Three men lost their lives on Monday protecting their community.
Amin Abdullah, the security guard and father of 8, stood in front of the gunmen so 140 children could hide.
Mansour Kaziha, a pillar of the mosque for nearly 40 years, called 911.
Nader Awad ran toward the danger to draw the shooters away.
They were fathers, husbands, pillars of their mosque. They chose others over themselves.
Our hearts are with their families and the entire Muslim community of San Diego.
Islamophobia kills. This is not a debate. It’s reality.
🤍 Innā lillāhi wa innā ilayhi rājiʿūn
To my sister Ibtihal Abou El Saad,
I pray this message finds you somehow. I want you to remind you first and foremost of what I’m sure you probably already know and have certainly manifested:
“Whoever leaves something for Allah, Allah will give them something better than that which they left.”
Your sense of principle is rare, especially in this moment. Thank you for your moral courage, and to the many like you who perhaps aren’t as well known now. May Allah reward you with so much more, and inspire through you so many more. Ameen
I have never witnessed this sort of crowd in my entire life, May Almighty Allah accept our ibadah. Ameen.
This is a religion that started with one man
A man that was pelted with stones in Taif
A man that was fought by his own kin
A man that was forced to leave his city
A man that was insulted all because he said “worship Allah alone”
Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam ❤️
Look at us today
The same Makkah that Bilal ibn Rabah (ra) was dragged on the streets for saying Allah is One.
The same Ka’abah that Abdullah ibn Mas’ud (ra) was beaten for reciting the Qur’an publicly.
It’s the same place that Muslims today stand and call out:
“Labbayka Allahumma labbayk, labbayka la sharika laka labbayk, innal hamda wannimatah laka wal-mulk, la sharika lak.”
“Here I am, O Allah, here I am. Here I am, You have no partner, here I am. Surely, all praise, blessings, and sovereignty belong to You. You have no partner.”
It is the same Ka’abah that today the Qur’an is being recited back to back on one of the most advanced and sophisticated sound systems in the world by the likes of:
Sheikh Dr. Abdul Rahman Ibn Abdul Aziz Al-Sudais
Sheikh Dr. Maher Ibn Hamad Al-Muaiqly
Sheikh Dr. Bandar Ibn Abdul Aziz Balilah
Sheikh Yasser Al-Dosari
Alhamdulillah for the gift of ISLAM. 🙏
Oct 7th, when 36 Israeli children inc one infant were brutally murdered, is rightly commemorated. World leaders condemned it, films were made so it would never be forgotten, the Israeli flag was displayed on public buildings across the globe.
March 18th, when 130 Palestinian children were massacred in their sleep, just a mile away, hasn’t even made the front pages. It’s just another day in Gaza.