Shafayat Mohamed – DONT GIVE UP WHERE THERE IS ALLAH THERE IS HOPE
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The speaker gives a personal example of how he used to clean toilets and clean the rest of the house for $50 a week. He emphasizes the importance of trusting Allah and not giving up. He also gives a personal example of how he had a wife and six children, and how he had a car worth $50 a week to put on the bus. He emphasizes the importance of putting trust and faith in Allah to succeed.
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We all came with problems, we all had
problems.
But always think positive and don't give up.
Do your prayer. Pray to Allah. Be consistent.
Think positive of Allah. How we think of
Allah, that's how Allah will bless us. And
I'm not just telling you this because it's
talk,
because talk is cheap.
As I conclude in the 2 minutes, I'll
give you my my personal example.
And I don't tell you this because it's
just talk, but I have gone through that.
Do you know when I came to America
22 years ago?
Nurul Islam was not a masjid, it was
only a piece of land.
And when the masjid was built, brother Azad
was a board member, he could tell you.
I offered. I never took a salary to
to be the religious director of there.
I took a I offered
to clean the toilets and clean the masjid
for Jumah.
You see, I could thank Allah. Today you
may see me flying with a brand new
Lexus and flying all over the world. For
hadith I proclaimed the bounties of Allah because
I didn't give up.
But it's good to let my youngsters know
where I came from. I used to clean
toilets and a masjid here
for $50 a week, brothers and sisters. Today
I stand on a member here as a
mirror for 4, $5,000,000
property.
You don't know what we went through to
propagate Islam in this country. I'm not just
telling you talk here but don't get frustrated.
$50 a week like he's sitting right here
asking.
Before jumah, I will go to the masjid
early. A lot of you probably don't see
me and say, oh Sheikh Jafar when he
comes for salah and he goes in his
office. That's what you see now brothers. I
used to help a brother in a dry
cleaner for $100
a week.
$100
a week so I could serve the masjid
and the Muslim community in South Florida for
free. Ask him, they never paid me a
salary.
So don't just watch Alexis and watch me
stand here and watch his beautiful darling.
You don't give up. You don't quit.
I had many junior jobs that came to
my door, but every time it came to
my door, I said, what happens to Juma
on Friday?
He said, not really. I well not really
too.
This is my priority.
A lot of people don't understand that. That's
where we came from. And listen, it wasn't
me alone. I had a wife and 6
children at that time getting $50 a week.
When we started darling loom brothers that is
here,
we started the 12 and 15 people. That
was the size of the little room down
there. We used to clean the toilets.
Sister Vernita is a millionaire and she used
to sweep the toilets and clean the toilets.
This place was all rough concrete.
Twelve people, now you delight. The first line
alone got 3 4 times the amount of
the whole Jummah used to be.
So don't look at the success and look
at the dialogue and think that, what's going
on?
We never quit. We never give up. Put
our trust in Allah because the promise of
Allah is that you will succeed if you
put your trust in Allah. I didn't wanna
leave you with this kuba here and say,
well that's only talk the sheikh gave us.
I went through that. I used to live
out of my car as brothers that I
didn't have a house yet, I didn't have
a residence here when I started coming here.
Wherever the night took me, I stayed by
a friend and somebody
until I got an apartment. And I never
used to drive a Mercedes car, some I
mean,
Lexus, somebody gave me a car for free.
Maybe $50 was worth the car at that
time. You know you could've buy a car
for $500.
I was driving a car worth $50 that
a man give away from the shop.
So don't watch member today. A lot of
my youngsters here dream, wanna be like the
sheikh? I wanna be on the member? I
wanna be the imam? It doesn't happen like
that.
It doesn't just jump like that.
We gotta go through the sacrifice. Put the
tawakkal and trust in Allah. Put the trust
in Allah. Have the iman and faith and
Allah will help us inshallah. And I did
not. I wanted to give you a personal
example. A lot of times you hear sheikhs
and imam give you nice talk but when
they face the problem it's a whole different
story. I want to let you know I
went straight.
So whatever problems you have, whatever problems we
have, just put your trust in Allah.
Allah will give you what the has he
swears by the morning
sunshine. Don't look at the night, the darkness
of the night and things down, look at
the brightness of the morning how things rise
and that's what Allah has first. He has
promised success. He has promised success. That's what
Allah is all about. It is only a
test and trial for us, but we will
all have our trials in different ways. Some
in wealth, some in sicknesses, some in jobs,
some in family, some in wife, some in
husband, some with neighbors, whatever it may be.