Yousef Bakeer – Be A Beacon of Light Inspirational Taraweeh Khatira
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The speaker discusses a recitation he made at JFK and talks about his mission to convert people to La ilaha illessess. He talks about his experience working with young Muslims and how his parents were intimidated to use the recitation. He also talks about a 16-year-old man who wants to be a beacon of light and mentions his past experiences with cancer. The segment also touches on Omar's death and deeds, including helping a woman in distress.
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almost quarter of the month has passed. Allah subhanaw taala
accept all of our prayers, all of our fasting, all of our Quranic
recitation and make us among those who will be emancipated from
hellfire. And this blessing night Yara BL al Amin.
My dear brothers and sisters, this presentation is very heavy on my
chest, I pray that Allah gives me strength to be able to continue
presenting this, and summarizing this beautiful person that you see
in front of you on the screen. SubhanAllah 2016. I landed for the
very first time at JFK airport. And then a few weeks later,
I went to for my very first time to Islamic senator of Passaic
County, in New Jersey. And I have met one of the most beautiful
souls that I've seen in my life with the name of Alma NOFA, the
man who is putting his hand on my shoulder right in front of you.
He came and he welcomed me with a beautiful smile, and said Your use
of I know you have been studying Al Azhar University in Egypt, and
this is your first month here in America. I want you to teach me
everything you know, and you learn that Lazar, I will be at your
service. And then I told him brother No English. He said good
because I want to learn Arabic
Subhanallah
I, you know, when he told me this, I said okay, you know, here's
another brother told me I wanted to study with you. And then a
couple of weeks passed by and he will forget. But Omar was
different. Because wala Hila them I can I can actually count the
very few times that he did not call me he used to call me in a
daily basis, asking me for another Naziha for advice, asking me to
fix his, you know, Quranic recitation, he says we'd have
never seen somebody very dedicated, just like this
beautiful man, young man right in front of you. So how Allah He, you
know, he was just unique, he said to me, should use if I want to
change the entire world to the better. I want to convert everyone
here, if you want in the world, to La ilaha illAllah Muhammad
Rasulullah. I told him well, you're going to start at least
with the juniors committee at the masjid. I want you to be actually,
you know, involved the masjid tried to actually teach the very
young kids at that time he was 16 I told him, you know, start with
the little kids teach them La ilaha illAllah Muhammad Rasulullah
sallallahu alayhi salam that you're you're actually aiming to
spread around the world. It starts with this small group of people.
And when Allah He He did not put me down my expectation, actually,
he exceeded my expectations. So Allah Hill Alvine since that day,
I've never seen working with the youth. For the past, I would say
15 years of my life. I've never seen somebody who's that
dedicated. He's an actual soldier. When I give him a task, he goes
and he can he gets it done.
Subhanallah you know, as you see here, just these are footages of
him sitting in the masjid. No cameras around. I was just taking
this picture with with my phone. He is not aiming for fame. He is
not aiming for anything else. But he is a dedicated person who truly
wanted to change the world to the better, who truly want it to be a
beacon of light the literal meaning of a beacon of light.
Subhan Allah one time we were in the in the camp in a non Muslim
camp and he said to me, you should use it. Since my dream is to
spread love Allah Allah Allah Muhammad Rasul Allah is to let
every single one here's La ilaha illallah, Muhammad Rasool Allah,
please allow me to give them you know, I want the leafs to hear my
event to hear Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar. I want the trees to hear
Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar. I want the animals to hear Allahu Akbar
Allah Akbar. I want the Muslims to hear Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar. I
want the non Muslims to hear Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar, Tulum.
Bismillah. Let's go, let's do it
fast forward a little bit. Like I said, he was somebody who's very
special Allah
Have them
taking, you know, the best interests of the Muslim community
right in front of him over his own, gain his own his own
interest. And I'm talking about what I'm talking about a teenager.
And even my message here to even the young Muslims. When we talk
about the Sahaba we always get intimidated, you know, but that's
as a hobby. I cannot match I cannot be at that caliber, what
will Allah He or almost no, if it was a was a normal teenager, who
was actually you know, going through the normal desires of, of
a young man who actually going through the pressure of the
society, the pressure of the school, just like any teenager,
And subhanAllah one time I was
hanging out with him. We were at Dunkin Donuts. And he got that
call from his parents.
And that call changed his entire life. He told me she uses it looks
like something serious. We're just at Dunkin Donuts, you know,
getting our lattes, normal, normal, normal time just chit
chatting.
And he said to me, should use of it looks like there's something
serious happening. My parents just call me and they want to see me
immediately. So inshallah I took him, give him a ride dropped him
off to your to his house. And then few hours later, he said, your use
of I have some news for you over the phone. It's on what's going on
here. Bismillah he said, You know, I've visited the doctor the past
couple of weeks, because I wasn't feeling very well. And he just got
the news today that I am diagnosed with cancer.
And I was just it was mind boggling to me, hearing his calm
tone, a tone with with so much faith and Tokelau Allah, Allah
subhanaw taala I've never seen something like that. I was
shocking, because the news that he is bringing to me is not something
that's very easy for me to process. And he had that Tibet, he
was called he said, insha Allah, Allah will take care of me
Subhanallah
paths forward a little bit. He actually got, you know, to the
hospital, he stayed for the hospital about six months. And
then he got out of the hospital, they told him, maybe there is hope
he got back back and forth for two times. And then finally, the
doctors told him you know what, he had leukemia. The doctor told him,
there is no hope you cannot make it. I will discharge you from the
hospital. Go and spend good time with your friends with your family
spend your few last days.
When he first got out of the hospital, he told me she asked us
if I want to meet all the youth that you know, I want to talk to
them, I have a message to them.
As soon Bismillah this picture that you see in front of you, that
was a picture at my backyard. I invited about 70 to 80 youth that
I know in, in in New Jersey area, I invited him over and he was
right standing there and you can see actually that he's getting
feel he's getting a little weaker, his face is not looking the same.
And Wallah, he he stood up in front of 70 youth and he told them
the following.
I want you to be a beacon of light, I want every single one of
you to be a beacon of light and he gave a beautiful analogy. He said
to us that every one of us has to ages a longer how to play the
actual age that we have, that we will have in this dunya six years,
seven years. 80 years Allah Allah every one is different. And every
one has specific age and a specific year and a specific hour
and a specific day that was decreed from Allah subhanaw taala.
And then he said, there is another age that me and you will have. So
I told him what is this age, he said Alondra if Terada you meaning
what meaning an age that you will have after you pass away, and this
age is determined by how much you left behind before you pass away.
He said, I'll give you a simple analogy. Imagine now he has lived
45 years.
And until now we discuss what real solid he in his book.
I've learned this book in Amazon. And then when I came to when I
went to Europe, I was taught this this book when I came to America,
I've taught this book and everywhere you go, you will hear
the story. That means what it means that a man now is still
alive. Yes, his body's gone. But his hive is still alive. And here
we are
Omer we're talking about his legacy, it means that he is still
alive.
Subhanallah paths forward a little bit. He was just standing and he
had this passion towards teaching people even though he knows for a
fact that this is his few last days. He came to me and told me
she effusive. Before I pass away, I want to give my very first
codebook. As you know, I was just shocked, because I didn't know
what is he talking about? Somebody who just, you know, few days away
from his death. And he's still, you know, thinking about the OMA
thinking about the Muslims, thinking about leaving an impact
on people, thinking about benefiting people helping people
out. It's a dedication that by Allah I've never seen in my life,
and here we are, we just came to the masjid in a very calm time. It
wasn't a time of prayer, we practice together this the you
know, his introduction of the husband whatnot, to get him ready
to give his first.
If you can put the video of this headband Sharla.
So for the sake of time, that was the hotbar that we were
practicing, and then the actual hook but that was the picture of
the hotbar in Jersey City, Missouri. That's called alHuda. He
actually stood up and you can see how he was looking at that time.
And he has given his first hot bath. That was three days before
his death. Three days before his death, he stood up there, and he
has given his first hotbar Subhanallah in this picture, this
is for me, this is very overwhelming because
this, this picture, I had this picture. He FaceTimed me then the
his last night before he passed away, he passed away. And he
FaceTimed me and he was talking to me about what I was hearing in the
masjid. It was last year Subhanallah
he FaceTimed me and he was talking to me about suburbs and patients.
And by Allah I can hear hundreds of hotspots about patients by
Allah he will not hit the same.
Because I'm hearing it from a man who knows for a fact that he has
very few hours in his life.
Oh my Nofal I told him that that night, when I came to the masjid
for the very first time you told me that I want to use excusive to
teach me everything you have learned and other but by Allah,
you are the one who has taught me a lot. And I would never ever
forget all of the lessons that you have taught me
Subhanallah the next night
something happened that Wallahi I've never seen it in my life. And
I I think none of you have witnessed something similar.
Because on the next night, he passed he passed away Allah
Muhammad Rasul Allah mean, in the morning, and in the morning was
very overwhelming as well because I found his phone facetime in me.
And I thought that, you know, it's another day he wants to talk to me
and he was his father.
And his father told me that I have some news for you. Omar has
departure from this dunya and he turned the phone towards ominous
face. And wala Hill rbwm Alma is faced with was was was filled with
a smile and joy that I've never seen something like that in my
life Subhanallah
that particular night brothers and sisters.
I flew from Dallas to New Jersey to catch his Janessa I arrived
around nine o'clock in the night. I went to the same magic ICPC and
I found about 200 to 300 youth and adults decided deciding to have an
attic care for the entire night they moved his body to the masjid
and they said we are going to stay in an attic F for the entire night
making dua for Omer, I've never seen something like that in my
life.
The next day, which is his Janaza prayer.
Obviously the Janaza was, was was was packed the same number that
you see in the slide
double of the number was outside of the machines. And then we
actually want to went to his, his his funeral. and wallah he, on the
funeral, I've seen a miracle because he started saying, you
know, I really wish that AMR can continue, you know, spreading
higher and teaching people, and he has passed away at very young age.
But then Subhanallah Wallah, he la vie him by Allah, I was bombarded,
overwhelmed with many texts from the youth and from the adults. And
those texts were about what Chef, I'm going to start praying from
today. Chef Wallahi, I will stop, and I will quit smoking just
because of our chef, I decided to make Toba, I want to return back
to Allah, because I want to when I pass away, I want people to
recognize me like this and to make dua for me like this.
And it was just, I was just looking at this and seeing the
texts, and I'm thinking about Subhanallah, maybe all of those
people that have changed their lives because of ominous
departure. Maybe if Ahmed would to even live the rest of his life
wouldn't leave as much impact as he has left on his departure.
Subhanallah wala here, la vie, my dear brothers and sisters, I was
just looking around the faces around me in his while we're
praying for armor on his grave. I was just looking at the people
with tears. And I was thinking, what was so special about armor
for people and it's collars and, and every single one coming
together and making the art for him. And I figured that will Allah
He He had something very special. One thing, Omar was no different
from anyone here in this room. But what was so special about Omar one
thing, only one difference, and that is an every single day. He
saw it as an opportunity to help others. He used to tell me I want
to have certain deeds, and those deeds, I want those these to
follow me in my grave and that is I want to benefit others I want to
be a beacon of light. I want to be a beacon of light around me. And
Allah He He has absolutely absolutely has done his part and
the signs of acceptance. I can see it when people still mentioning
his name, when people are still praying for him. I will end with
this, this this hadith when the Prophet sallallahu sallam was
sitting one time and the streets of Medina and Janessa passed by
and every single one of his Sahaba this harbor they were sitting
around him, they started to speak good and highly about this
brother. So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he said, was a
bit wiser but was a bit so they told him what was your birth
means? He said, you spoke to highly about this brother, that
Jana becomes obligatory upon him and took shahada law, Florida, he
said, You are the witnesses. You are the witnesses in behalf Allah
subhanaw taala on this earth, leaving a good impact on the
people around us leaving a burden from somebody who you know, it
might be so heavy in the scale, a few on the Day of Judgment. May
Allah subhanaw taala make us an extension of the legacy of
homonuclear Rabbil Alameen May Allah subhanaw taala grant him
gender to for those who are Crimean Judah Kamala Hi Ron was
salam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato.