Safari ya Mwisho ya Mohamed Ali [picha]

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Muhammad Ali's widow and two ex-wives pay their respects to legendary boxer alongside thousands of mourners at traditional Islamic prayer service in Kentucky

• A black hearse carrying the body of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali was led by a police escort from a funeral home
• Hundreds of people lined up early on Thursday for the Jenazah service at Freedom Hall to celebrate the life of Ali
• Sugar Ray Leonard, Don King, Jessie Jackson, Lennox Lewis and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attended
• Ali's second wife, Khalilah Camacho-Ali, and his third wife, Veronica Porche-Ali also attended the service
• An interfaith memorial service is set for Friday and will be attended by dignitaries from around the world

The family of boxing legend Muhammad Ali joined thousands of mourners for the traditional Muslim prayer service at Kentucky's Freedom Hall on Thursday to celebrate the sporting legend's extraordinary life.

More than 14,000 thousand mourners attended the traditional Muslim Jenazah service which last a little over an hour for the three-time world champion boxer who died Friday at age 74.

His widow and fourth wife, Lonnie, daughters, Laila and Hana, and granddaughter Sydney, were photographed inside looking somber at the service, which marks the start of two days of ceremonies honoring the Muslim-convert sports star who died following a 32-year battle with Parkinson's disease.

In addition, Ali's second wife, Khalilah Camacho-Ali, and his third wife, Veronica Porche-Ali, whom he had an affair with prior to marrying, were in attendance. His first wife, Sonji Roi, passed away in 2005.

Muslims traveled from all over the world to stand shoulder-to-shoulder in a Kentucky arena for a final tribute to Ali.

Somber: Muhammad Ali's second wife Khalilah Camacho-Ali (left), stands next to his widow and fourth wife, Lonnie Ali (center), and daughter Laila Ali (right), who is holding her daughter, Sydney, during an Islamic prayer service called a Jenazah on Thursday

Veronica Porche-Ali (left), Muhammad Ali's former wife, attends his Jenazah and is seated next to his daughter, Hana's husband, Kevin Casey (right). Veronica Porche-Ali was married to the boxer from 1977 to 1986

Muhammad Ali's wife, Lonnie (left), and daughter, Laila Ali (center), attend his Jenazah, a traditional Islamic Muslim service, in Freedom Hall on Thursday

Laila Ali is pictured above holding her daughter, Sydney, as Lonnie bows her head while wearing dark sunglasses inside the service

Imam Zaid Shakir presides over Muhammad Ali's Jenazah inside Freedom Hall on Thursday in Louisville, Kentucky

Farewell: The coffin of late boxing champion Muhammad Ali is pictured above as it arrives for the Jenazah in Louisville, Kentucky

The three-time world champion boxer's body was wheeled into Freedom Hall by officials for Thursday's Jenazah service

Mourners snapped photos and took videos of the somber moment as the boxer's body was brought into the Freedom Hall

 

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A black hearse carrying the body of famed boxer Muhammad Ali was led by a police escort from a funeral home on Thursday

 

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Laila Ali (right), daughter of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, sits with her children and husband, Curtis Conway, during the Janazah

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Above left, Muhammad Ali's second wife Khalilah Camacho-Ali and his fourth wife and widow Lonnie Ali speak during the Islamic prayer service. Lonnie Ali is pictured above right looking somber during the service

Former boxing heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis was also in attendance at the Janazah service for Ali at Freedom Hall

 

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• Ali's daughter, Hana, shared the image above of her father that was taken in March showing him blowing her a kiss

Thousands of people turned out to participate in the Jenazah prayer service for the late boxer on Thursday

It's estimated that more than 14,000 thousand mourners attended the traditional Muslim service for the boxer who died Friday at age 74

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan took part in Ali's Jenazah service on Thursday. He was scheduled to speak at the champion boxer's service on Friday, but was cut due to lack of program space

• US boxing promoter Don King reacts as he attends Ali's Jenazah in Freedom Hall on Thursday in Kentucky

Hundreds of people lined up early on Thursday for the Jenazah service at Freedom Hall to celebrate the life of Ali. Above Muslim women pray before the service in Freedom Hall

Former boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard, center, is greeted by former two time heavyweight world champion Hasim Rahman before Muhammad Ali's Jenazah on Thursday

Safih Amed, left speaks with former boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard before Muhammad Ali's Jenazah in Freedom Hall

It was expected that thousands would attend the service for Ali on Thursday, which is the start of poignant ceremonies honoring the late boxing legend over two days

Don King arrives prior to the start of the Islamic Jenazah Prayer Service for the late Muhammad Ali on Thursday

American civil rights activist Jesse Jackson speaks to members of the media before Muhammad Ali's Jenazah on Thursday

Nation of Islam leader, Louis Farrakhan (above center), arrives prior to the start of Muhammad Ali's Jenazah on Thursday

A girl shows her entry ticket to the Jenazah, an Islamic funeral prayer, for the late boxing champion Muhammad Ali

Sayfullaah Ali reads from a prayer book before taking part at the Jenazah for the late Muhammad Ali

 

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• Above Muhammad Ali (right) is shown with Malcolm X (left), outside of the Trans-Lux Newsreel Theater in New York City in 1964

 

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The granite memorial of Colonel Harlan Sanders, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, stands at Cave Hill Cemetery (above). The famed boxer will also be buried at the Cave Hill Cemetery with a 'modest marker,' according to his attorney Ron Tweel

 

[kengeledoi]

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un

 

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His second wife, Khalilah Camacho-Ali (left), shared a photo of herself with Muhammad Ali Jr. (left), who is the only biological son of the boxer, as they prepared for the service on Thursday. In another photo she also shared, he holds a poem (right) that he wrote to his late father