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To start with Bismillah

بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم.

Assalamualaykum,

Above is a YouTube clip I have shared with you as part of the bundle of inspiration I would love to share with you in sha Allah. Please do check it out!

Let me begin by saying "Bismillah."

I share this story with you which my friend had narrated of her family member, hoping that it may benefit for all of us., it may refresh our Iman, allow us to follow Islam completely...

Inna lillahi a inna ilaihi' raji'oon: Truely, we are from Alla h, and to Him we shall return. The following article is a little reminder for us to reflect on, inshallah. May Allah forgive us, guide us and keep us firmly on the Straight Path, Ameen.

When I first started University, I had met another Muslim brother. We had become good friends, but this friendship was not like any other ordinary friendship, I would have done anything for him, he was like my real brother. During our last year of University, this brother of mine announced that he was engaged and that he was to be married after he graduates this year and finds himself a job. I was glad for him and so was he. He talked non stop about getting married, I was sort of getting jealous of him, because the brother had it made for him, finishing school, getting married and especially coming from a wealthy family.

On day this brother was to meet me at the coffee shop. He showed up, but astonishingly he wasn't smiling and wasn't talking about his fiancée. I asked him what was wrong, he asked if we could talk somewhere privately and we did. Finally I knew why he was upset. He had told me that he found out that he had a brain tumor which was malignant, which meant it had become cancerous. When he told me the news, his voice was quivering and tears were streaming down his cheeks. I had never seen him like this before. I tried keeping in my tears and I tried not to show that I was hurt also. I was burning up inside and things were racing through my mind. I kept thinking, how could this have happened?

A man who had everything made and had everything perfect. I kept it inside because I did not want him to see me upset. I saw this brother slowly go down. He had to drop out of school at his last year because he began to lose his memory and he started to repeat himself over again. He did not have a chance at school without his memory. This brother was intelligent, but after, he became lost. He was told that his fianceés family and her parents did not want their daughter to marry him, because he had no job and basically no future. This was hard for him, I remember he would cry to me about her and how he shared for her and how hopeless he felt.