Emmanuel Ayman Mubarek Muhammad was the eldest child born in Cordele, Georgia on February 3, 1921, to the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and Sister Clara Muhammad (may Allah SWT grant them all Paradise).
Emmanuel often spoke of the difficulties his parents encountered while living in the South, the challenges they faced during the Great Migration, and the hardships his family endured during the Great Depression. He was a young boy in the early 1930's when his parents met founder of the Nation of Islam (NOI), Master Fard Muhammad. Emmanuel recalled listening to Master Fard as he imparted his teachings to the Hon. Elijah Muhammad in the family's home in Detroit, Michigan.
He graduated from the NOI's University of Islam. In 1942, he was sentenced to five years in federal prison for violating the draft law as a conscientious objector and minister. The following year, his father joined him at the Federal Correctional Institution in Milan, Michigan. While in prison, Emmanuel completed approximately two years of college coursework and studied the Qu'rān. He was an avid reader, enjoyed writing, and maintained a love of learning throughout his life. He was a self-taught and talented painter, photographer, horticulturist, and farmer. He was instrumental in helping to expand the NOI's farm lands. He assisted in painting his father's homes in Phoenix, Arizona and near Mexico City, Mexico, and landscaped these homes, a well as his father's residence in Chicago, Illinois. He also served as a member of his father's security team; manager of Temple No. 2 Cleaners, where he worked with his brother Nathaniel), and manager for the NOI's grocery store and meat market in Chicago.
In 1978, Emmanuel performed the Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca). He was executor of his father's estate during the 1980s, and later supported the leadership of his younger brother Imam W.D. Mohammed. His spirit and legacy of leadership live on in his descendants and in the American Muslim institutions he helped sustain. Emmanuel passed away September 14, 1998,
Citation: Honorable Elijah Muhammad Commemorative Center
Emmanuel often spoke of the difficulties his parents encountered while living in the South, the challenges they faced during the Great Migration, and the hardships his family endured during the Great Depression. He was a young boy in the early 1930's when his parents met founder of the Nation of Islam (NOI), Master Fard Muhammad. Emmanuel recalled listening to Master Fard as he imparted his teachings to the Hon. Elijah Muhammad in the family's home in Detroit, Michigan.
He graduated from the NOI's University of Islam. In 1942, he was sentenced to five years in federal prison for violating the draft law as a conscientious objector and minister. The following year, his father joined him at the Federal Correctional Institution in Milan, Michigan. While in prison, Emmanuel completed approximately two years of college coursework and studied the Qu'rān. He was an avid reader, enjoyed writing, and maintained a love of learning throughout his life. He was a self-taught and talented painter, photographer, horticulturist, and farmer. He was instrumental in helping to expand the NOI's farm lands. He assisted in painting his father's homes in Phoenix, Arizona and near Mexico City, Mexico, and landscaped these homes, a well as his father's residence in Chicago, Illinois. He also served as a member of his father's security team; manager of Temple No. 2 Cleaners, where he worked with his brother Nathaniel), and manager for the NOI's grocery store and meat market in Chicago.
In 1978, Emmanuel performed the Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca). He was executor of his father's estate during the 1980s, and later supported the leadership of his younger brother Imam W.D. Mohammed. His spirit and legacy of leadership live on in his descendants and in the American Muslim institutions he helped sustain. Emmanuel passed away September 14, 1998,
Citation: Honorable Elijah Muhammad Commemorative Center
Emmanuel Ayman Mubarek Muhammad was the eldest child born in Cordele, Georgia on February 3, 1921, to the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and Sister Clara Muhammad (may Allah SWT grant them all Paradise).
Emmanuel often spoke of the difficulties his parents encountered while living in the South, the challenges they faced during the Great Migration, and the hardships his family endured during the Great Depression. He was a young boy in the early 1930's when his parents met founder of the Nation of Islam (NOI), Master Fard Muhammad. Emmanuel recalled listening to Master Fard as he imparted his teachings to the Hon. Elijah Muhammad in the family's home in Detroit, Michigan.
He graduated from the NOI's University of Islam. In 1942, he was sentenced to five years in federal prison for violating the draft law as a conscientious objector and minister. The following year, his father joined him at the Federal Correctional Institution in Milan, Michigan. While in prison, Emmanuel completed approximately two years of college coursework and studied the Qu'rān. He was an avid reader, enjoyed writing, and maintained a love of learning throughout his life. He was a self-taught and talented painter, photographer, horticulturist, and farmer. He was instrumental in helping to expand the NOI's farm lands. He assisted in painting his father's homes in Phoenix, Arizona and near Mexico City, Mexico, and landscaped these homes, a well as his father's residence in Chicago, Illinois. He also served as a member of his father's security team; manager of Temple No. 2 Cleaners, where he worked with his brother Nathaniel), and manager for the NOI's grocery store and meat market in Chicago.
In 1978, Emmanuel performed the Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca). He was executor of his father's estate during the 1980s, and later supported the leadership of his younger brother Imam W.D. Mohammed. His spirit and legacy of leadership live on in his descendants and in the American Muslim institutions he helped sustain. Emmanuel passed away September 14, 1998,
Citation: Honorable Elijah Muhammad Commemorative Center
Emmanuel often spoke of the difficulties his parents encountered while living in the South, the challenges they faced during the Great Migration, and the hardships his family endured during the Great Depression. He was a young boy in the early 1930's when his parents met founder of the Nation of Islam (NOI), Master Fard Muhammad. Emmanuel recalled listening to Master Fard as he imparted his teachings to the Hon. Elijah Muhammad in the family's home in Detroit, Michigan.
He graduated from the NOI's University of Islam. In 1942, he was sentenced to five years in federal prison for violating the draft law as a conscientious objector and minister. The following year, his father joined him at the Federal Correctional Institution in Milan, Michigan. While in prison, Emmanuel completed approximately two years of college coursework and studied the Qu'rān. He was an avid reader, enjoyed writing, and maintained a love of learning throughout his life. He was a self-taught and talented painter, photographer, horticulturist, and farmer. He was instrumental in helping to expand the NOI's farm lands. He assisted in painting his father's homes in Phoenix, Arizona and near Mexico City, Mexico, and landscaped these homes, a well as his father's residence in Chicago, Illinois. He also served as a member of his father's security team; manager of Temple No. 2 Cleaners, where he worked with his brother Nathaniel), and manager for the NOI's grocery store and meat market in Chicago.
In 1978, Emmanuel performed the Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca). He was executor of his father's estate during the 1980s, and later supported the leadership of his younger brother Imam W.D. Mohammed. His spirit and legacy of leadership live on in his descendants and in the American Muslim institutions he helped sustain. Emmanuel passed away September 14, 1998,
Citation: Honorable Elijah Muhammad Commemorative Center
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