Rah Uddein was one of seven people killed during a January 18, 1973, attack on a home at 16th Street NW in Washington, D.C., purchased for a group of Hanafi Muslims. The assailants entered the house intending to find Hanafi leader Hamaas Abdul Khaalis, who was not present; members of the Black Mafia carried out the killings.

Two adult men and a boy were shot; four other children, ranging in age from nine days to ten years, were drowned. Two people in the house survived but were left with severe injuries. The attack was said to be retaliation for letters Khaalis had sent criticizing Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad.

Several suspects were arrested and prosecutions followed, with complex legal outcomes including convictions, at least one defendant later killed in prison, and a retrial that ended in mistrial after a survivor could not endure cross-examination.