Sikander Hashmi – Become People of Resilience KMA Friday Message
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The pandemic has impacted people, particularly in the areas of preparing for unexpected events and embracing "hasn't been Jannah" world. Resiliency is crucial for individuals and communities to avoid harming others, and individuals and communities need to be proactive and take care of themselves. The importance of faith, community, and meaningful routines in life is emphasized, and individuals and families must pursue their dreams and pursue their values. The pastor asks for forgiveness, comfort, and strength for their injuries and struggles, and asks for the strength and power of their hearts to be filled with evil thoughts and attitudes.
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So you do now wanna be in a
Mohammed.
Respected elders,
your brothers and sisters, my young friends,
has, blessed us with another,
beautiful Friday.
If you look outside,
it's it's such a scenic sight, out here,
just outside of our our masala or masjid.
But, of course, I'm missing all of you,
especially
our, elders,
who we haven't seen in a long time
in person,
my young friends,
families
that we are accustomed to. Lots of love
to you all. May Allah
bless you. May Allah
always keep you safe.
It is, very cold outside. So if you're
gonna head out, be sure to bundle up,
and, stay safe.
Of course, it's good to to go out
as we've discussed,
but it is, very, very cold. Now, of
course, many of my young friends will be
going out come Monday because the big news
is that, the schools are reopening, and
we ask Allah
to make this a safe return
for all of our children, for my young
friends, and for all the teachers and staff
at the schools as well. May Allah
keep everyone safe.
You know, I was reflecting over the last
year because it's been a year now since
the first,
cases of COVID 19 or for the or
the first case rather,
was detected here in Canada.
And, you know, it seems to be the
last year. It seems to be really,
a reminder of the true nature of life.
And what do I mean by that? You
see, in the norm,
in the normal,
you know, times, what happens is we settle
into routines.
And, you know, unexpected major events happen only
occasionally, usually, most of the time. And thus,
we only need to learn how to cope
perhaps a few times in our lives
when something really major happens. But for most
people, especially those who are blessed by Allah
with stability,
which happens to be the case many times
here, especially
in in these countries,
you know, we only need to learn how
to cope when something really major happens. So,
for example,
the loss of a job
or a death of a loved one or
illness
or a family breakup, and so on. But,
otherwise,
you are able to maintain a fairly regular
routine.
So these disruptions,
especially these major disruptions,
are few and far in between.
What this pandemic has done is that it
has brought new situations
and challenges in a relatively
short very short period of time. And, of
course, this is testing us in many ways,
and we have talked about this before. It's
testing our patience. It's testing the strength of
our relationships,
it's testing our faith, our finances,
financial planning,
perhaps, you know, our attitudes,
our even our ability to accept and follow
orders. SubhanAllah. It's it's very interesting,
you know, to see the different types of
responses,
that that that, you know, different people and
different,
parts of the country even or the world
have to, you know, to orders and to
commands from authorities. Very, very, very interesting. And
we're being tested in many other ways as
well.
Of course, we are all making dua. We
all ask Allah
for a life of ease,
for peace,
for health, for safety, for stability, for ourselves
and our children.
And may Allah grant us all of this
and everything that is good.
May Allah protect us and grant us all
that is good and grant us a a
a life of of of peace,
and of of health,
stability with Iman with Iman, with Islam.
But the reality is, my brothers and sisters,
that this world is not Jannah.
This world is not paradise.
Okay? Now a lot of times, people treat
it as if it is or they try
to make it into Jannah, but the reality
is that this world, this life that we're
living right now is not Jannah. It's not
paradise.
And that means that will be struggles.
Sometimes we have to be reminded, like, this
is something which is very basic. We all
know this, but let me just say it
out loud that there will be struggles
and bad things will happen, unfortunately.
And sometimes bad things will happen or many
times bad things will happen to good people,
and there will be tests and trials and
pain and suffering and loss
and fear. And we ask Allah
for his protection, but Allah tells us in
the Quran.
We will certainly test you.
We will certainly test you with a touch
of fear and famine, loss of property, life,
crops.
This is gonna happen. This is part of
the life of this world. Otherwise, it will
be done now. Right? So things will happen
and, you know, it's not just bad things
have to happen to other people, but bad
things can really or things that we perceive
to be bad. Let me rephrase that. Things
that we think are bad. But Allah knows
best. In many times, things that we think
are bad are actually not bad for us
in the long run, and Allah is the
most wise and the most most knowledgeable. But
the things that we think that are bad
will happen inevitably,
and they don't always have to happen to
other people. May Allah protect us, but they
could happen to us as well.
So the this is the reality. So the
ultimately, while we ask Allah
for protection,
we know to expect the unexpected.
We know to expect the unexpected. You know,
there's a bit focus on planning, financial planning,
you know, business planning, and all types of
plans,
you know,
life planning in terms of planning your life,
your career plans, and so on. But every
good plan, every expert will tell you that
every good plan plans for the unexpected.
Okay? So we know to expect the unexpected.
Now that doesn't mean that we should be
fatalistic, that we should not be working towards
betterment and improvement for ourselves or for our
families, in our community, in our society. No.
We must.
We must work for betterment. We must work
towards improvement. You know, we shouldn't be just
like, oh, well, what's the point anyway? We'll
have to sit back and relax and, you
know, there's no point of doing anything because
everything's already decided. No. This is not the
attitude of the believer.
The believer is a doer. The believer is
a thinker, is a reflector, and is a
doer towards positivity and towards that which is
pleasing to Allah
So we must work towards betterment with the
right intentions, of course.
But at the same time, we must prepare
ourselves for times when things will not go
our way.
We must prepare ourselves for times
when things will not go our way as
we are experiencing right now. Okay? So here's
the big question.
How do you respond
when things don't go your way?
Okay. Let's accept that, inevitably,
there will be times when things that we
don't want,
things that you don't want, things that you
dislike,
that you absolutely hate and cannot stand will
happen.
Okay? Let's just accept that that inevitably
it's there's a very high likelihood that something
of that sort
will occur, and you will have to experience
that because at the end of the day,
like I said, we are living in this
world, and this world means that it will
be a place of trials and tribulations. May
Allah protect us.
And this is where my brothers and sisters'
resiliency is in.
What is resiliency? The ability
to adapt
to life's,
as they say, misfortunes and setbacks,
to
be the ability to adapt
to the things
that you that come to you in life
that you are not expecting from the qutlah
of Allah
Now there's a really excellent article in the
Mayo Clinic,
on resiliency.
And this article asked so this is not
me, but this is what the article says,
that when something goes wrong, do you tend
to bounce back or fall apart?
When you have resilience,
you harness inner strength that helps you rebound
from a setback or a challenge, such as
a job loss, an illness, a disaster, or
love,
or the death of a loved one. If
you lack resilience,
you might dwell on problems,
feel victimized,
become overwhelmed,
or turn to unhealthy coping mechanisms such as
substance abuse like drugs.
Resilience won't make your problems go away. The
resilience is not a magic pill, but if
you have resilience, your problems will go away.
But resilience can give you the ability
to see past your problems
and find enjoyment in life and better handle
stress.
And if you are not as resilient as
you would like to be, then you can
develop skills to become more resilient. Now my
brothers and sisters, this goes for individuals, for
each of us as individuals,
but also for communities as well. And this
is actually a really interesting topic because, you
know, there's a great emphasis on mental health
as it should be, especially when it comes
to our youth, when it comes to,
young people and even adults as well.
And, you know, so there's a lot of
talk, a lot of focus on mental health,
which, like I said, is very important. But
we find that mental health, a lot of
times, intersects with, right, interacts with, joins with
spirituality and faith as well, and we will
see that as we move on. Now today
is the 4th anniversary
of a sad and tragic event that occurred,
sad and tragic event for Canadian history but
especially for Canadian Muslim history. And this is
why I'm talking about resiliency for individuals and
communities as well. This is where the community
piece comes in. So it's a very sad
and tragic day for Canadian Muslim history, Canadian
history, and this is, it's 4 years. Right?
2017,
2021. So 4 years since the Quebec City
Mosque shooting, and we lost 6 brothers.
Allah
shower his mercy and forgiveness upon them,
and 17,
children were orphaned.
Now since then, since that day, and I
still remember it, as fresh as it could
be, it was a really, really cold, almost
like today. You know, it was it was
that cold Sunday night,
at Isha time, you know, the least expected
time when you would expect that something would
happen. Again, plan for the unexpected. Right? Like,
who would think that if something were to
happen, first of all, it would happen in
Canada in a masjid, and secondly, that it
would actually happen on a Sunday, at Isha
time. You know? But that is what Allah,
subhanahu wa ta'ala, allowed to happen. That is
what Allah had will for our brothers and
their families. May Allah, make, make it easy
for the families. May
Allah
be with their children. May Allah
provide for them and continue to protect them
and guide them.
Now since then, my brothers and sisters, work
has been going on to increase
awareness
and to get governments
to act against hate groups. And, masha'Allah, the
National Council on Canadian Muslims, NCCM, has been
leading the charge.
Recently,
one of the more prominent,
hate groups got categorized as a terrorist group
here in Canada. You know? So we've seen
a lot of times international groups,
ethnic, you know, religious,
we label
Officially is the day to commemorate the Quebec
City mass shooting and a day of action
against Islamophobia.
Now this is something that, you know, was
being lobbied for as well, so this is,
big news,
that today,
from now on, January 29 in Canada, will
officially be the day to commemorate the Quebec
City mass shooting and a day of action
against Islamophobia.
May Allah,
protect us all and indeed all the citizens,
all the peace loving,
citizens and and and neighbors, of ours in
this country.
Now this is symbolic. Right? These are symbols.
It's just a declaration.
But, nonetheless, it is an important step for
Muslims in Canada,
and, you might wanna consider thanking the prime
minister,
by going to,
www.nccm.ca,
sending and there's a tool there you could
use to send a message to the prime
minister, message of thanks.
So my brothers and sisters, we, as individuals,
need resiliency,
and we need it as a community as
well because the threats that we face as
a community
exist, and they're not gonna disappear fully. K?
That's just the reality.
Yes. We must continue to try to fight
against hate. We must continue to stand up
against those who want to spend,
spread, poison and spread hatred and and, you
know, poison a society with their,
evil plans and their their their, their evil
words.
Those who want to hurt others, of course,
we must stand up against them. K. But
the reality is that
it's not gonna disappear fully. And, unfortunately,
the reality is there have been people there
have always been people who have opposed Allah
and Islam, who hate Allah
and who hate Islam. May Allah guide them.
And they will continue to be, and they
will continue to harbor enmity against Muslims. Because,
unfortunately, this is a reality
that has existed
from the very beginning. It existed during the
time of the prophet
and has continued since and will continue to
exist.
What we need to do, though, is to
respond positively and appropriately to them. K. So
that is our job. But more importantly,
not to allow them to spread their poisonous
lies and their hatred. Because as I've said
before,
this group of haters is small.
K. It's a small minority.
Unfortunately,
they use every tactic possible
to spread hatred, to spread lies, to spread
their poison,
to get people who are sort of in
the middle, who are ignorant, who are not
really sure to get them on their side.
Okay? And that's how they plan to grow
their hatred and grow their agenda.
So we need to be alert, and we
need to know that this is happening, and
we must be counteracting
their hatred and their lies with love and
the truth.
Now resiliency is needed by us as individuals
to cope with the difficulties
that may come our way and our communities
as well. You see, Allah
tells us in the last verse of Surah
Al Amra, verse 200,
Oh, believers,
oh, who believe, oh, who come to believe
us.
So patiently endure.
Okay? So the first is
like at a regular general level. Okay? So
have patience or be,
you know, patiently endure. And then Allah
uses the same root words, but then says.
So
be patient, but also persevere. So there's that
general level of patience, but then there is
extra patience on top of that. Okay? So
Allah says, we need to do that. Okay?
We are gonna need that because
of
what we're gonna face in this life, because
of who we are, because of our deen,
and generally as human beings. Okay?
So
so patiently endure,
persevere,
and stand on guard.
Be mindful of Allah so you may be
successful. Okay? So we have the regular and
perseverance
needing to,
the the regular suburb and then the extra
perseverance,
which is to stand firm
and to keep going more than others,
right, and to control our emotions. Because what
does suburb actually have to do with? It's
self control,
it's self regulation, regulating our emotions, being able
to control our emotions
so they don't impact our actions,
right, or that they impact our actions in
a positive way and not in a negative
way. Okay? So controlling our emotions
more than what would generally be expected,
okay,
and persevering
firmly,
keeping you know, pushing forward with strong resolve
and
to stand on guard, you know, generally understood
in a couple of I mean, in multiple
ways, actually, you know, to protect
against the haters, the enemies,
you know, to stand on guard, also standing
in prayers, so standing on guard spiritually as
well, basically being ready and being prepared,
knowing that, you know, we are going to
be in the you know, on the radar.
We are going to be,
you know, there is gonna be a spotlight
on us. There will be people who will
be keeping their eyes on us because they
hate Islam and they hate Allah
and as a result, they hate Muslims as
well. So
standing on guard against
our enemies, being aware, of course, we do
that in a wise and permissible way, but
being
alert and being prepared
and physically and spiritually as well. And Allah
tells us,
have taqwa, have piety, have consciousness of Allah
So Allah is giving us the ingredients for
success. These are the ingredients that we're going
to need to make it through. And this,
again, has to do with resiliency. It has
to do with faith and spirituality.
Now we look back, my brothers and sisters,
and we gain inspiration
from the best of people, the prophets of
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, especially the.
Right? The prophets with strong resolve.
The scholars say this most likely refers to
the prophet Muhammad,
Nuh alayhis salam, Ibrahim alayhis salam, Musa alayhis
salam, and Jesus, Isa alayhis salam. Right? So
these are the, the our examples
with,
the people who have shown the greatest of
resolve. Most of them have narrated from his
father that a man
said
that, oh, messenger of Allah, which of the
people is tried most severely?
Which ones are tested most severely? So the
prophet said,
that the prophets,
then those nearest to them, then those nearest
to them. Okay? A man a person is
tried according
to his religion.
Prophet
said that a person is tried according to
his religion.
If the person is firm in their religion,
then their trials are more severe.
And if they are frail in their religion,
then they are tried according to the strength
of their religion.
And the prophet
said
that that the servant shall continue to be
tried
until he is left walking upon the earth
without any sins.
The servant shall continue to be tried and
tested
until he is left or until they are
left walking upon the earth without any sin.
Okay. So this is doesn't mean that if
a person has tried or tested is that,
you know, they were very sinful, then Allah
is purifying them through this. Rather, it means
that Allah is
testing his servants. And as a result of
those tests of patiently persevering through those tests,
there is a reward, and that is the
forgiveness
of their shortcomings and their mistakes, And, of
course, we work from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
So the prophet are
great examples for us of how to respond
in adversity
and how to withstand
the challenges of haters,
how to respond positively,
how to be steadfast
and firm, how to have istaqamah upon the
word of Allah
and how to continue the mission that Allah,
the purpose that Allah
has sent us with. You look at the
life of the prophet
Right? Especially the early days, the hardships that
he and the early Muslims bore,
especially in Makkah, the companions of the prophet
And, you know, the the types of pain
and torture and difficulties and enmity and hatred
that they faced
from the their their haters, from the enemies,
and how they plotted and and and planned
against the prophet
and the pain and suffering that the prophet
himself
had to go through, his family, his companions.
And we look at history as well. You
know, for example, in 13th century,
a tidal wave of devastation
swept over the Muslim world.
Unimaginable.
City after city, region after region,
the disintegrated,
amidst a storm, a fire, and iron, and
the death toll was incredible. And this genocide
lasted decades, not just a few days or
years, but decades.
And the historian said that the world had
never seen
murder and destruction on such a massive scale
with, you know, millions dead and those alive
often longing for death. That's how terrible the
situation was. And people openly wonder if the
light of Islam would be forever extinguished,
but the course of history changed
through just some of the servants of Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala. Some of the most unassuming
servants of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Now there's
a great, article,
on this, you know, this is from that
article on islamacity.org.
It's called when the light of Islam almost
vanished. You can Google that afterwards, inshallah, when
the light of Islam almost vanished. And this
was the Charter of Holocaust began in 12th,
in 12 18,
6 centuries after the passing of the prophet
moving westward from Mongolia
across Central Asia and the Persian Gulf,
southward towards Delhi,
northwest to Budapest and Moscow, and people as
far away as Sweden shuddered at the thought
of the Mongol invasion. And Muslims were so
overawed by their power that 1 Mongol could
kill over a 100 Muslims, and no one
would dare defend themselves.
You know, in Arabic, a proverbs sprang up
in which,
which meant that if someone tells you that
the Mongols have suffered the defeat, you don't
believe him.
You know? And on the eve of this
invasion by the Mongols, the spiritual state of
the Muslim world was was really just pathetic.
There's corruption,
disunity,
materialism,
all of these things were rampant, but within
a generation,
the tide had begun to turn in the
favor of Islam. You know, Baghdad was terribly
destroyed
by the grandson of Genghis Khan,
but his great grandson became a Muslim. And
those who tried to destroy Islam became its
protectors,
and the role that ordinary Muslims played in
this miraculous recovery, it cannot be ignored. And
the entire Ummah owes a debt of gratitude
to those men, those women who never forgot
the centrality
of their faith and the importance of sharing
it with others. So this is just, you
know, one example. There are many other examples
in the distant past, in the recent past,
even now among us, individuals amongst us,
you know, people as a whole and individuals,
and even amongst us who are displaying great
resilience.
May Allah
continue to protect them and strengthen them.
Now my brothers and sisters coming back to
the Mayo Clinic article that I was telling
you about, you know, it says that resilience
is the ability to adapt to difficult situations.
When stress,
adversity,
or trauma strikes,
you still experience anger, grief, and pain,
but you're able to keep
functioning both physically and psychologically
because it's not like you don't experience emotions.
You do, but you're still able to continue
functioning.
Resilience, though, isn't about putting up with something
difficult
or being stoic or, you know, figuring it
out all on your own, but in fact,
being able to reach out to others for
support is a key part of being resilient.
Now resilience
can,
can help protect you
from various
mental health questions
as well. And this is something which, is
important to note that this is related to
wellness, and this is related
to mental health.
So
it is, something that can protect us from
various mental health conditions such as depression
and anxiety.
And resilience can also help offset
factors that increase the risk of mental health
conditions
such as being bullied or previous trauma. And
if you have an existing mental health condition,
being resilient can improve your coping ability.
So if you'd like to become more resilient,
these are some tips that they give. This
is the Mayo Clinic that is doing these
steps. So first of all, get connected. Building
strong positive relationships
with loved ones and friends can provide you
with needed support and acceptance in good and
bad times. You know, establish other important connections.
What do they say? By volunteering or joining
a faith or spiritual community.
So you see the importance of being part
of the jama'ah.
We have the hadith of the prophet
telling us not to be alone, to be
connected, to be part of the jama'ah, to
pray together, to come together. Now, of course,
nowadays,
is that that's,
you know, difficult circumstances, so it's a bit
of an exception. But, otherwise, being connected and
they're recommending volunteering, joining a faith or spiritual
community. So there are mental health benefits
to being part of a community. It helps
build resiliency.
You know, they say, make everyday meaningful. Do
something that gives you a sense of accomplishment
and purpose everyday.
And what do we know? The believer is
not without purpose. Allah has created us with
purpose, and we know exactly we should know
exactly what we are supposed to be doing,
what our purpose in life is. So they
say set goals to help you look forward
toward the future with meaning, and we learned
this as well in our deen to avoid
love, to avoid meaningless, useless talk and pursuits,
and and to avoid things that do not
benefit us. So always be focused on doing
things which are meaningful
and which are purposeful.
They also say learn from experience. These are
all tips for building resiliency. They say learn
from experience.
Think of how you've cope with hardships in
the past. Consider the skills and strategies that
helped you previously through difficult times.
You might even want to write about experiences
in a journal to help you identify positive
and negative behavior patterns and guide your future
behavior. And this reminded me of the hadith
of the prophet
when he said that Allah
that the believer is not stung from the
same hole twice.
The believer is not stung from the same
hole twice. What does that mean? Is that
it means that we learn from our mistakes.
We are conscious.
We are aware. Right? Self awareness. We are
aware of our choices and the consequences of
our choices, and we learn from our mistakes.
We learn from our successes, which, of course,
come from Allah
but we are paying attention to what is
happening and we are we learn lessons and
we are careful
not to step into the same hole again
and to be bitten by the same,
in in the same way again.
They go on and say remain hopeful from
the tips
of being becoming resilient. Remain hopeful. They say
you can't change the past, but you can
always look towards the future. Accepting and even
anticipating
change makes it easier to adapt and view
new challenges with less
anxiety.
Remain hopeful. This just reminds me of the
word Allah
in the Quran.
Do not despair on the mercy of Allah
Do not despair of the mercy of Allah.
Do not lose hope in the mercy of
Allah. Again, you see the connections.
They say take care of yourself, tend to
your own needs and feelings, participate in activities
and hobbies you enjoy, include physical activity in
your daily routine. Now you tell me if
you live near the masjid and you're able
to go to the masjid,
and especially if you're able to walk 5
times a day or a few times a
day, is that not physical activity? Right? Get
plenty of sleep, eat a healthy diet. You
You know, Allah tells
us, to eat that which is halal and
payee. Right? So eat a healthy diet. Practice
stress management and relaxation techniques
such as, they say, yoga, meditation,
guided imagery, deep breathing, or prayer. So salah
is there as well. This is part of
taking care of yourself, building resiliency.
They say be proactive. Don't ignore your problems.
Instead, figure out what needs to be done.
Make a plan and take action.
Although it can take time to recover from
a major setback, traumatic event, or loss, know
that your situation can improve if you work
at it. And we will add to that,
of course, with the help from Allah Subhanallah.
You know, my brothers and sisters, what we're
realizing
more and more is that godlessness,
lack of spirituality and faith
is not making people happier or more satisfied.
It is causing more problems.
Individualism
is not leading us to feelings of fulfillment.
It is causing more problems.
Materialism
is not giving us hope. It's letting people
run out of hope. Technology, of course, has
helped us in many ways, but it has
also created many other problems as well. So
the key elements of building resiliency
have to do with faith,
family relationships,
community,
meaningful routines and actions,
hope, being active, all which are part of
our deen directly or indirectly.
And from an Islamic perspective also,
reliance on Allah
having good hopes of Allah
trusting Allah's plan and turning to him and,
of course,
exercising
as we have discussed, brothers and sisters,
Allah tells us,
and whoever
is mindful of Allah, he will make a
way out for them
and provide for them from sources that they
could never imagine.
And whoever puts their trust in Allah,
then he alone is sufficient for them.
Certainly, Allah achieves
his will.
Allah has already set a destiny for everything.
May Allah
grant us all resiliency. May Allah
make us as individuals, our families, our children,
our communities,
our societies resilient. May Allah
protect us from all types of pain and
suffering and hardship.
And for whatever Allah has willed to happen
and is not going to change, may Allah
give us the strength and the resilience
to deal with it and stand firmly through
challenges upon the deen of Allah
with wellness,
spiritually, mentally, and physically.
And brothers and sisters, we are profoundly saddened
by the passing away of our respected elder,
brother Mumtaz Akhtar.
We, extend our sincerest condolences to his family
and his friends. Brother Mumtaz,
was a pioneer of the Ottawa Muslim community,
and even Canadian Muslim community as well. He
touched many people through his kindness and his
generosity,
his unwavering commitment to charitable work,
spanning decades,
His loss will certainly be felt widely in
our communities. And our sincerest condolences also,
to sister, Abida and brother Afzal on the
passing away of her brother-in-law,
in
Pakistan.
I ask Allah
to accept all of their good deeds,
to increase the reward for all their good
deeds, to shower his blessings and mercy and
forgiveness upon them, to elevate them to Jannah
to Ferdows, and that, Allah
grant comfort and strength to all loved ones
at this difficult time. So let us make
our dua for them and for all of
our brothers and sisters who have returned to
Allah.
Oh, love. Please grant beautiful patients to the
loved ones at this difficult time, and make
them ameen for continued reward for those who
have returned to you and heal the grief
in their hearts.
O Allah, please forgive our minor and major
sins. O Allah, please purify our hearts from
all types of evil beliefs and and feelings
and and attitudes, You Allah. O Allah, please,
please purify us in every way, You Rabbal
Alameen. O Allah, please fill our hearts with
the light of iman, with the spirit of
taqwa, and with love for you, your book,
and your beloved, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
Oh, Allah, please purify our minds of evil
thoughts and make our minds, our bodies, and
our souls true believers in every way.
Oh, Allah, please envelope us, all of us,
in your unseen protection.
Oh, Allah, please protect our future generations. Oh,
Allah, please protect our iman.
Oh, Allah, please grant them the strength to
withstand
the trials and tribulations that you have destined
for us, You Rabbi.
Oh, Allah, please protect them and protect all
of us from all types of difficulties and
hardships. Oh, Allah, we don't know. Oh, Allah,
one day, very soon, we will return to
you and our children, our grandchildren,
and our future progeny will continue to live
on this earth. Oh, Allah, we don't know
what they will have to face. Oh, Allah,
what type of natural disasters. Oh, Allah, what
types of trials of faith. Oh, Allah, what
types of tribulations. Oh, Allah, please protect them.
But, oh, Allah, if you have destined it,
then make it easy for them. Oh, Allah,
grant them the strength to withstand
all of these trials and challenges that you
have destined. Oh, Allah, please protect them from
the fitna of the jal. Oh, Allah, please
protect them from all types of difficulties
and tribulations
and grant them strength to make it through
safely.
Oh, Allah. Please cure all of our brothers
and sisters who are ill, who are facing
hardships and struggles with their health and their
bodies, You, Allah, and I mean, in their
minds. Oh, Allah.
Our elder sister was in pain and weakness.
Our brothers and children our sisters,
children, our youth, our elders with physical, mental
challenges, with disabilities. Oh, Allah, make everything easy
for them and their families. Oh, Allah, our
brother and sister who are living with long
term pain and injuries and challenges on a
daily basis. Oh, Allah, our elder pioneers who
are ill and who are still with us.
Oh, Allah, doctor Habibullah Rahman and others. Oh,
Allah, please protect them. Oh, Allah. Please grant
them health. Oh, Allah. Oh, Allah. Please protect
all of them and cure them. You Rabba
Alameen. Oh, Allah. Our brothers and sisters and
all others who are suffering from COVID 9
suffering from COVID 19, our loved ones, our
relatives, our friends, our neighbors, our fellows,
human beings,
our brothers and sisters in faith and humanity.
O Allah, please cure them, Oh, You Rabbala
Alameen. Allah, all of those who are ill,
who are injured. Oh, Allah, so many people
in hospitals. Oh, Allah, so many people bedridden.
Oh, Allah, so many people with struggles.
Oh, Allah, please cure all of them.
You are the cure. You are the healer.
All of his grant is speedy and complete
recovery to all of
them. Oh, Oh, Allah, peace grant relief to
all of those who are experiencing distress, anxiety,
grief, depression,
any other types of suffering and difficulties. Oh,
Allah, replace it with happiness and ease with.
Oh, Allah, please remove trials and hardships from
the lives of all of our brothers and
sisters, especially our youth and our elders.
Oh, Allah, please grant them the strength to
succeed and to make it through these trials
and tribulations and difficulties.
Brothers and sisters. May Allah
bless you all. May he accept,
your attention in your coming. Please go ahead
and offer photocards of Zohr Surah,
at home. As I mentioned before, we are,
holding a limited Friday prayer of only 10
people,
who are selected, with through a random draw,
every week. So we have the list of
brothers and sisters who attended in November December
because you had to register.
So, we conduct a random draw every week,
to select, these,
who will get an opportunity to come. So
may Allah
bless you all. Even if you're not able
to come, we ask Allah, Azzawajal, to grant
you the reward of offering
even though your offering go are at home.
May Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, protect you all,
and, insha'Allah, I look forward to seeing you,
very
soon as things ease up. We we, we
hope we pray to Allah
that we can gather all together,
brothers, sisters, elders, children, youth, everyone,
in goodness.