A Good Ending - Sheikh Ahsan Hanif

A Good Ending

Is that they never think that death will come to them at a time when they don't expect it. People when they travel, people when they go from one place to another, people when they go for Hajj, including those people who passed away — may Allah azza wa jal have mercy on them. Those people, none of them really believed that they would die on the Hajj.

They didn't go there expecting not to return safely to their homes. They didn't go there believing that that would be their final trip. Many of them — all of them probably — had ambitions and plans and dreams. They had families and children and jobs. They were planning and preparing for what they would do when they return from Hajj. What they would do next month and next year and in 5, 10, 15, 20 years time.

That is the nature of man. But Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala plans, and in His plans there is always the ultimate wisdom. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in the Quran:

Indeed the parable, the example of this life is like the water that descends from the sky — the rain that comes down and it mixes with the vegetation of the earth, the vegetation that me and you eat, the same vegetation that the animals eat — until that vegetation turns green and it becomes lush and it reaches its peak. And then mankind thinks that it has full control and ability over it, over the earth. And that is when Allah azza wa jal decides that His commandment will come, either by day or by night, and the time of harvest appears as if nothing remained thereof. Such are the verses and the signs of Allah that He makes clear for people who contemplate and think.

People reach the pinnacle in their lives. They have wealth, they have health, they have family, they have jobs and security. And they take it for granted. People don't think that they will die, they don't think that harm will necessarily afflict them. They see other people being harmed, but they think that it's something which they are detached from. And so they become proud and haughty. They take things for granted.

From amongst the things that they take for granted is their iman, their belief in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. From the things that they take for granted is their righteous actions that they may have performed at one time or another throughout the year. But Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala shows us in the incidents that we see on a daily basis that He is the one who decrees when a person will die, and where they will die, and in which circumstances they will die.

Allah azza wa jal says:

No person knows what they will attain tomorrow, what they will achieve tomorrow, and no person knows in which land they will die. This is from the knowledge that Allah azza wa jal has kept with Himself. And that is why the question isn't necessarily when you will die or how you will die, but rather in which state will you die.

Husnul Khatima — Dying in a State of Goodness

How will death approach you? One of the lessons that we take from what took place on Hajj is the issue of husnul khatima — dying in a state of goodness, of being close to Allah azza wa jal in an act of worship. Those people, they passed away — the vast majority of them were in a state of ihram, returning from Muzdalifah on the morning of the 10th, going towards Mina to stone the Jamrat al-Aqaba, the large pillar, fulfilling the rites of Hajj. They were in a state of worship, moving from one act of worship to another act of worship.

Those people died, and yes, it was a tragic accident, but we hope that Allah azza wa jal — it is a sign of goodness for them that they died in that state of ihram. For our Prophet told us, صلى الله عليه وسلم, concerning the muhrim, the pilgrim who dies: wash him with water and sidr. And when you shroud him, don't cover his head. For Allah azza wa jal will raise them and resurrect them on Yawm al-Qiyamah making the talbiyah. They will rise on Yawm al-Qiyamah saying:

That is inshallah a sign of goodness for them, that Allah azza wa jal decreed death to come to them whilst they were in a state of worship.

But what about me and you? This issue of dying in a state of goodness, having a good ending in this life — it was something which was foremost in the minds of the companions of the Prophet, صلى الله عليه وسلم. And it was something that the salaf, rahimahumullah, would pay a lot of attention and detail to.

Our Prophet told us, صلى الله عليه وسلم, in what is collected in the Tirmidhi on the authority of Anas ibn Malik radiallahu anhu, that he said, صلى الله عليه وسلم:

(Jami' al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 2142)

If Allah wants good for one of His servants, one of His slaves, then Allah uses him. The companions asked, "O Messenger of Allah, how does Allah use a person?" He replied, صلى الله عليه وسلم, that He grants him the ability to do a good deed before the time of death. That is the definition of husnul khatima — that you die in a state of iman, on goodness, performing a good deed, a deed of righteousness.

In the hadith of Aisha radiallahu anha, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said:

(Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith 6607)

Indeed your actions will be judged by the way that you ended them, by the final actions that you performed. Because the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم told us in another hadith, expanding upon this point — he said that perhaps a person: don't be amazed by a person's actions until you see the state upon which they die.

(Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith 6607; Sahih Muslim, Hadith 112)

Don't be amazed by the actions of people until you see the state upon which they died. For a person will perhaps commit and perform many good deeds — if he were to die upon those deeds, he would have entered into Jannah. But then towards the time of his death, he changes. He changes and he performs evil deeds. And likewise a person performs evil deeds throughout their life — were they to die upon those deeds, they would enter into the fire. But then just before their death, they turn, they change, and they enter into Paradise because they end with good deeds.

That is the nature of humankind. And that is why the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم used to say that the hearts of creation are between the two fingers of Ar-Rahman — He changes them as He pleases. And from amongst the most common du'as that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم would make was:

O the one who keeps the hearts firm, keep my heart firm upon your religion. And he was the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم.

The Fear of the Companions

The companions themselves would fear this issue — that they would die upon some type of sin or some type of mistake, and that would be the seal upon which they left this life.

Ibn Abi Mulaikah rahimahullah, one of the great scholars of the past, said that he came across 30 companions of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم. All of them feared that death would come to them whilst they were upon nifaq — whilst they would be upon hypocrisy, or some type of major sin or action that they performed. And they were the companions of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, who spent a lifetime fighting with the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, striving with him, sacrificing for him, praying and fasting and worshipping alongside him صلى الله عليه وسلم. Yet still they would fear this for themselves.

Sufyan al-Thawri rahimahullah ta'ala, the famous great scholar of Islam — he would cry and he would say that he feared that death would come to him at a time when Allah would remove iman from him. A great scholar of Islam. One of the most illustrious scholars ever to have graced this nation. Yet still he feared for himself that at the time of death, death would approach him and he wouldn't be in a state of goodness, of piety, of righteousness, of worshipping Allah.

Other scholars of Islam like Malik ibn Dinar rahimahullah ta'ala — he would spend the night in prayer, worshipping Allah, praying, reciting Quran, making du'a, crying out with the fear of Allah. And then at the end he would raise his hands and he would say: "O Allah, You know — You know in Your infinite knowledge who are the inhabitants of Paradise and who are the inhabitants of the fire. O Allah, where will Malik end up? Which one will Malik be in?" He didn't have that sense of surety. He wasn't certain, despite his knowledge, despite his piety, despite the many good deeds that he performed — he didn't think that he had a guarantee of Jannah.

The Companions Who Were Guaranteed Jannah

And this was the way of the companions رضي الله عنهم. Many of them were given a guarantee of Jannah. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم spoke their names, he mentioned them by name, and he said that they have a guarantee of Jannah.

From amongst them was Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه, the greatest of this ummah after the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم. Not just once or twice or three times — in many ahadith, Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه was guaranteed Jannah. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said that Jannah has eight gates: a gate for the people of prayer, a gate for the people of charity, a gate for the people of fasting, and so on and so forth. Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه asked and said, "O Messenger of Allah, is there anyone who on that day would be able to enter from all of the gates of Jannah?" The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم replied:

(Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith 3666; Sahih Muslim, Hadith 1027)

"Yes, there will be such people. And O Abu Bakr, I hope that you will be from amongst them." Jannah is guaranteed for him.

The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم one morning addressed his companions and said, "Who from amongst you this morning woke up in a state of fasting?" And Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه said, "I did." He said, "Who from amongst you this morning fed a poor person?" And Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه said, "I did." He said, "Who from amongst you this morning visited an ill person?" Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه said, "I did." He said, "Who from amongst you this morning went and followed a janazah, a funeral procession?" Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه said, "I did." The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم replied:

(Sahih Muslim, Hadith 1028)

These four things do not unite in a single person on a single day, except that they will enter into Jannah. Jannah is guaranteed for him.

Umar رضي الله عنه — the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "I saw in a dream that I was walking in Jannah, and I came across a great white palace. So I said to Jibril عليه السلام, 'Who does this palace belong to?' He said to me, 'It belongs to Umar رضي الله عنه.'" It is the palace of Umar, already constructed, made for him, ready in Jannah. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, narrating this incident to Umar, "O Umar, were it not that you are a man who is possessive — you are jealous of what you own — I would have entered into your palace." Umar رضي الله عنه began to cry and he said, "O Messenger of Allah, how can I possibly be jealous of you?" But he has Jannah — he has a palace in Jannah.

The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم one day asked the companions to come and give sadaqah, to give charity. So Uthman رضي الله عنه came and he gave a hundred camels. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم asked for more charity, so Uthman came and he gave another hundred. He asked for more charity, Uthman came and he gave another hundred. And every time the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم asked for charity, Uthman would come and he would give more and more and more. To the extent that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said to him:

(Jami' al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 3701)

Nothing will harm Uthman after today. Doesn't matter what he does — Jannah for him is guaranteed.

The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "I saw in a dream that I was in Jannah, and I heard footsteps behind me." So he said to Jibril عليه السلام, "Whose are those footsteps?" And he said they are the footsteps of Bilal رضي الله عنه — the Mu'adhin of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم.

The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said about those companions who participated in the Battle of Badr, that perhaps Allah azza wa jal has looked upon them and said, "Do as you please, for I have forgiven you all." Guarantees of Jannah — not just to one or two or three, but many of them were given this guarantee.

Never Taking Jannah for Granted

Yet still, the companions of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم never took it for granted. Even though it was a guarantee, they never felt safe from hypocrisy or from sin, from the traps of Shaytan. Even though the companions had these guarantees, you find that in their lives, and after the death of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, they continued to excel when it came to acts of worship. They did more, not less.

When you look at Abu Bakr and Umar and Uthman and Ali رضي الله عنهم and all of the other companions who lived after the death of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, you don't find that they thought they had done all that they needed to do — that they had done their 20-odd years of service in the lifetime of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, and that now they could retire, could take it easy, could allow the younger generation to come and take the lead instead. No. You find that they did even more — that they continued to excel, that they spent day and night worshipping Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, that they spent day and night continuing to serve the religion of Allah azza wa jal.

And this is the way that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم trained his companions. This is the way that he nurtured those companions صلى الله عليه وسلم — that they would be leaders in every way and in every right. The companions never took anything like that for granted.

Umar رضي الله عنه, despite so many years of serving the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and serving Islam, despite so many accomplishments — if you were to compare anyone else to Umar with the exception of Abu Bakr, they would pale in comparison. It is our aqeedah that after the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and Abu Bakr, Umar is the greatest of this ummah because of what he achieved and what he accomplished. Yet Umar رضي الله عنه would say: "If I knew that Allah azza wa jal only accepted one of my deeds — just one, from all of the multitude that he performed throughout his life — if Allah only accepted one, I would place all of my trust on that single deed. That would be enough for me. I would place all of my hope and trust on that single deed."

So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala tells us that even though we are a people who inshallah want good, we want to worship Allah, we strive to come closer to Allah azza wa jal, we fast in the month of Ramadan, we pray, we make Hajj, and we do all of those good deeds — only Allah azza wa jal knows what is written for us. Only Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala knows how we will end.

Anas ibn Malik رضي الله عنه would say to the people around him: "Shall I not inform you of two days and two nights, the likes of which you will never see? As for the first day, then there is the day that the angel of death will come to you from Allah. And you don't know whether the angel of death will come with glad tidings that Allah is pleased with you, or he will come with the wrath and anger of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And as for the second day, it is the day that you will stand before Allah on Yawm al-Qiyamah. And Allah will give to you your record of good deeds. And you don't know whether you will receive that record of good deeds in your right hand, or whether you will receive it in your left hand. And as for the two nights, the likes of which you will never see again — the first of those nights is that night that you first spend in the grave. Never before have you spent a night like that night. And the second night is the night, the morning after which will be the morning of Yawm al-Qiyamah, the Day of Judgment."

This is what the companions were preoccupied with. This is what they used to spend their time worrying about. And that doesn't mean that we neglect our lives, or we neglect our families, and our jobs, and all of those things. But one of the lessons of Hajj is putting things back into perspective, to understanding where our priorities are. Because even though we have plans, we have dreams, we have ambitions — only Allah azza wa jal knows how much and to which extent we will be able to fulfill them. Only Allah knows what is in store for us tomorrow.

So rather than spending all of that time and effort working on those things that we have no guarantee of, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم would tell us to take grasp of the opportunity before us. The time that Allah azza wa jal has already given to you — it is before you. You don't know whether you will have time after it. But the time that Allah has given to you now, that is within your grasp to take. How will you use that time?

The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said — and the companions would also say — that when you wake up in the morning, don't have a guarantee, don't think that you will live until the evening. And if you see the evening, don't think that you will live until the morning. Only Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala knows.

Those people who went and performed Hajj could have been any one of us, in any place at any time. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala decrees when our souls will be taken away, in which land we will pass, in which circumstance we will pass, who we will be with, our company at the time of our passing. This is all in the knowledge of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Yet we need to ensure that we do what we can, to the best of our ability, to make sure that when the ending comes, it is husnul khatima.

Sadaqah Jariyah — Continuous Charity

One of the greatest ways of ensuring a good ending — and that a person will continue to benefit from what they did in this life even after their death — is by performing sadaqah jariyah, a type of continuous charity that even after your death will continue to benefit you, inshallah, for generations to come. Not just a few years, not just a single generation, but for generations upon generations to come. And on Yawm al-Qiyamah you will see the benefit of that.

The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said in the hadith of Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه, collected in the Sahih of Ibn Hibban:

(Sahih Ibn Hibban, Hadith 3016; also in Sunan Ibn Majah, Hadith 242)

From amongst those things that a person continuously benefits from, even after their death, is knowledge that they spread. Now that doesn't mean that you necessarily have to be the sheikh on the minbar. It doesn't necessarily mean you have to be an author writing Islamic books, or that you have to give lectures or seminars. What it means is anyone who spreads beneficial knowledge in any way, shape or form. Perhaps you are the catalyst, you are the organizer, you are the one who buys and distributes, you are the one who produces — any part of that machine, any cog within that network — that is a person who has that same reward.

وَوَلَدًا صَالِحًا تَرَكَهُ — or you have righteous children that you leave behind. Those righteous children who do good deeds, you have a portion of their good deeds. And if those children have children, and they teach your grandchildren those same good deeds, they teach them the Quran, they bring them closer to Allah — you have a portion of those deeds of your grandchildren. And likewise for your great-grandchildren and every generation inshallah that is to come.

And that's why the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم told us that a person on Yawm al-Qiyamah, his stations and ranks in Jannah will be raised. So the man will say, أَنَّى لِي هَذَا — "Where did this come from? O Allah, why are you raising my station?" — because he knows that the deeds he already performed in this life, Allah already gave him the reward. He had his rank in Jannah. But now he is being raised. "Why are you raising me, O Allah?" Allah azza wa jal will reply and say: "Because of your children's istighfar for you. Because your children sought forgiveness for you, they made du'a for you, they asked Allah to shower His mercy upon you." And so because of this, your stations are being raised.

وَمُصْحَفًا وَرَّثَهُ — or that you have a Quran that you teach to people, or that you give a physical copy to someone that they benefit from. This is knowledge that is being spread. To teach someone how to recite the Quran — for every single letter that they recite, every single word that they utter, you have a portion of that reward. Or مَسْجِدًا بَنَاهُ — you construct a masjid. Or بَيْتًا لِابْنِ السَّبِيلِ بَنَاهُ — you build a house for the poor and the traveler and the needy. Or نَهْرًا أَجْرَاهُ — some well that you dig so that the people have a source of water. All of these are types of sadaqah jariyah, continuous charity.

A Community's Act of Sadaqah Jariyah

The announcement that you heard before the khutbah al-Jumu'ah — that this congregation, our community, for our brothers and sisters in Syria — we raised 880,000 pounds. 880,000 pounds. That is inshallah a tremendous sadaqah jariyah for us as a community. It is something that we should be proud of, especially in a time when we hear things about ISIS, we hear things about the way people are going off left, right and center and doing things that are not condoned by the Sharia, they are not part of our religion. Yet at the same time and with the same token, we have communities coming together, spending so much money, giving so much sadaqah — nearly a million pounds in the way of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala — for our brothers and sisters.

Those people that benefit — we don't know them. You will never know their names. You will probably never ever meet them. You won't know their stories. You don't know what will happen to them after they receive that aid. But perhaps there is a reason for our salvation. Perhaps that is why Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will expiate our sins and He will raise us in Jannah. May Allah azza wa jal grant us that reward.

Those people that we give this money to — if they go on and they do some good, their children do some good, their grandchildren do some good — it is from the mercy of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that the reward ultimately comes back to those people who facilitated that goodness. And that is why the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, when he asked the companions for some charity and they were slightly slow — one of the companions came with a handful of food, so much that he could barely contain it, just a handful but it was falling from his hands, and he came and he placed it in the lap of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم. That was the catalyst that motivated others to come and give sadaqah. So the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said to that first person: whoever establishes in Islam a good practice, then he will have the reward of it and the reward of all of those others who follow him in that practice.

That is our religion. You spread some good, you give some sadaqah jariyah, you spread some knowledge — and Allah azza wa jal gives you a share of all of that reward that is to come.

We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that He blesses us and our families and that Allah azza wa jal increases our reward and that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala alleviates the hardship and suffering of our brothers and sisters across the world and that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala grants us His reward, raises our ranks in Jannah, protects us and our families from every harm and from the traps of Shaytan. We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that He accepts our good deeds and that He gives us a good ending, and that death comes to us in a state of iman and a state of piety and righteousness. And peace be upon the Messengers and praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.

Address from Human Appeal International

Dear brothers and sisters, peace be upon you. First of all I would like to thank you all for the great donation which will reach, inshallah, those who are in need there in Syria. I am very privileged to be here in this masjid with these great people in this part of Birmingham. And I'm not only here today representing Human Appeal International, but I'm representing the beneficiaries. I'm representing those who will benefit from your donation — those who are in need of every single penny and pound, those who don't find bread to eat, not chicken and meat.

This project, which you — may Allah bless you all — donated for: to provide flour for the bread factories, for the families to make their bread. Can you imagine when you go home and your children, they don't have bread for the morning lunchbox for school? You have to go out to find bread, there's no other choice. But some of the people whom we visit and see during our visits, they don't sometimes find bread for three, four days. And this, my dear brothers and sisters, is what you are providing to those who are in need in that part of the world.

I know some brothers from time to time say to me, "Brother, look, this is now the fifth year coming for this crisis, and really, we are tired to give and give." I said, "Look, if you are tired, those who are in need there — they are not tired. And they will continue looking for our support and looking for our help, because the situation they live in there is very difficult, is horrible, is something you cannot imagine." You might see it in the news, but the reality is totally different from what we see in the news. So therefore, we want to continue our support. We want to continue our help and aid for those who are in need, until inshallah ta'ala their struggle stops, until that crisis stops.

I, from time to time when I go there to Syria and meet the refugees, the IDPs — believe me, some of them just last year, the year before, they used to give zakah. They used to give zakah to those who are in need. And those people who used to give zakah just last Ramadan, or the Ramadan before last Ramadan — they are now deserving of our zakah. Just to understand the situation of many of those families, Syrians in the refugee camps, in the IDP camps, the internally displaced people inside Syria.

So my dear brothers and sisters in Islam, we need to continue that support. We need to continue that help. Our dear Imam and Khatib mentioned a very important hadith today about those whom Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala uses to do good before they leave this dunya. And we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to make us among those people — those who are used by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to do some good deeds for their akhira. To do something beneficial, not only for those who are in need, but for themselves. Because in reality, we are building our akhira. In reality, we are planning not to buy a land and house in this world, but to buy something there — a palace like Umar ibn al-Khattab's palace and Abu Bakr al-Siddiq's, inshallah ta'ala, in Paradise.

So let us, inshallah ta'ala, continue that kind of support. And with the financial support, we need to continue our du'a, my dear brothers and sisters. This is a very important weapon in our hands — that we continue to make du'a that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala removes the difficulties which our brothers and sisters in Syria, in Palestine, and in other parts — in the Rohingya, in Arakan, and other parts of the world — face in their daily life. So your du'a is very important, just as your money is important, to support those who are in need.

And in front of all of you here, I promise you all, inshallah, that as we in Human Appeal are responsible for this money — not only in front of you, but in front of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala — that every single penny of this amount of money will reach those who are in need. And there is a team going tomorrow from the masjid, in their eyes to see the distribution, to see the reality there. And we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to use us to help those who are in need. May Allah bless you all and increase your wealth to continue doing good for those who are in need. Wassalamu alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

Presentation of the Cheque — Greenlane Masjid

Brothers and sisters, five months ago we launched a project here at Greenlane. We launched a project to raise money for the brothers and sisters in Syria. We partnered up with a charity, Human Appeal, and our initial target was 500,000 pounds — subhanAllah. So we wanted to raise 500,000 pounds for the brothers and sisters in Syria. Today, alhamdulillah, with the will of Allah, we're here to give a cheque to Human Appeal for the value of just over 880,000 pounds — subhanAllah.

First of all, I want to thank Umar, Usman, Bashir — all the brothers from Human Appeal. SubhanAllah, these guys have been amazing. They've facilitated the whole project and they've been a really, really good partner for us to work with. Secondly, the congregation and everybody — this figure here is all you guys. We've worked tirelessly around the clock to raise the funds and we've proven once again that the Muslims of Birmingham, the Muslims of the UK, are generous, subhanAllah. And may Allah accept this from every single one of you.

So without further ado, inshallah, we'll present the cheque. We are, inshallah — tomorrow there is a delegation of nine brothers from the congregation, from the task force GLM. We're going to Syria, to the Turkish border, inshallah, to see exactly how the operations are managed by Human Appeal. And inshallah we'll bring back a story so we'll show you guys, inshallah, where the money is being spent. And this is a responsibility that we've taken on and inshallah we'll see it straight through to the end.

This is a small trophy — just a small act of saying jazakallah khair to all of you, jazakum Allahu khayran. I have to say, in addition to what everyone else has said: I want you all to know that this community, this masjid, and everyone connected with this appeal that has raised nearly 900,000 pounds — it is more than any single community, Muslim or non-Muslim, has raised for the people of Syria. So I think everyone, inshallah, should be very proud, and we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to grant us ikhlas and accept all of our efforts. Jazakum Allahu khayran.

And especially a big thank you — and may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala reward them and increase them — the brothers who are running the management and operation of this mosque and also of this appeal. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala reward them.

I think this example of your masjid is a very important model that we take to all masjids around the country. Imagine, my dear brothers and sisters — how many masjids do we have in the UK? We have a big number of masjids — two and a half thousand. Imagine if all the masjids did what you did. Imagine just this one. How many people will benefit from that? How many communities, those who are in need, can benefit? We will fight the whole of poverty together, if all. So I hope, inshallah ta'ala, that other people adopt this model, and together, inshallah ta'ala, we fight poverty and support those who are in need. May Allah bless you all. Jazakum Allahu khayran. Wassalamu alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.