Mustafa Khattab – Remembering Terry Fox
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Thank you. Thank you. Subhaakkumalapikum.
So,
I'm gonna call 4 individuals,
Yeah. The sister with the green hijab?
Yeah. Come.
And This is history. What is this? Sir,
put your hands down. Put your hands down.
And,
I think it was It was this guy.
Come here.
The reason I picked them for today because
I've been watching them since the school started,
and when it is time for salah,
they're sitting,
respectful,
they don't talk, they don't make noise. And
so they will honor them by giving each
of them a copy of the Quran.
And more to come in the future. If
you
behave, if you don't make noise, you'll be
getting something from me. Thank you.
Thank you. Thanks.
Love you too.
Thank you. Have a seat.
Keep up the good work.
Hey. Okay.
Claire.
We'll get to layman.
We'll get to layman.
This guy, come here.
And
we'll get,
wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. We'll get the
Where's the other speaker?
We'll get this
in the last week we spoke about 2
individuals. We spoke about, brother Imam Bukhari,
and we spoke about brother Tom.
These are 2 incredible people from the Muslim
community, and today we'll talk about Terry Fox.
Okay?
So, He has nothing to do with this
one. Yeah.
So,
the reason why we're talking about these people
is to be positive,
and to have a goal in life, and
you try to serve people to the best
of your ability.
There are some of us who always complain,
no matter what.
Even if it's raining outside,
they would be whining about the fact that
the, the streets are wet.
Well, this is the fact when it rains,
the streets are wet. There's nothing you can
do about it. Right?
So,
we're we're gonna do a little experiment
before we start our talk. So I'm gonna
ask brother Salaman and sister,
Sumayya. MashaAllah.
You will stand over here. Come. Both of
you.
You guys?
Sorry?
You did good. So, Somayya, close your eyes.
Yes.
And so, I'm in.
Stand on one foot.
Okay.
Now you guys are gonna go towards the
door.
Close your eyes. Go with one foot.
The other way. No. The other one.
Now close your eyes.
Okay. So everybody back. Come back. Come back.
No. No. Open your eyes. Open your eyes.
You're okay. You're fine. Okay.
We're gonna push things around.
Your eyes. Close your eyes. Don't turn this
way. Yep.
If you're gonna walk with one foot Oh.
For the door. Keep it down. Yeah. Go.
It's because you're alive.
Yeah. Open your eyes. It's okay. Come.
Yeah. I think I did a razor. You
did a fantastic job.
Sorry about that. No big. You did a
razor.
You having
The the reason the reason
The reason The reason
But there's this.
It just show you
how
many challenges you will have
if you lose one of your organs.
Like you see, Sumayyah, is that your name?
Yeah. Sumayyah. You see how she crashed on
the wall? Yeah. Now imagine if all of
a sudden you lose your eyes, or you
lose 1 or 2 of your legs, and
you spend the rest of your life like
this. One of my sisters, she lost one
of her eyes.
But I know it's it's a challenge, and
Allah will give you that word for your
patience.
The point is,
some people, if something bad happens to them,
they lose an organ or a limb, they
spend the rest of their life without eyes
or legs.
So for some people it's a devastating experience.
They give up on the world, they sit
in their rooms, and they cry till the
end of their life. So this is one
way you can do it.
Another group of people,
they get over their disability,
and they try to serve themselves. They get
a good education,
they get a job, they live a good
life. Right? And I gave the example of
brother Ilham Bukhari. And by the way,
there are talks now with his family. I'm
good friends with the family, and I'm trying
to come up with
an agreement between Anatolia and his family.
So to commemorate his memory, we're going to
send,
a copy of the clip on the hardcover,
a very nice copy, deluxe edition, for every
masjid in Canada and every public office in
Canada. So Justin Trudeau will be getting 1,
and all politicians and their members of parliament
will be getting a copy of the translation
to honor this man.
There is a third group
who take it to the next level. So
we said that the first group, they cry
themselves to death. The second group, they get
over it, they they get an education, they
get a job, they they live a decent
life.
The third group, they take it to the
next level,
so they don't cry,
they don't waste their lives,
crying over their disability.
Not only they get an education to find
a job, but they take it to the
next level, which is serving humanity.
They work to serve other people.
So the example for today is Terry Fox.
I'm sure you heard about him and Terry
Fox run, and they raise funds for cancer
research.
I didn't know much about him, So because
I was assigned this topic to speak a
little bit about him today and what we
can learn from him to honor his legacy,
I did a bit of research to read
about him. So at the end of 18,
he had an accident,
and,
he had a bump in his knee. So,
because he was, I think he was playing
basketball or something. Oh, he was in there.
Someone was in car crash. Yeah. He was
running. He was playing basketball and stuff. And
he said I'm gonna wait till the end
of the season to go to the doctor
because, you know, he had this pain in
his knee. And at the end of the
season he went and they told him, you
have cancer
in in your knee. And eventually, he had
they had to impute, to remove,
his his leg.
Amputate his leg.
But still,
he was playing, basketball,
sitting on a wheelchair,
and he won 3,
competitions,
3 titles. I think he was in Vancouver.
But eventually, he decided to help people who
have cancer.
So he started to run from the East
Coast of Canada. You know, there's this video
where he dipped his his, foot artificial leg
in in the, leg.
And he he started to run,
to the West Coast of Canada, and he
was running 26 miles per day.
26 miles per day, which a lot of,
people who don't have disability find it so
difficult.
So I saw his videos running in the
street. There's snow on the ground when it
is raining, and one of his good friends
was running with him to raise funds
for people.
Eventually, he couldn't make it to the other
end of the country.
I think he died in Thunder Bay. And,
and, but he ran for
for for a he covered a long distance
of Canada, but he died almost halfway.
Since he died in 1981,
June 8, 28,
1981,
they have been doing these runs for him
and,
they have been collecting funds for cancer,
research.
And from what I read, they raised over
$650,000,000
since 1981
just to,
do research on cancer and try to help
people with, disability.
So there are so many things we can
learn from him, but there's also,
so much we can do.
Even if each of you pays $1, $5,
if you talk to your neighbor, your faith,
to raise funds for this good cause, it's
a good way to serve humanity.
And I always say,
before you become a good Muslim, you have
to be a good human being.
So before you become a good Muslim, you
have to be a good human being. You
care about other people.
Doesn't matter if the person is a Muslim,
or a Hindu or a Jewish or Christian
or a Buddhist. It doesn't really matter because
as we said last year, we come from
the same father, the same mother. Eventually, we
are not the judge. On the day of
judgement, they will stand before Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala, and he will ask them for their
beliefs and choices in life. We're not the
judge. We make mistakes too in life. So
we try to serve humanity and contribute and
help everyone to the best of our abilities.
And, even if you contribute $1
to this run or a tear trough walk,
it will take people a long way. And
I always give the example of Lake Ontario.
It didn't happen overnight.
Small drops of rain came together over so
many years, and they formed what we know
today as Lake Ontario.
So what do we learn from the legacy
of Terry Fox? Number 1.
Sister here.
Never give
up.
With the fish. With the fish. Okay. I
thought you would want to take the fish.
Okay.
I think so. This ability should not stop
you from succeeding and from helping other people.
What else? I'm sorry.
We'll pick,
who else? The truth.
We'll pick, we'll pick,
the sister over here. Yes. Yes.
Keep moving on.
Don't lose hope. I don't use words. Rabbits
or the Pig. Pig.
Rabbit. Okay.
There is one important thing we can learn
from this story.
Yes.
About his knee and his surgery.
And waiting till the end of the season
to go and see a doctor.
What should we learn from this?
Okay. We'll pick this guy.
What should have you done?
Okay. We'll get someone else.
Okay. Tell me. Hey, Alex. You
What should he have done?
Okay.
Yes. Exactly.
Thank you.
Okay. When he felt the pain listen. Listen,
guys.
Listen. When he felt the pain
and his,
knee was swelling, he should have went to
the doctor. He shouldn't have waited till the
end of the season. It took him, 3,
4 months to go and see a doctor.
And this, maybe,
based on what I read, maybe because he
waited for so long, it made his, situation
worse. If you have something serious, if you
fall down, if you feel some pain, or
something is wrong, you should go and see
the doctor. The basketball
can wait, the soccer can wait, the video
games can wait.
Take good care of your health.
So with that, I'll let you go inshallah
and make sure you contribute, you talk to
your family and neighbors about the Terry Fox,
folks runs, and,
and, we'll see you tomorrow inshallah.
Family and give you a long and healthy
life.
Questions tomorrow inshallah. No more questions today.