“People have become educated but have yet to become human.”
as quoted by Mr. Salman Masood, journalist in the Daily Dawn ( July 8, 2016) http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/09/world/middleeast/abdul-sattar-edhi-pakistans-father-teresa-dies-at-88.html?_r=0/. Retrieved on July 20, 2016
“Empty words and long praises do not impress God. Show Him your faith by your deeds.”
quote published by the Editor, The Kooza Communications International ( July 10, 2016 http://thekooza.com/10-famous-quotes-by-abdul-sattar-edhi/). Retrieved on July 21, 2016
as quoted in his Urdu language message, published in the report of National Annual Conference-2004 and Award Ceremony on the International Day of Human Rights, page-14 ( December 9, 2004 at Islamabad –Pakistan http://www.ihro.org.pk/downloads/4th%20Annual%20conference%20report.pdf/) organized by International Human Rights Observer http://www.ihro.org.pk/ Retrieved July 23, 2016
"The Richest Poor; Edhi’s life in facts, quotes," http://aaj.tv/2016/07/the-richest-poor-edhis-life-in-facts-quotes/ July 9, 2016
as quoted by Dr. Javed Laghari in Monograph titled "Leaders of Pakistan" published by SZABIST, Pages 2-10 ( Vol.1 June-2009 http://www.szabist.edu.pk/Publications/Books/LeadershipBK-CP-09.pdf/). Retrieved on July 21, 2016
“My mission is to love human beings. … Each day is the best day of my life.”
as quoted in an interview published by "Reuters" ( in 2013 http://www.reuters.com/article/pakistan-edhi-idUSL8N19U460/interview). Retrieved on July 20, 2016
“I am a beggar for the poor. Serving humanity is the biggest Jihad.”
as quoted by Chris Brummitt of AP, in NBC News ( August 29, 2010 http://www.nbcnews.com/id/38903962/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/t/aging-philanthropist-pakistans-mother-teresa/#.V4_oBvskrcs/). Retrieved on July 21, 2016
as quoted by Tehmina Durrani author of A Mirror to the Blind, a biography of Abdul Sattar Edhi at Balzan Prize ceremony ( November 17, 2000, http://www.balzan.org/en/prizewinners/abdul-sattar-edhi/abdul-sattar-edhi-in-milan-speech-pronounced-by-tehmina-durrani/), retrieved July 21, 2016
“My religion is humanitarianism, which is the basis of every religion in the world.”
quote published in Pakistan Studies Journal Pakistaniaat ( Vol. 3 No.2 of 2011 http://pakistaniaat.org/index.php/pak/article/view/129/129/). Retrieved on July 20, 2016
