Sikander Hashmi – Embracing Different Abilities KMA Friday Message
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Respected elders, your brothers and sisters,
my young friends,
We begin by praising Allah
the lord of the universe,
our creator, our nourisher, our designer, our sustainer.
And we begin by sending peace
and salutations
upon his beloved and final messenger,
Muhammad, the son of Abdullah,
sunnalahu alaihi, fala alaihi wassinner.
I hope and pray, my brothers and sisters,
that you are all well
by the mercy and grace of Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala. May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala always
keep you safe. May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
always keep you together
and in an increasing
state of iman.
3 years ago, my brothers and sisters,
a gentleman in my neighborhood
stepped outside his door
to go to work
like many others were doing that morning.
He had only taken a few steps
when he slipped on black ice that he
did not realize was there,
And he broke his neck
and he became paralyzed instantly.
And subhanAllah, he could not even move his
finger.
And his state was
that
he
fell so badly and broke his neck so
badly
that he became paralyzed to the extent that
he was not even able to move a
finger.
And his life, subhanAllah, completely changed in an
instant.
And it's mind boggling sometimes when I try
to, you know, imagine that experience where, you
know, a person is in a particular state
of mind, focused,
following their routine, getting ready, dressed to go
to work, rushing out the door, and, you
know, like, their their entire day is ahead
of them, their entire
year, their life is ahead of them. And
then it's it's literally one second,
and they slip and they fall, and his
life has completely changed.
And it took him 4 months, but he
was able to walk again. And then
and through the entire ordeal,
was covered in the media as well. He
stayed very positive
and was determined
not to let that situation pull him down.
And this is just one example, my brothers
and sisters,
of how the things that we take for
granted.
Right? Especially our bodies and our health.
How they can change drastically and very, very
quickly.
Right? As the prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam has
told us that there are 2 blessings,
you know, that most people are, you know,
neglectful of,
are distracted from or who don't, you know,
they they they don't value them. They take
them for granted.
Right? And
among them is
health. Right? So free time.
Right? So free time and our health.
Allah
protect us all. When faced with challenges,
right, we are from time to time faced
with challenges, many of which are not in
our control.
We take solace in the fact
that patience
in the face of difficulty
and adversity is greatly rewarded by Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala.
As Allah tells us in Surat Al Baqarah,
Be sure we shall test you with something
of fear and hunger, some loss, and goods
or lives or bodies
or the fruits of your toil.
But give glad tidings to those who patiently
persevere.
Right? So this is a given that we
will face tests. Most people
will face tests,
right, in their lives or perhaps those who
think they are not being tested will be
tested in ways in which they don't realize
that they're being tested. But the point is
that everyone is gonna be tested in one
way or the other.
But give bad tidings to those who patiently
persevere the people of Saba.
They are those who say when afflicted with
calamity,
They remember Allah. When they're afflicted with calamity,
they remember Allah
They say to Allah we belong and to
him is our return.
There are those on whom they send blessings
from Allah. What happens? These are the people
of Musleba. They are afflicted with Musleba, with
calamity,
and they respond by remembering Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala and they exert patience. And what does
Allah tell us about them? They are those
on whom descends.
Blessings from Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala.
And mercy.
And they're the ones that receive guidance. So
if you want to be from the people
who are guided, if you want to be
the ones who are given the mercy of
Allah
if you want the blessings of Allah
to descend upon you,
then when calamity strikes, when disaster strikes, when
a difficulty strikes,
say Remember Allah that you came from him,
that you will return to him
and
be those who patiently
persevere.
So these
are some of the ways, my brothers and
sisters, that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala tests us.
And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala tests us in
different ways. Now we know that Allah has
given
every single one of us
different abilities and strengths.
Every single person has different abilities
and strengths. No human being is 100% in
everything.
No human being is 100% in 100%
of what they have. Right? Every single person
has
some abilities and strengths and others have different
abilities and strengths. So for example, some of
us may have better eyesight than others. Others
may have, you know, more physical strength,
more,
you know, mental strength and stamina.
Right?
Or, you know, or, physical strength and stamina.
Mentally, some of us may be better than
others in some areas,
other than, more than others. So for example,
you know, somebody is, for for example, not
very good at math, but then they're good
at writing or they're good at, you know,
some other skill.
And another person is good at math, but
maybe they're not good at communicating or at
writing. So naturally,
when we excel and have an advantage over
others in some areas,
it also means because see what happens is,
that when we're good at something, we like
to focus on what we're good at. Also,
oh, I'm very intelligent. I'm very good at
this. I'm very good at that. I'm very
good looking. I have this. I have that.
However, it also means that we have some
weaknesses as well because no one's gonna be
a 100%.
No one's gonna be a 100%. So if
you're good at something, then that also means
naturally we're gonna have some weaknesses as well.
And sometimes
these weaknesses can extend a bit more than
what we as a society
are used to.
K? There are some weaknesses
that are within, you know, a a spectrum
which is,
which is common to most people.
And if it if the weakness falls within
that spectrum, then it is considered to be
something which is,
normal, which is ordinary, something which happens. But
when it goes beyond
what we we we beyond that spectrum or
what we are used to, quite frankly,
then we refer to it as a society
as a disability.
We refer to it as a disability,
you know. A person, for example,
you know, may have weakened eyesight. Many people
have weakened eyesight. It's nothing new. Many people
have to wear glasses, you know, get corruption,
laser correction or, you know, they wear contact
lenses and so on. So many of us
have weakened eyesight. But when it reaches a
certain point of weakness,
then we refer to it as legal blindness.
Now it doesn't necessarily mean that a person
is totally blind,
but their vision loss is beyond a certain
point. So it is categorized as blindness.
And thus, a disability can affect us physically
or mentally.
Sometimes it is visible, other times it not
it may not be so visible. And these
can come at the times of birth.
They can come at a young age. Sometimes
they can come come much later at life,
in life, as I mentioned,
about the, you know, the the gentleman in
our neighborhood. So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is
the designer, the planner, the one who has
decided
our, our journey for us or who has,
who has a plan for us. And sometimes
that,
disability
or or that particular weakness is written to
begin at the time of birth, sometimes at
a young age, sometimes much later in life.
Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, decides.
Now we are having this discussion today
because, yesterday, December 3rd,
was the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
as declared by the United Nations in 1982.
So this is an annual observance.
And there's, a, a very important organization. We're
very blessed to have this organization as part
of the Muslim community, the Canadian Association of
Muslims with Disabilities.
So they have done tremendous work in raising
awareness and and trying to,
arrange for and establish services and programs
for our brothers and sisters, with disabilities.
So they run this annual,
campaign, this footlock campaign to raise awareness and
educate our community to get the masajid in
the Islamic centers in the schools,
to help the Muslim community understand
disability from an Islamic perspective.
So let us take a look at some
facts. So globally, at least 10% of people
have disabilities. So 10% are persons with disabilities.
In Canada, approximately 4,000,000
people have disabilities.
And just taking a sample from around the
Muslim world,
Pakistan, approximately 20,000,000 people, Egypt, approximately 12,000,000,
1,000,000 approximately in Algeria, just to name a
few. Now when we look
at disability
and when we look at persons with disabilities
in the Islamic tradition, we notice a few
things. And the first one is
that the challenges faced due to
disabilities do not go unrewarded.
Right? And this is the first thing to
realize. For the person who has the disability
all and also for those who are helping
them, those who are caring for for them.
First one, for, and this is in two
ways. So number 1,
through the expiration of sins. So Musa'id al
Fudunir, the allahu anhu, reported that the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam said, that whenever a Muslim
is afflicted with a hardship, and we've heard
this hadith many times, with a hardship, a
sickness,
a sadness, a worry, a harm, a depression,
even the picking of a thorn, Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala expeach their sins because of it.
Right? So it is basically, the point that
we get is that for any hardship,
for any worry, for any stress, physical or
mental that we face and that we experience,
there is always something in return for the
believer. So that's number 1. And number 2,
if we deal with it with patience and
perseverance, with Saba,
then there are bad tidings. As
we discussed earlier. So two ways that,
Allah,
ensures that
the, the difficulties
that are faced due to challenges, especially in
this case since we're talking about disabilities, they
do not go unrewarded. So that's number 1.
So there's a lot of hope. And secondly,
the manner in which we deal with persons
with disabilities.
You know, I, I I remember very clearly,
I like to and I actually remember this
friend of mine in university,
in journalism school, one of my best friends
who was not a Muslim, by the way.
He was a young man who was born
with disabilities.
So it's very
inspiring. It was very, very inspiring to be
with him, you know. I would I would
accompany him around campus and we would spend
time together during our breaks and so on.
And subhanAllah,
you know, this disability affected both his hands,
both of his feet,
Both of his hands and both of his
feet. Therefore, he needed to use a wheelchair
to get around. And he was not able
to control that that that, you know, that
wheelchair,
you know, normally with his hands because, you
know, his hands,
were also affected. And he would use, a
a stick in his mouth to type and
to press buttons. Right? So he had to
do assignments,
whether it was in school or whether, you
know, it was at home.
And he had a a a stick that
he would hold with his mouth and he
would be able to pull out from, from
beside him on his wheelchair and he would
use that stick
to type,
and to do assignments. And, yes, he was
studying journalism like everyone else in school.
And he mentioned how a lot of times
people would be afraid to approach him or
will avoid him. You know, so for example,
if he was standing, if he was, you
know, if he was, waiting at the bus
stop for the shuttle bus to go from
one campus to the other,
you know,
people will be lining up with the bus,
but everyone just sort of try to stay
away from him. Or if you got onto
the bus, you know, through with the ramp,
you know, people would keep their distance.
And he would he'd said that, you know,
they would act like as if it was
contagious,
as if his disability was contagious, that if
they got close to him that somehow, you
know, it would also affect them, which affect
them, which of course was not the case.
So, you know, in a lot of cultures,
sadly, persons with disabilities are shunned,
disregarded,
ignored,
pushed to the fringes of society. And this
is not how it should be. When we
look at the guidance given by Allah,
we find total acceptance and support of persons
with disabilities.
Now, of course, we live, you know, in
times and countries where, alhamdulillah, there are many,
rules and
regulations, legislation,
regarding, you know, equality,
regarding accessibility.
So this is, you know, very good
that we have those things, but they're not
universal and they're not everywhere. And more importantly,
it should not
we should not need
a law or a rule
to compel us
to to be inclusive and to to,
to include,
and and make our, you know, our facilities
accessible and our hearts really open to persons
with disabilities. So when we look at the
at the guidance given by Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala, you find total acceptance and support for
persons with disabilities.
And there is, of course, the story, the
famous story of the Sahabi of the companion
of the prophet
named Abdullah and Ummaqtun
Now we know many times when we are
trying to focus on a task when we,
you know, we don't like being disturbed. We
don't like being interrupted when we are, you
know, partaking when we are involved in something
that's that's very serious, that's very important. So
the prophet, sallallahu alaihi wasallam,
you know, was speaking to some leaders of
the Quraysh. And this importance, of course, or
this feeling of not wanting to be disturbed,
especially more so when we're talking to someone,
and and especially someone important about us important
topics. So the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam was
speaking to some leaders of the Quraysh,
a Quraysh tribe who had not accepted Islam
about matters of belief. And it was a
rare opportunity.
It's an opportunity to invite them to Islam
to clarify, you know, misconceptions,
to,
deliver the message to them. So it was
a special, a rare opportunity.
And while the prophet
was having this important discussion,
Abdullah ibn Umaktoum
who happened to be blind came and he
bursted into the circle. He bursted he bursted
into that gathering.
And according to commentators of the Quran, he
repeatedly
asked for enlightenment,
about a particular question that he had.
Now in the mind of the prophet sallallahu
alaihi wasallam, you know, he's probably thinking that
this is a rare opportunity
to educate and to invite the leaders of
the Quraysh who were there. And that, you
know, it is more important and and, you
know, Masha'Allah Abdulaziz Al Maktoum is already a
believer. He is a great, you know, sahabi.
And his question perhaps could wait, you know,
because this opportunity
is a very rare opportunity.
So as a reaction, the prophet, salallahu alaihi
wa sallam, frowned and turned away. Right? And
on this, Surah Abasa was revealed. And
SubhanAllah, I just realized that this is the
beauty of the Quran. You know, you recite
it and you reflect upon it and then
every time, like, some some new, you know,
meaning or something, like, new reflection comes up.
And subhanallah, you know, the fact that Abdullah
ibn Abdul Mahtoum radiAllahu an was blind. So
he actually wouldn't know that the prophet frowned
or what kind of facial expression the prophet
made. And like he wouldn't know that because
he he was visually impaired, right? He was
blind. But SubhanAllah, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, you
know, made that expression, that facial expression that
probably lasted a few moments. Right? He he
made that apparent.
So Abdullah Ibn Maqtun
And even though he was visually impaired and
he was probably was not able to see
that expression. Right? And, it became it becomes
part of the Quran, of course, because it's
revealed in in the Surah.
And it revealed to show that Allah's dislike
for,
for for this act, even though it was
it was seemingly very minor. Right? It was
seemingly very minor. It's not like, you know,
he brushed them aside or, you know, or
or, like, said something, you know, hurtful to
him. Nothing. It was just it was just
a frown. Right? An expression a facial expression.
But Allah
called it out
and and and gave directions for the future,
right, as a lesson,
right, for for all of us, for the
Ummah. And after that, the prophet
would address
Abdullah ibn
Maktoum with words of humility
that welcome unto him on whose account my
sustainer has rebuked me.
Welcome
unto
him upon whose account my sustainer
has rebuked me. Subhanallah. This is, you know,
the the beauty of the character and the
humility of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam. You
know, the best of creation, the prophet of
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, the final messenger,
but here, you know, is is a lesson
and he he took it to heart,
and he he would, you know, welcome Abdullah
ibn Maktoum
with these beautiful words.
In another story, Abba Abba Abba says that
Abbaas
said to me
that shall I show you a woman of
the people of Jannah?
Shall I show you a people of the
woman
sorry. A a woman of the people of
Jannah, of the people of paradise?
So Abba says that I said, Bara,
yes. Definitely. Show me. This this woman who's
from the people of Jannah.
So he told him, Ibn Abbas radiAllahu anhu,
I told him of a lady
who came to the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam
and said,
I get attacks of epilepsy.
I get attacks of seizures,
of epilepsy and my body becomes uncovered. So
please invoke Allah for me. Please make dua
for me because I have this condition.
So the
prophet said to her
that
if you wish,
be patient and you will have Jannah. You
will enter into paradise. Why? Because of this
condition that she has. Because of this illness
that she has.
If you wish, be patient and you will
have Jannah.
And if you wish, I will invoke Allah.
I will make dua to Allah
to cure you to cure you. So she
said, I will remain patient. What did she
choose? She had a choice.
If you wish, the prophet said, be patient
and you will have Jannah. If you wish,
I can make dua to Allah to cure
you. So she said, I will remain patient.
Meaning she chose
Jannah. For the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasalam, what
could be better than that? Right?
You know? If you want, just be patient
and you'll have Jannah. Jannah is yours.
So, like, for her,
even though she had this this this struggle,
this challenge, this illness,
she she chooses to be patient. She says,
you know, I'd rather have Jannah, you know,
so I will remain patient.
But she adds, you know, but I become
uncovered. So please make dua to Allah, invoke
Allah for me that I may not become
uncovered.
So the prophet
made du'a for her with regards to that,
but she chose Jannah. She chose to be
patient. Now this also shows, my brothers and
sisters, that the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam, you
know, dealt with her kindly, of course, number
1.
And the person
with the disability, with this illness wasn't ashamed
of being forthcoming about the challenges that they
face.
Right? She wasn't ashamed of approaching the prophet
and asking him for help, asking him for
dua, and it also shows the reward.
It also also shows the reward
that a person
stands to gain
due to the hardships that they face because
of a disability or because of an of
an illness.
And of course, persons with disabilities
were also excused from commandments in which there
is difficulty.
Right? Even now, when a person is not
able to, you know, do something which is
required or which is an obligation,
Right? If a person does not have the
capability, the ability, then they are not makallaf
and they are not accountable, they're not responsible
for acting upon that particular injunction, or they're
responsible for only doing that which they are
capable of doing. Now finally,
our religion also shows us that disability
is not an impediment to achievement.
That having a disability is not an achievement
to is is not an impediment, sorry, to
achievement. For example,
say, the Musa alayhis salam, right, famously had
the speech impediment.
Didn't stop him from continuing his mission
as as a prophet of Allah.
You know, of course, he made the famous
dua,
Right? Asking Allah to untie the knot in
his tongue, perhaps the stutter that he had.
But the point is that when, you know,
there is a weakness, when there is a
disability,
a challenge,
physically or mentally, we ask Allah
to remove it or to make it easy
for us.
Abdullah ibn Maktoum, radiAllahu anhu, who we just
talked about, he later on, he was made
in charge of Madinatul Munawwara by the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wa sallam during his absence, even
though he was someone who was visually impaired.
There's also Juleib who,
you know, we what we learn
from the text is that he was, you
know, a a virtually a social outcast
due to his disabilities, which are not described
in specific terms.
But it seems that he was, you know,
of significantly
short stature, and perhaps he may have had
some other physical differences as well. And the
prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
took special care of this man.
The prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam was looking out
for him, but society was not at the
time. But the prophet
set the example and set the bar very
high because he was the one who was
looking out for him. He took special care
for him. He arranged a marriage for him,
you know, he went to great lengths
to actually, you know, to to to,
to get him married in a very nice
way. And, Jadaib, radiAllahu anhu, he took part
in a battle in which he fought heroically.
And no one noticed that he was missing
except the Prophet
who mourned his loss and he said of
him that he is of me and I
am of him to show closeness to Jullaybi
Radiallahu an. I thought
I mentioned earlier was known to walk with
a limp. He was also, you know, paralyzed
at some point. And there's an interesting point.
And, you know, TAMD, the Canadian Association For
Muslims with Disabilities, notes that it is hard
to find clear references
to disability in early Islamic history. That's really
hard to find clear references. Why? Because people
with disabilities were integrated and included into Muslim
society. And it's also worth noting that the
focus was not on people's disabilities, but rather
their
abilities.
Right? The focus is on what they are
still capable of doing, what they are still
able to contribute as opposed to, you know,
defining them or framing them because of a
disability that, that they may have that Allah
has given to them. So what do we
need to do, my brothers and sisters? So
number 1,
you know, think inclusively.
Right? I was gonna say be inclusive in
everything that we do, but rather, you know,
it starts from thinking inclusively.
Right? So that whenever we are, making, you
know, a, a decision,
we think of who it's gonna impact, who
can participate in it, even if it's for
private, you know, matters and gatherings. Of course,
nowadays, we have, the pandemic, so, you know,
gatherings are of course limited. But, you know,
for example,
if we are having a a, a large
gathering, if you're having a wedding,
you know, an if you're if you're having,
you know, inviting people from the community, try
to be inclusive in different ways. You know,
we learned that,
a marriage, for example, Iwarima,
should not be, you know, with should not
be for, you know, a particular,
social segment of of society or a particular
socioeconomic status. You know, it should include
people ideally, you know, of of different,
of different walks of life from the community
so that there's more blessings, there's more barakah
and it is not an exclusive event for,
you know, for example, particular particularly people who
are well off.
But we can expand that to include, you
know, people,
who have, you know, disabilities,
persons with disabilities, who face other challenges, who
may not always be included, who may not
always be invited,
and also to to make to to show
love and to include them in our events
and our gatherings as well.
When it comes to our community, of course,
to ensure that the masjid is accessible,
especially when it comes to, you know, shoes
being on the ground, that's a major major
issue for people can be for a major
issue for for persons with disabilities,
something minor for everyone else. Because you come
in, people, you know, many times will leave
shoes by the door on the ground, not
thinking much of it. But it could be
a major tripping hazard and it could also,
you know, essentially
not allow a person to come in if
they're using a wheelchair or if they're using
a a walker as an example.
You know, ensuring that, doors, that are required
to be accessible now in public places to
make sure that they're actually working and that
they're actually unlocked.
You know, treating everyone with dignity and respect
and avoiding, you know, inappropriate and offensive names,
you know, inappropriate and offensive names that perhaps
you may be used to,
using in the past. But today, you know,
we've moved on and we don't consider those
terms to be appropriate to refer to our
brothers and sisters,
with disabilities.
And also to ensure that, you know, they're
not pitied or shunned away,
when
someone has an intellectual disability or a mental
illness. Right? And a classic example of, you
know, a family comes to the masjid
and, perhaps they have a child with a
disability. Right? Perhaps they have a child, suffers
from autism
or, you know, some some other, condition and
they're not able to control the child. They're
not able to get the child to sit
quietly in a corner or with them.
You know, so creating an environment where everyone
feels welcome to come to the masjid, and
when we have an instance where, you know,
a person comes to the masjid,
and they're not, you know, able to to,
to control themselves, they're not able to,
sit or and worship in a way that
we expect, that we are tolerant and we
are patient. That we are tolerant, we are
compassionate,
and we are patient with them.
And, of course,
making available
the services for our deaf and blind brothers
and sisters that they need to learn about
Islam, through our masajid to ensure that our
buildings, our centers are designed in a fully
accessible manner so that our brothers and sisters
using wheelchairs and crutches and canes can safely
enter and move within the houses of Allah
having, programs where families who are caring with
children for children with disabilities
find supporting, you know, environments
at Muslim events and at Muslim gatherings.
So, you know, these are things that I've
listed off easily or quickly,
but they they require effort, they require planning,
and they require care and concern,
in order to incorporate them into every aspect
of our community.
So that is easier said than done, and
that is something that is for every single
member of our community to look out for
and to take care of. May I ask
Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, to give us patience,
to support one another, ask Allah, subhanahu wa
ta'ala, to give everyone good health, and we
ask Allah
to strengthen our brothers and sisters,
who are are are, persons with disabilities. We
ask Allah
to make things easy for them and their
family members and for all of us.
We have some sad news. Our dear elder
brother, Ahmed Al Shanawani, his brother has passed
away 2 weeks away,
2 weeks after his nephew had returned to
Allah
And also our brother, Asat Tahir. His uncle
has passed away in the UK as well.
Let us make dua for them and all
of those who have passed away.
Oh, Allah, please grant beautiful patience to the
loved ones at this difficult time. Oh, Allah,
make them a means for continued reward for
those who have returned to you. O Allah,
heal their grief in their hearts, You Rabban
Aramin. O Allah, please forgive us for all
of our minor and major sins. O Allah,
please purify our hearts. O Allah, please purify
our minds in every way. O Allah, please,
give us the ability to return to you
in a good way, in a good state,
You Rabba Alameen. O Allah, please verify our
minds and our hearts. Fill our hearts with
the light of iman, with the strength of
taqwa. With love for you and your book
and your beloved, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. O
Allah, please envelope all of us in your,
unseen protection, You Rabba Alameen.
O Allah, please cure all of those who
are ill and who are facing hardships and
struggles with regards to their health and their
bodies, You Rabba Alameen. O Allah, all of
our brothers and sisters, our children, our youth,
our elders with disabilities
and the physical and mental challenges. O Allah,
make things easy for them and for their
families, You Rabba Alameen. O Allah, please reward
them for all that they go through, You
Rabba Alameen. O Allah, our elder sister who
is in pain and weakness, O Allah, our
brother and sister living with long term pains
and injuries and disabilities,
Ola, our elder pioneers who are ill, who
are ill with cancer and other illnesses, brother,
doctor Habibullah, and others as well. Ola,
anyone who is ill, who is injured, Ola,
please cure them all, You Rabbil Alameen. O
Allah, please grant them strength You Rabbad Alameen.
O Allah, you are the cure and the
healer. O Allah, please grant them all the
speedy and complete the recovery You Rabbad Alameen.
O Allah,
Oh, Allah, peace grant, relief to all of
those experiencing distress, anxiety, or grief, or depression,
or any other type of suffering, You Allah.
Oh, Allah, peace grant, from happiness and ease
and peace, You Allah, peace grant, from trials
and the hardships from the lives of all
of our brothers and sisters, You Rabba Alameen.
O Allah, at this moment, so many are
living through grief. O Allah, so many are
being abused. O Allah, so many are being
tortured. O Allah, so many are being beaten.
O Allah, so many are living in a
state of hunger. O Allah, so many are
cold. Oh, Allah, so many are homeless. Oh,
Allah, please help them. Oh, Allah, please remove
the hardships and the difficulties.
Oh, Allah, please grant them strength to succeed
through all these trials and tribulations.
Wanna update you with regards to our rise,
with Shukr campaign. As you know, our campaign
is ongoing right now. Alhamdulillah.
Thanks to your generous support. May Allah bless
you all. You have reached 17%.
So that's $51,500,
51
$1,500
raised out of $300,000
target.
We just need, 248
people
to donate a $1,000 which is about approximately
$640
after your tax credit. Inshallah, we will reach
our goal, for, this campaign.
You know, I was just, looking around,
for those of you who are in the
Ask Kanata WhatsApp group, there's 256
members on that group. Our Musalla WhatsApp group
has a 196
people.
We'll get approximately 300 people in these 3,
Jum'ah congregations here.
2,800 followers
for KMA on, Facebook.
Now, of course, not everyone can give a
$1,000. We recognize that. But if everyone pitches
this, pitches in, myself included, if every everyone
pitches in whatever they can, a 1,000 if
you can, if not, then less. Then inshallah,
we will be able to easily, easily reach
our goal, inshallah.
And of course, it is, again,
not just so we create buildings and and
look at them and say, Masha'Allah, we have
a nice masjid, but really to deliver the
services that we've been talking about and the
community really needs. So we look,
forward to your support.
There's many ways that you can donate. 1st
and foremost, we have the machines outside.
You can also donate online easily. Just go
to kanadamustlums.ca/donate.
There's all the information you can send an
e transfer. You can give through PayPal Giving
Fund with their 0% fees. No fees are
deducted. Will get your tax receipt right away.
You can also donate online in installments. You
can donate daily, monthly, like there's multiple, multiple
options.
So kranadamustlims.ca/donate.