Salim Morsy – Putting Community and Youth First Tijan Islamic Society
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The speaker discusses the importance of forgiveness and a plan for one's life, emphasizing the need for submission and a love for oneself. They also mention a non-profit organization called T Jan, which aims to teach children and young people the meaning and interpretations of the Quran. The speaker emphasizes the importance of helping children and young people in their mentality and making small monthly contributions, as well as the nonprofit organization T Jan, which provides guidance and support to children in their mentality. They encourage attendees to make a donation for their family and support the nonprofit organization.
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Dear brothers and sisters,
and I come back with, my promise. I
promised
all of you yesterday, Insha'Allah, I will be
back with,
good news for you. But before we announce
the good news, just I would like to
clarify
some points for my brothers and my sisters,
today Insha'Allah before the month of Ramadan
just to enter into the month of Ramadan
with a clean heart and a clean mind.
And we ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to
forgive all of us.
The month of Ramadan is the month of
forgiveness
and we
we have to seek forgiveness
from Allah Azzawajal
and to have
the good time with our Lord Almighty Allah.
Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
when he really uh-uh was
drove from Makkah
to Madinah.
You know it wasn't the end of the
life.
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala told him
leave Makkah and go to Madinah
and Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala will open
the
whole land for you. It's not only
the land of Madinah
but the the whole land in the world.
Alhamdulillah
and this is what happened. Allah
opened for our beloved prophet Muhammad the
people's heart after he left Mecca
and he went to Madinah. Even Makkah
more sacred
to Allah Azzawajal than Madinah. But this is
what Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala chose for him.
Also when they went to perform Umrah in
social height in Shudaibiyah
and the people of Makkah stopped them, they
said no, you are not allowed
to go back to Makkah to perform even
Umrah to visit Al Masjid Al Haram.
And the prophet Muhammad salallahu alaihi was agree
with them.
And most of the companions
were not happy.
Even Sayyidna Umar, you know, he was had
he wasn't happy in that time
and he
returned back to prophet Muhammad salallahu alaihi wa
sallam. He said, how come that we will
agree with those disbelievers
and we we we knew that we have
right?
And the prophet Muhammad salallahu alaihi wa sallam
told him just remain silent o Umar.
You know nothing.
Allah
knows everything.
And Sayidna Umar after that he said I
did a lot of good deeds because I
was afraid
if I will be rejected in the day
of judgement because the moment that I
discussed with the prophet Muhammad SAWSALAM, I told
him
why we have
to humiliate ourselves
and agree with those disbelievers.
SubhanAllah. And this just for my brothers and
my my sisters
to understand the situation.
The situation is very difficult, very complicated.
But
I have hope in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
that all of us we will pass
the hardship time Allahumma Ameel. Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala mentioned in the Quran
to make easy for them.
And Allah
explain after that,
And Allah will provide him from the way
he never thought about these ways before.
And whosoever fears Allah, it will be sufficient.
Allah will be sufficient for him or for
her.
The command of Allah
will will be enforced.
While if we agree or not, this is
the Allah's decree. Just to give you glad
tidings,
we did our best Alhamdulillah.
You and me together, we did our best
for 15 years Alhamdulillah.
But Allah has a plan for us, it's
okay. No problem at all, just relax
and
you know, feel comfortable in your life. We
did our best and we couldn't do any
more than this. Alhamdulillahi
rabbil alamin. Allah mentioned in Surat Al Baqarah
Maybe you will hate something,
but this is good for you
because we know nothing about future, but Allah
knows everything.
You might love
something but this is not good for you.
And really don't follow your desires, you have
to follow what Allah desires
for us. And to be a true believer,
just you have to submit.
We have to submit ourselves
completely.
We should not say, you know, if we
do this, it will be much better or
if we do not do that, it will
be much better. It's not our business.
Just we have to submit ourselves completely
to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and he has
planned for us.
And the other verse
You know the husband
might hate his wife,
you know, subhanAllah,
but
he he doesn't know that Allah will bring
Barakah
from his wife's side. Allah will bring the
children from her. Allah will make her as
a as a purpose
and a reason
to enter into paradise.
You know, through through her. And this is
how Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala explained,
if you hate your wife, you do not
know. She might be the only one purpose
for you to enter into paradise.
If you have patience with her, if you
treat her in very nice way and very
kind way, if you love for her what
you love for your own self. This is
how Allah explained.
You might really
hate some things and Allah will put Barakah
in in into this thing. Allah will put
a lot of goodness
into the that thing that you,
is not happy with.
Just to make sure for all my brothers
and my sisters,
I know you love imam, I know you
respect imam. Wallahi Allah is my witness. I
have the same feeling toward all of you.
You know, if I lie, Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala will punish me. This is what I
have in my heart, and this is why
I choose just to live
in very peaceful
condition.
Because I don't like to really
do any any problem
with the people that I love for for
my life.
And now
I used to work locally
in Grand Rapids. I used to work locally
in local
community
in West Michigan. But now Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala gave me a chance.
I never choose that.
And you know that about imam. I spent
15 years with you guys and you know
what I'm talking about. This is my plan.
When I came from my country,
I had no intention to leave the the
the community
until death And I made my promise.
I will die here, I will be buried
here in grand rapids. But this is what
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala chose for me and
for my family. And this is just to
realize that and to understand my situation.
I love you all. I respect you all.
I really I would if I can spend
the rest of my life with you guys,
but this is what Allah choose for us.
Now
just to let you know, Alhamdulillah,
Rubal Alameen, like I used to work as
a local imam or the director
religion director.
Now Alhamdulillah,
we have the chance to work across the
country.
And the the good news that I will
give you, Alhamdulillah,
we established
non profit organization
called T Jan.
We started in 2013
just to teach our children Quran
and who lives in Grand Rapids, he or
she knows
about what I'm talking about. Alhamdulillah,
we filed non profit organization
2 years ago. Maybe
I filed the organization
in 2019
and it was in my drawer, Alhamdulillah.
And this is subhanallah, I said, oh Allah,
thank you that you gave me a hint
that that something will will happen in future.
Alhamdulillah,
we have Tijan,
this is non profit organization.
We applied for 50163,
Alhamdulillah,
and now we have our organization.
The glad tidings for you guys,
my brothers and my sisters,
we will work with youth.
Those
our our
wishes.
Those our future.
Our our children, our youth,
young men, and young women. This is my
goal in my
life. This is my goal in my life.
We will go to Umrah anytime. No one
can stop us. We will go to Hajj
for young men and women. We will go
make camps.
We will have seminars. We will have teaching.
We will have, Arabic classes
for non Arabic speakers.
We will have the seerah about prophet Muhammad
sahu alaihi wa sallam. We will
focus for the Quran and the teachings of
Quran, the meaning of Quran, the interpretations
of Quran, the secret of Quran, the wisdom
of Quran.
Now we are free, Alhamdulillah.
Say Alhamdulillah.
I would like to hear it from you,
my brothers and my sisters. And you know
imam very well. Alhamdulillah,
I never criticize
anyone
ever.
Even if somebody did wrong against me, you
know imam and you dealt with the imam.
One time, one brother came to my office
in Grand Rapids and say, imam could be
please forgive me. I said, what happened? He
said, I did something wrong against you for
a while and I figured out it wasn't
it wasn't right. I said I forgive everybody.
Alhamdulillahrubilani.
Just I would like to give you a
hand.
We will work together.
You know, you made me. Oh, my brothers
and sisters, you helped me out to study
English.
And I remember when I used to have
the lecture at the Masjid at Fuller,
and I told you teach me English and
I will teach you the religion of Allah
Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. And I know, yeah, I
know you, oh my brother. I know. You
helped me a lot.
And you
had patience with me. Thank you so much
that you give me chance
to be educated,
to learn English, to speak in the the
tongue of Americans.
Thank you so much. May Allah reward you.
I will not be able to reward you.
But Allah is the hook the one he
is able to reward all of you. Jazaakumullah
hu kairan. For your support, for your help,
for your,
dedicating
every single time, every single day
to show respect for imam and for his
family. May Allah reward all of you, now
we will work, masha'Allah,
we will go big.
Alhamdulillah,
we will work with the youth across the
country
and this is what Allah chose for me
brothers and sisters. I'm very sure you will
be happy
for me and for my family
And just to to let you know, I
will never cut my relationship with you guys
until for the rest of my life, we
will stay in touch, we will stay connected.
Alhamdulillah.
I still have my children
almost 40 student,
you know, since 2013
until today.
The and the parents that they have their
children in Quran Institute, Tijan,
Quran Institute, they know what I'm talking about.
I will never return anyone back. I will
never make anyone dawin.
I will be as much as I can
according to your expectation.
We have our student, a virtual school
and insha Allah after Ramadan we will start
our programs.
You will be surprised
and our goal, our aim, our focus will
be for youth.
I am very sure if you heard about
the incident
happened in Texas, Allen area, you know, you
will be,
you will be scared.
You know, a a
a young a young man,
20 years old or 22 years old, he
just he killed his family.
His dad, his mom, his sibling, his his,
sister, and his brother, and his grandma.
One time. Killed all of them and he
killed himself.
And we have to pay attention
for our children, for our youth.
If we have some people, they have they
have mentality.
We don't like to have children
at the house of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
This is their problem.
But we, alhamdulillah,
you and me, we understand the circumstance that
we have right now. We live in America.
We live in the environment
very dry. We we try to help them
out in a good spiritual
way.
Make them happy with their religion. Make them
happy with their status. Make them happy with
their
conditions.
And this is our goal insha Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala. Just that this is the good
news that I promised yesterday
that Alhamdulillah we filed
the the non profit
organization
and we applied for 501c3
and I know we have some members in
my community.
They they helped me out with all these
details and all these procedures.
May Allah reward all of you. May Allah
bless all of you. Bless your family, your
children, your siblings, your parents, and your grand
grandchildren,
Allahumma Ameen. This is what I try to
to explain for my brothers and my sisters.
Please make dua for me. Make dua for
my family. Make dua for youth squad. Those
children they cannot choose to go to night
o'clock or to go some somewhere else, but
why they choose to stay in the house
of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala? Yeah. We have
to be thankful.
We have to thank them.
Thank you guys that you choose to serve
Allah's house and to serve
the the the community.
Otherwise
you have a lot of children, a lot
of youth. Look how they end their life.
Subhanallah.
They might really
sliver into
drugs or adultery or drinking or subhanallah.
Why we make our children down?
Just help them out. Make them happy in
their life,
make them proud of themselves.
And this is what prophet Muhammad salallahu alaihi
wa sallam used to do. And this is
the other promise, we will have a seminar
or
we will have,
you know, the the theories
about
youth around prophet Muhammad salallahu alaihi wa sallam.
This is will be the first series insha
Allah. We used to have the shardoos
which is the non,
famous companions
around prophet Muhammad salallam. It was very
successful,
program.
Alhamdulillah,
now our focus, we will work with
the young men and women around the prophet
Muhammad salallahu alaihi wa sallam. It might be
10 years old, and he was a companion.
And he was
doing something, you know the history,
wrote what he did for Islam
until today. And this is my glad tidings
for you my brothers and my sisters.
Please
if you are able to support
the organization,
non profit organization,
do as much as you can. If you
are not able to make it, don't forget
to make supplication and dua for us that
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala will help us out
to stay firm in our religion. You will
find the links for the donation, alhamdulillah.
We open the account for the organization
and we have all links maybe 3, 4
different links
and you
can help out from the sadaqah, from zakah,
from donation.
It's up to you, this is your gift
for the sake of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
You will not give the gift for imam
or for somebody else, You choose to send
the gift for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
for the sake of Allah. Allah will not
look at the quantity that you will donate,
but Allah will look at the quality of
your donations.
And this is you might send the gift
for your,
parents who passed away or for your siblings
or for your your brothers or sisters
or any anyone else. This is what I
have.
And please just forget what what past, past
already
and focus on future and look forward and
move forward insha'Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
We should not
cry
on
the spelled meerk.
Just this is my my,
philosophy. Just go ahead and forward
and do something. Don't cry.
Don't let your your tears comes out because
of
something related to worldly life. And this is
my philosophy.
I really appreciate,
your help for 15 years, your support for
15 years, but this is Allah's plan for
all of us. Just forget what happened and
move forward
and keep me and my family in your
supplication.