Sikander Hashmi – Lessons from the Life of Malcolm X KMA Friday Message
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Respected elders, dear brothers and sisters, my young
friends,
We begin by praising Allah
on this beautiful day, the Lord of the
universe,
our creator, our sustainer, our nourisher,
our protector, and we begin by sending peace
and salutations
upon his beloved messenger, Muhammad, the son of
Abdullah
My brothers and sisters, I hope that you
are all doing well by the grace and
mercy of Allah
Now most of us probably haven't traveled
in a long time, maybe in a year
or so.
But when we do,
and especially, you know, when we drive
to various parts of Canada and maybe in
the United States,
it is a good practice for us as
believers
to seek out
Masajid and other Muslims along the way. And
when we come across a masjid you know,
this is something that I personally try to
do.
And when we come across a masjid,
most chances are that, you know, it was
established recently
or maybe maximum in the last 50 or
60
years. But the reality is, my brothers and
sisters,
that the is that the first officially documented
Muslims
arrived in Canada in the mid to late
1800,
so it's been a long time since Muslims
have been here in this country. And in
the United States, much more before that, perhaps
as early as the 12th century, even before
Christopher Columbus.
But the first significant
migration of Muslims
to America occurred
in 3 centuries
of the slave trade when an estimated
10 to 50%
of the 10,000,000 Africans who were brought to
the to the shores of America
against their will were Muslims.
So the,
the people of Africa who were captured, who
were enslaved,
and they were brought across the Atlantic,
the cross Atlantic slave trade,
there were about, you know, 10,000,000 of them
and 10 to 50%
were actually Muslims. So that means
that when we are, let's say, driving across
the United States, of course, once the border
opened, or we are flying and we're looking
down,
know that over a million
of our brothers
or sisters had lived there and were tortured
and had, you know, tried to make their
escape through those very lands to which we
drive now or that we look down upon
from the airplane.
And even though slavery was abolished
in America in 18/65,
sadly, its effects
and racism
continue to live on to this day in
the US, but also here in Canada and,
of course, all across the world world, including
in Muslim majority countries as well. Now as
Muslims, my brothers and sisters, it is important
to for us to know our history,
but especially in the part of the world
that we live in. You know, we may
be familiar
with the history of, our ancestral countries or,
you know, countries from where our parents are
from,
but it's also important for us to know
not just the general history of Canada of
North America, but also, especially, the history of
Muslims in these lands so that we can
remember and, most importantly, so that we can
learn lessons.
Now remember, I said that the first officially
documented Muslims arrived in Canada in in the
mid 1800, and that's an important part because,
you know, there are, census documents, for example,
that show that Muslims arrived. They were given
anglicized names, so they're not you know, they
weren't recorded with the real,
names, which are, you know, Arabic or whatever
language it was, they're Muslim names,
and, instead, their names were anglicized, and they
were noted down their religion as being Mohammedans
or Mohammedans as as Muslims were known at
the time.
But those were officially documented Muslims. One of
the earliest Muslims may actually have been a
know have been a man known as Richard
Pierpoint,
who was born in Bundu, which is an
African state at the time,
comprised of, you know, in the area of
Senegal and Mali,
likely raised as a Muslim
attending Islamic school in his country and then
enslaved in 17/60
at the age of 16,
brought over across the Atlantic to Connecticut,
purchased, bought by a British army officer as
a slave,
and forced to convert and change his name.
And this is actually something we find now,
especially from,
historical records and, and historians
that many Muslims who were enslaved kept their
faith in secret. So they were Muslims, and
some of them, subhanAllah, were scholars, and they
were highly educated as well, and they were
strong Muslims.
But when they were enslaved, they were like,
they weren't originally enslaved. They were just, like,
captured and brought over and and forced to
become slave
slaves.
They, they were given, you know, new Christian
names,
or they were forced to convert to and
their names were changed, but in their hearts,
they still kept their imam. So they still
kept their belief, but they just kept it
hidden, subhanallah.
And they're great inspirational stories, and I can't
cover them today, but, it it truly is
inspirational to see how even in those terrible
and those, you know, horrible situations,
those, Muslims,
were able to preserve their iman and at
least hold on to their iman secretly.
May Allah,
bless them. May Allah,
elevate their status in Jannah. Now, Richard
was offered a deal
to fight for the British in the American
Revolutionary War in exchange for his freedom. So
the deal was if you fight for the
British,
you know, you will be set free. And
as a reward,
in 17/78,
he was given 200 acres of land,
which later became Saint Catherine's, Ontario.
So his, battalion or, you know, his group
retreated or was in the area around Niagara
Falls,
and eventually, you know, that's where they ended
up settling and he was,
being settled and that is where he was
given 200 acres of land.
And our sister, Nana Ali, recently,
you know, had a great opinion piece on
CBC,
an article on CBC in which she talked
about him and the challenges faced by black
Muslims in Canada. So I'd encourage you to
look that up just recently, published, this month.
It's a great read.
Now arguably the most prominent and well known
Muslim leader in North America to date with
the greatest impact, with the widest impact is
Malcolm x. Now Malcolm x now x wasn't
his real name. What would happen is that
whoever was the the the slave owner,
their their name would be given,
to, to the slaves or, you know, to
to the, and and that would sort of
become their family name as well. So he
was born as Malcolm Little, but he didn't
wanna keep,
that name and,
you know, the so that became the x
to refer to the unknown,
name that was originally that would have been
his name, his family name,
his ancestral name. So he was an African
American Muslim leader,
human rights activist,
who was a very popular figure during the
civil rights movement in the United States. He
was born in 1925,
assassinated in 1965 in February of 1965.
Now Malcolm x is an icon,
truly an icon of freedom and human rights
for Americans, for African Americans,
and also, Muslims America as well. And there's
an excellent article, by Doctor. Wael Hamza
on about Islam that talks about,
Malcolm x, Masha'allah, and I, by no means,
am an an or or I'm an expert
in this. So I'm also trying to learn.
I'm also trying to, trying to read and
also trying to share what I have found.
Now, of course, there is much inspiration that
we get from the lives of the prophets
of the the
lives of the Sahaba
and the early Muslims
and the many great figures in every part
of the world. So in every country, in
every area, you know, you will find historical
figures, people who accomplish great things, who
are great Muslims.
But Malcolm X's story is remarkable because it
has parts that are relatable to many of
us or that are relatable to our circumstances
today. And because also it is relatively recent,
we don't have to go too far back
to, to, you know, to get inspiration and
learn lessons from his story. Now at the
age of 6, his father died.
And what was officially labeled as a street
car accident,
but it was alleged that it was actually
a racist killing. Right? So the situation was
so bad that, you know, people who were,
standing up against racism or who were speaking
out, you know, they would be murdered, they
would be killed, but it wouldn't just be
openly done. It would be made to look
like it was an accident. Right? So that
those who are responsible
are not held to account. And afterwards, his
mother struggled
and suffered mental illness and spent the rest
of her life in hospital. Okay? So he'll,
you know,
coming from a very, broken home, you know,
facing a lot of challenges at a very
young age.
He lived what would be called, I guess,
a typical
African American life at the time, especially for
a young person, you know, facing discrimination,
facing racism,
and, to, like, unimaginable degrees. You know, when
we think about discrimination, when we think about
Islamophobia, and we talk we think about racism,
it's, what,
you know, these,
people at the time, the blacks in America,
including many of them, you know, who were
Muslims or who had Muslim background, what they
were facing, it was it's just like it's
just like absolutely horrendous.
You know, like, constant
constantly facing racism, constantly being discriminated against,
you know, segregation,
you know, his home being a firebombed, with
the firebomb being thrown into the nursery where
his children would have been. So, like, you
know, hatred
to, like, the extreme
degree where there is, like, hardly
a moment of peace,
like, throughout their lives. So,
you know, he he ended up going into
crime, unfortunately,
and he ended up in jail.
Now in
jail, he got introduced to the nation of
Islam.
Okay? This was, a black movement that was
trying to liberate black Americans.
And what were what was their method or
their approach? They were actually promoting black supremacy
as an opposing concept, as an opposing force
very Islamic concept. So, yes, there were, you
know, elements of Islam within the nation of
Islam,
but, actually, it was quite different than what
Islam teaches. Right? So the name is Nation
of Islam, which was a response to, you
know, this, the circumstances and the discrimination that
they were facing.
But
in terms of practice,
not exactly,
Islamic.
After so in this is what happened in
jail and even today. Right? We find here
in Canada as well that there are, many
brothers,
especially
men, but also sisters as well who find
themselves, in jail and, subhanallah, they they discover
Islam and that becomes a means for them
to actually better themselves and to actually,
you know, accept Islam and to become better
human beings. That that becomes a a positive
force for them.
So,
after he had come out of jail,
he became a very influential leader
in, in the nation of Islam. And,
there were some internal conflicts
and as a result, he was,
you know, there was some jealousy as well.
He was banned from public speaking due to
comments he made to the press.
K.
So,
yeah, so he was in part of jealousy,
and some internal conflicts. He's banned from public
speaking due to comments he made, because he
had, you know, becoming very popular, investigated by
the government, and, you know, and, like, those
he was really, you know, catching on.
And,
you know, he,
grew the membership of the Nation of Islam
from 500 members to approximately 25,000 to 50,000
members.
He was banned from public speaking due to
comments he made to the press. You know,
there were some controversies. He started reflecting. He
was introduced to mainstream Islam or historians will
say Sunni Islam,
which he embraced.
And
after,
accepting Islam,
in in in in this form, the correct
form, he traveled to Mecca for Hajj, and
that's where, you know, oftentimes you'll hear the
quotes,
quoted, you know, around the time of Hajj
talking about, what he had experienced in the
Hajj, how Islam had given him that hope
that he never thought was possible,
right, which was that, you know, people who
are, as he described, you know, white,
these are white skinned wands,
you know, or blue eyed, wands, you know,
praying beside,
people who are black and of different colors.
You know, that is something that he thought
was impossible to happen, and the only way
he had believed that it was possible to
to challenge racism and discrimination was through black
supremacy. But then after going for Hajj, he
realized that, no, Islam actually had the answer
and actually had the teachings, which were sorely
needed and which could benefit,
particularly America.
And after actually, after the Hajj, he visit
many places around the world. Right? A number
of places around the world, around the Muslim
world, met with many Muslim leaders, and that
chain that trip changed him profoundly.
That trip, that one trip, going to Hajj
and and meeting Muslims and traveling,
that changed him profoundly.
And he took the name or he started,
you know, being called Al Hajj Malik Al
Shabaz. Right? So that became his,
his his new name or his new Muslim
name. Now he continued to struggle for freedom
and human rights,
for black Americans yet on a different value
system now than that of the nation of
Islam. Before, it was all about black supremacy
as a response to white supremacy, but now
it wasn't about that anymore.
Unfortunately,
sadly, he was assassinated
by some members of the nation of Islam,
And there's a lot of questions, you know,
about the involvement of government agencies in his
in his assassination of what actually happened to
most of us. But what's notable is that,
you know, he started his life on a
very difficult note.
Yet, you know, despite the challenges that he
went through like, can you imagine, like, you
know, having your father killed or your father
dying when you're 6 years old, mother being
sent, you know, for, spending the rest of
her life in in in a mental health
mental institution,
you know, going facing, like, unimaginable levels of
discrimination and racism,
and, you know, all these different hardships. Yet,
despite the challenges, he ended his life. Allah
guided him and he ended his life as
the figure that, you know, we are remembering
and that people talk about positively.
And and, you know, many people look up
to him and and see inspiration in what
he did with profound impact, right, especially, you
know, in in in the United States, especially,
you know, on on black people,
and profound impact on Islam in America as
well. You know, when you think of of
Islam in North America, you know, a a
lot of it has to do with, as
I mentioned, you know, Islam arriving
centuries ago on the shores of America,
and people like, you know,
Malik Al Shabaz,
Malcolm X, you know, being out there and
and making the effort and
and giving inspiration to people. So a few
lessons that that we can learn. First of
all, is the wisdom
of Allah's plan for us.
Right? The wisdom in the plan that Allah
has for us. You know, each bump,
each challenge
on his road
helped him become who he became,
and he probably wouldn't have otherwise.
Right? So Allah
has a plan for every single one of
us. And a lot of times that
plan takes us through difficulties.
Right? But what Allah
is actually willing for us is to actually
come out on top and to come out
stronger and to come out better. So when
we face difficulties,
you know, we should try our best not
to surrender to circumstances,
not to just give up and say, okay.
Well, you know, I can't do anything about
this. I had, you know, you know, I
went through hardship or, you know, just just
surrender.
But rather, it should be,
something that motivates us. Right? So we should
not be giving into bad experiences or hard
times because it may actually be part of
Allah's plans to help us change and become
better.
Right? So looking at every moment as an
opportunity
as opposed to, you know, looking at the
hardship and just,
giving up, on it
on on life and giving up, at that
moment.
It is our response
to difficult experiences that
determines or that decides the outcome. Right? So
every moment of this life is a test,
and especially when we go through hardships, that
tool is a test. But what decides how
it's gonna end up is,
in large part, based on what
based on how
we respond. You know, we look at the
tough experiences
of say that Yusuf Ali gets set up.
Right? Nobody would want to go through what
he went through. Right? Who would want to
be, you know, the the be hated, be
the the the victim of jealousy,
being kidnapped by his own brothers, you know,
being enslaved,
being seduced, being sent to jail,
you know, unfairly, incorrectly,
unjustly.
But again, every single step along the way,
each one of those things, even though they
were so bad at that moment, they were
actually leading to him being elevated and honored
by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Right? So it
was part of the plan of Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala. So the point here is is
that we don't aim. We don't hope for
bad experiences.
K. So that is something that we plan
and we try to avoid with whatever Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala has given us. We try
to plan in the best way. We try
to make the best decisions.
But when hardship comes our way, right, when
difficulty comes our way, we should see it
as
Allah's plan to help us or to make
us better. Allah
has written,
ease with hardship twice. Right? But
perhaps it is that we have to do
our part as well to find that ease.
In that hardship, definitely there is there is
ease because Allah
words are absolutely true. Right? Allah's words, Allah's
promises are absolutely true. So
Right? There is no doubt in that, but
perhaps,
you know, there's a little bit of effort
on our part that is required. Right? A
change of mindset, some effort, some exploration
to try to find
where that ease is that Allah
has given along with that hardship. So that's
number 1. Number 2, my brothers and sisters,
is that it doesn't really matter who you
or what you were. It doesn't really matter
what you were, but what matters is what
you're going to be
through the struggle and through sincerity. Because every
single person has a past. And if every
person if we were to explore every single
you know, the depth of every single person's
actions
and their choices,
undoubtedly, every single one of us is, you
know, is a human being and therefore has
made mistakes in the past. So it's not
what the past it's not the past that
defines us. It's what we choose to do
and what we choose to become. And we
have, of course, great examples from the time
of the Sahaba
until now of people who had terrible pasts,
who had horrendous,
right, who had absolutely,
you know, like the strongest word that you
could find. Right? They had terrible terrible,
past but Allah
guided them and they became from among the
best.
Right? So our religion and our approach is
not that holds people to what they have
done in the past, if they have repented
from it, if they have if they are
making an effort to change themselves, but rather
what they are right now and what they
are intending to become. You know, when we
look
at
the
Right?
Many and many throughout history, right, who completely
completely turned around. Right? Completely u-turn.
And but the and and and there's many
people throughout history, but the 2 key ingredients,
right, or 2 or 3, you know, key
ingredients were humility.
We're having because when you have to accept
the truth and when you have to change
and admit that you are wrong in the
past, that requires humility. That's not easy to
do. A person who is arrogant, right, who
is conceitfully proud, they're not gonna accept the
truth because it's hard. It's a hard pill
to swallow. Right? To recognize that, yes, I
made mistakes and I was wrong. So sincerity,
or humility, but also
sincerity with a burning desire for the truth.
To be so sincere that it doesn't matter
what people think of me. To be so
sincere that it doesn't matter if people think
that I was wrong and I have to
swallow this bitter pill. But to be so
to have such a burning desire for the
truth that, okay, I just need to accept
the truth. Whatever it is, even if it
means that everything that I was doing was
wrong or the things that I was doing
in the past were not the best. Right?
So when that moment comes, my brothers and
sisters, we must embrace it. This is what
we learned, you know, what we learned. If
if Malcolm x had not changed,
you know, he had if he had not,
you know, pounced on that moment,
you know, his name, perhaps,
may have been written in the records of
criminals,
you know, and nobody would know about him
perhaps.
Right? And, like and similarly with and,
you
know, if they had ignored the opportunity,
perhaps they would have continued down that path,
right, which was of being the toughest enemies
to Islam and Allah knows best how they
would have ended up. Right? But what it
shows is when that moment comes and we
realize that the truth is facing us, right,
what is required of us is to embrace
that truth.
You know? And and when we look at
the, his endeavor to seek the truth,
Malcolm X's, it's really inspiring. Right? Because it
happened over a short period of time,
but it came as a long journey, you
know, into the Middle East, into Africa, Europe,
Asia, learned a lot on this journey. Allah
tells us,
As for those who struggle in our cause,
we will surely guide them along our way,
and Allah is certainly with the good doers.
And the mafasir won't talk about how, you
know, this struggle is not, you know, particularly
or specifically of one type, but it's actually
very broad that if a person is essentially
sincerely struggling,
right, they are sincere in their struggle, Allah
eventually will guide them.
Quotes a scholar on this verse saying that
though that there are those who act upon
what they know and Allah will guide them
to that which they do not know.
They are
those who act upon what they know.
Allah will guide them to that which they
do not know. So the key to the
struggle with sincerity for good,
based on whatever knowledge we have, Right? The
key is to struggle.
Right? To have some to struggle.
And, of course, to do it with sincerity
for good based on whatever knowledge we have
that Allah has given us and to be
open to learning and to continue that struggle
and to continue,
striving.
So Malcolm x was, you know,
was sincere
in his struggle against oppression.
He was sincere in his struggle against oppression
and he was open to learning and revisiting
his positions and Allah
guided them to to iman. Allah
guided him to faith.
Number 3, the third lesson, my brothers and
sisters, are the the, what we would call
is,
are the people who influenced him. Right?
Subhanallah, there are so many people he probably
came across. Right? Just the people he saw
during the course of Hajj in front of
the Kaaba in the Haram offering salah that
inspired him, seeing these people mingling together, not
discriminating against each other and being brothers in
faith.
You know, and and so many others who
advised them and who reached out to him
and,
you know, a share of of of his
effort and reward
will also go to those people as well
because they could have ignored him. Right? They
could have considered
him as an enemy because, oh, he's from
another group. Oh, he's from the nation of
Islam. Oh, he is misguided.
And they could have written him off, you
know, seeing him as a type of opponent
or as a type of enemy, but, actually,
they didn't do that. Instead, they reached out
to him as a human being who, you
know, who needs guidance and who who, you
know, who has potential but perhaps needs to
be guided because he maybe he hasn't been
presented with the right choices or, you know,
he has some misunderstandings.
So the key here, my brothers and sisters,
is not to write people off. And this
is so important. Right? Because we come across
people in the course of our lives, you
know, at whether it's at work or especially
our young my young friends, our youth at
school, you come across people, you know, other
young people, maybe they've made bad choices, they've
made mistakes, and, you know, we wanna avoid
them. And in one way, it's good we
wanna avoid them because we don't wanna get
influenced by them, so we try to keep
good company. That's a good thing. But don't
write them off. Don't shut the door for
them. Right? Because who knows? Maybe
will make us a means of Hidayah for
someone else. And how is that gonna happen?
How is that all gonna work? And how,
you know, are we gonna be a positive
influence on others if we just shut people
off and if we write them off and
we condemn them? Right? So that is not
the approach
of the believers. That is not the approach
of the
So always be open to advising people, even
the sincerely making dua.
Right? Sincerely making dua and having good concern
for everyone.
Right? Whether they are Muslims, whether they are
not, and trying to do our best to
relate to them the truth,
and Allah
if Allah wills, then
perhaps, you know, that could be a means
of, of guidance for them to the mercy
and grace of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And
that way we also have a share and
in in in the in the reward of
the good that they will be, guided to
do Insha'Allah.
K. So that is, very, very important. And
lastly, also,
because, you know, the wisdom of Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala
in the the the in his commandments and
in his guidance. You know, the fact that
the Hajj occurs and so many people converge.
Right? So many people converge,
and there is this display
of of of human, you know, brotherhood with
no consideration,
you know, for, for for racism or at
least there shouldn't be. Right? This is part
of Allah's plan as well. It's part of
the wisdom of Allah
to have a gathering of this sort and
an annual basis. Right? And, of course, umrah,
whenever it's it's allowed or you're able to
go. Right? So that people are able to
see and able to experience
this this this type of harmony that Allah
has commanded and that Allah talks about in
the Quran that the prophet exemplified
that we actually see it in our eyes,
through our eyes, you know, until insha'Allah till
the day of judgment. Right? So this is,
an a a a beautiful example of the
the the the the great wisdom
of Allah
because it basically
was able to change
a person who was a believer in black
supremacy
into one who believes that human beings are
created equal and that there is no preference
of white over black or otherwise except by
piety and good action as the prophet sallallahu
alaihi wasallam
has told us, right? So it is a
clear example of that and subhanAllah every single
command of Allah azza wa Jal, every single
guidance
of Allah and his messengers from Allah is
profoundly
wise, is filled with wisdom, except we are
not always able to appreciate
it. We are not able to appreciate it.
Yes. We try to look for it. We
try to find it. Right? We may get
some of it. We're not able to get
it fully because the wisdom of Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala is absolutely of no match for
any of his creation for any of us.
Right? So at the end of the day,
when we realize, you know, one of the
wisdoms, of of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, we
should
appreciate it. We should be grateful to Allah
Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
has opened it for us, and that he
has given us the best way of life.
And he has sent his prophet
to show us the most optimum, the most
efficient way to live so that, you know,
we can be as human beings to live
in the best way possible with the most
amount of harmony in the optimal way.
May
Allah,
have mercy on Al Hajj,
Malik Al Shabaz, Malcolm x, and accept him
from amongst the martyrs. May Allah
have mercy upon all of those people who
live through hardships
and who preserve their iman and worked to
serve Allah
in their own ways. May Allah
grant them Jannah and unite them, all with
the best of people.
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,
he alone is sufficient
for them.
Certainly, Allah
achieves as
well. Allah has already set a destiny
for everything.
We have, some sad news, today.
Of course, our, you've heard of our, brother
Ahmed Saud who passed away tragically,
yesterday in a crash here in the city.
We're
hearing, you know, so many great words about
him and his service to the community,
his support for the community. We also have
sad news of, the mother of our brother,
Umer Zafar,
sister Saliba Oftar who, passed away, today in
Pakistan, and also, brother Jawad Hussain, message to
say his father,
Sayed Dilgar Hussain, has also passed away.
So inshallah, let us make Duaa, especially for
them.
Oh Allah, we shower your mercy and forgiveness,
oh Muhammad You Rabbal Alameen. Oh Allah, please
cure all of those who are ill, who
are facing hardships and struggles, oh Allah, of
any kind. Oh Allah, please grant them ease
You Rabbal Alameen. Oh Allah, please cure those
who are ill,
especially our brothers and sisters,
and children,
with, illnesses and physical
disabilities and mental challenges. O Allah, please make
things easy for them and their families, You
Rabbal Alameen. O Allah, our elder sister who
is constantly living in pain and weakness, O
Allah, please cure her and make it easy
for her, You Rabbil Alameen. O Allah, our
brother and sister locally who are living with
long term pain and injuries and daily struggles,
O Allah, please make the struggles easy for
them and remove it from them, You Rabbil
Alameen. Oh, Allah, our elder pioneers who are
ill facing cancer
and other illnesses, especially doctor Hamid Behr Rahman
and others. Oh, Allah, please out of your
mercy cure them. You, Allah,
our brothers and sisters who are ill especially
suffering from COVID 19 and other illnesses, oh,
Allah, please grant him a speedy recovery, you
Rabbi Alameen. Oh, Allah, we have heard about,
our sister Majibeen's father, in India who is
in ICU with lung complications. Oh, Allah, out
of your mercy, please cure him. Grant him
his speedy recovery, You Rabbil Alameen, and remove
all illness from him, You Rabbil Alameen. Oh
Allah, all of those who are ill, who
are injured, who are currently in hospital, currently
going through pain and suffering, oh Allah, any
type of depression, anxiety,
any type of worry, oh, Allah, please remove
all of their worries and pain. Oh, Allah,
you are the cure. You are the healer.
Oh, Allah, please grant them all the peace
and speedy and complete recovery.
Brothers and sisters, those, who are, registered for
Friday prayer, please come at your allotted times.
Those who are praying at home, please go
ahead and offer your protocols of the heart
prayer. May Allah
accept you and increase you in your reward
and keep you
safe.