Mustafa Khattab – Remembering Syrian Kids
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The speaker shares a story about a woman who was hit by a group of attacks on her family in Syria. She describes the woman as a doctor, engineer, teacher, teacher, and lawyer, and expresses her desire to be a doctor, engineer, teacher, teacher, and lawyer. She emphasizes the importance of protecting the suffering of the people affected by the attacks and offers to donate money to help those affected.
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Okay. So,
small request before we start
inshallah. Once you finish salah,
if you can't praise salah to sunnah, this
is good Alhamdulillah.
But,
you don't need to go around and keep
talking because people are finishing up their Fard,
and some people are praying soon. And you
guys are very loud in the back, and
this is not nice. Right? People look up
to you because you study here in the
Islamic school, and they look up to you.
And if you make the noise, this this
is not the best image you give about
the school.
Today,
I'm gonna tell you a short story, and,
so bear with me. It is not the
funniest
story. You like funny stories? But,
it's, it's actually
it's actually a tragic story. We don't have
the mic, so please,
pay attention. Don't talk to your friends.
If you want to talk, you can step
outside.
Okay.
So basically,
this story can apply to any one of
you. Can apply to any one of you.
Say for example,
your mom is expecting a baby.
Right?
She is
5, 6 months,
pregnant,
and
you can't wait to hold your brother
and play with him.
Right?
And you are thinking about the day you're
going to play soccer together, you're gonna go
to school together, he's gonna sit with you
next next to you on the bus,
and, you're going to, go and and play
and swim and play soccer, and you're building
all these dreams.
And all of a sudden,
your house is attacked,
and the house is destroyed, and
your dad is killed, your mom is taken
to the hospital, and the hospital is targeted,
and your mom dies with the baby.
Right? And you also were injured in the
attack,
and you lost your leg.
Well, you think this is like a terrible
Hollywood movie gone wrong,
but this scenario happens all the time in
Syria.
We hear the stories, we see the images,
and terrible things happen.
Everything that you hold there in your life
can be taken away from you in one
second.
And when you go to the hospital or
your mom goes to the hospital, you think
Masha'Allah she's gonna be saved there, but it
seems that hospitals are one of the,
common targets of the, of the attacks.
And we feel sorry for the our brothers
and sisters there, but the point, I'm not
telling you the story to,
to break your heart. I'm telling you the
story, so you can appreciate the Ni'amah
that you have here.
When I ask you, what would you like
to be when you grow older? Some of
you say, well, I would like to be
a doctor,
I would like to be an engineer,
I would like to be a teacher,
I would like to be a lawyer,
anything.
If we were to go now to Huhta
in Syria, and ask the young ones in
Syria generally or in Huhta in particular,
what would you like to do when you
grow older?
The only thing that they have in mind
is, I I don't want to die.
This is the only wish they have.
We're not talking about being a doctor, engineer,
lawyer, teacher, anything.
They just want they don't want to die.
They want to live. This is the only
thing they have in mind, and they have
seen death
in the last 7 years.
They either lost someone they have known, like
a colleague or something, or they lost a
family member,
someone they love,
even the masajid are attacked, the homes are
attacked, the hospitals are attacked, there's no place
which is safe safe for someone to survive.
Now when I hear some of you,
you know, they can't sit still in the
bus because it is too comfortable for them,
and they want to move around, and they
want to make noise, and and they feel
like we're limiting their freedom. And if we
tell them when it is time for salah
to be quiet and give people some peace,
or show respect to the teachers,
or maybe eat your lunch, the burger, or
the shawarma, or the good food you get,
and, ah, every day, you go, what is
this, man? I hate you.
Sometimes
you guys, you take things for granted and
this is not the right approach.
You are treated like kings.
There are people in this world, they cannot
even find water, and if they are sick,
they cannot find medicine.
They cannot find a shelter. They cannot find
clothes. They cannot find nothing,
and sometimes we are spoiled by Nama,
that our comfort life
will make us,
you know, not appreciate what we have. I
know some of you will hate me, but
that's okay. I just wanted to, to open
your eyes that there's a lot of suffering
in this world, and I want you to
appreciate everything you have. When you go home,
appreciate your parents, because there are some your
age will be going to bed tonight without
their parents by their side.
Some of,
some people your age
will not have their brother or their sister
with them.
Some of them will not have a school.
Some of them don't have a place to
pray, some of them do not have a
hospital to go to. So appreciate the little
you have. Right? If you have a little
house, say Alhamdulillah.
Thank Allah for your parents.
Thank Allah for the teachers.
Thank Allah for the school.
Thank Allah for the Masjid. Thank Allah for
the hospital.
Thank Allah for the school bus,
and
thank Allah for
the imam.
That I'm sharing this message with you.
So we ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to
make it easy for our brothers and sisters
in Syria.
On Saturday I was in, Waterloo.
We're fundraising
for medical supplies for our brothers and sisters
in Syria and in Huta. And Alhamdulillah with
the help of the community there, we're able
to raise around 45,000.
And this money will be used to buy
medical supplies,
for them inshallah.
And,
so what you can do for them, before
we, I'm talking about me, you, and the
teachers, everyone in this room, we cannot stop
the war. We cannot
protect the defenseless people over there. Only Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala can do this. The least
we can do is to make God for
them, and if Allah has blessed you with
money, then maybe you can consider donating,
through a legal charity. So,
would help the refugees and the people who
are suffering there.
For listening to the message, and we ask
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to bless this country
and make it easy for our brothers and
sisters to ask them.