Never despair

Fajr Reminders - Mahmood Habib Masjid and Islamic Center

⚠️ AI-Generated Content: This transcription was automatically generated using AI. As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Ahamdulillah, we listened to the presentation about what is happening in Gaza and all the aid and so on that's being given to them. I want to share with you a couple of thoughts. The thought I want to share with you is that number one it is when we are faced with situations like this, when we are faced with catastrophic situations, then it is easy to despair. It is easy to fall into despair and really question yourself and say, what is the use of even giving some money whatever I can give or you know how far does it go because we just heard that it doesn't go very far and so on and so forth. So the chances of that happening, the tendency to fall into despair, this is a very natural thing and it can happen. But I want to share with you some statistical data. They did a lot of research on concentration camp victims, people who have been incarcerated into concentration camps. And the research was to see who survived and who perished. Now they found three kinds of people. They found one who seeing the conditions, seeing the tortures and so on and so forth, they felt so completely powerless and totally desperate, they just died. Because they said there is no hope. We cannot get out of this, nothing can happen, they just died. The second group of people who also perished were people who believed in within quotes miracles, that the Mahadi will come and this will happen and the sun will rise from this side and that side and Allah will change this. They also perished. The people who survived through all the trials, the tribulations and unbelievable pain and suffering and concentration camps of people who were, who did three things. The first thing is they were completely and totally realistic. They looked at it in the face and they said, this is our situation. They didn't pretend, they didn't think, oh no, no, you see it's not that bad, no, no, no. This is our situation. We are in deep... You can fill out that, you know, four letter word or six letter word, whatever you like. They didn't make excuses, we are in this situation, number one. Number two, they said, so therefore what can we do no matter how small it is? Believe me that action is a life-viewing thing. Don't say, well, you know, I just heard that a box of diapers cost 200, I cannot afford $200, so I have only $10 in my pocket, I feel ashamed, so let me take my $10 and go home. No, no. You have $10, you give $10, don't worry about 200. They did what they could do, everyone, and what they could do is not like, you know what, I'm thinking about this game, that game, what not. I think I can spare, no, no, no, no, what you can do means the absolute, you know, thing that I can do for the sake of Allah. So first thing is look at it in the face and say we are in deep trouble, we know no excuses. Number two, do whatever I can do and third one is organize a game plan going forward, which is bury your own personal hatchets, stop feeling offended with each other, forget all your internal conflicts, work together. And people who did that, believe me they succeeded. So I say to you, put a smile on your face because Alhamdulillah, two things. Number one, this Ummah of Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam has seen much worse, much worse. That's why I keep saying read history. If you read history, what is happening in Gaza, what is happening in Palestine, what's happening and so on and so forth? Yes, it is terrible, it is horrible, it is very bad, it is the worst thing we have seen, but we have seen is the key word. This Ummah has seen ten times worse, a hundred times worse and they came out of that strong. Believe me, nobody can kill us. Nobody can destroy us because Allah promised His Habib Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam that this Ummah will not be destroyed. Nobody can destroy us. So forget it, don't even think about that. Nobody can destroy us.