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Assalamualaikum wbt,

Last weekend kami dr Sheffield ke Masjid an-Nuur, Manchester dengan sorg amir sahb yg faqeer. Alhamdulillah, it was a very good learning experinence. Everything good or bad is from Allah alone. Btw, this was the first masjid that I went in the UK. It brought back the memory.

Our jamat consists of brothers from 3 different masajids. Abu Hurairah, Ar-Rahmaan n Markazi Masjid. The brothers are better than me but I have no clue why maulana sahib chose me as an amir. Oh yeah, not to forget one sheikh from Dewsbury. I felt ashamed of being his ameer.

Nway, being an ameer is very2 demanding. The time and wealth of people under you is in your responsibility. You will be questioned about it. Alhamdulillah, eventhough ameer is weak, the makmur is very supportive. This is all from Allah Taala. With us also there's one local brother originally from Spain. MasyaAllah, i learnt a lot from him. Perhaps Allah wanted me to see that He could choose whom He likes for the effort of Deen. Deen is not craving for me. Instead, I am in need of Deen.

You dont strive to uplift the words of Allah, Allah could choose any of His creation to do this. History teaches us. Allah chose Bani Israel. But they turned away...Allah punished them. If we dont want to be like them, than we better take the path of the Sahabah who took the mission that Nabi SAW gave them:

"convey from me even it be one sentence"

They do it full-heartedly, with their own life and wealth.
When they do this, honour and glory are bestowed for them in this life and the next. The past glories are theirs. But Allah is merciful, He still give the chance to get the same glory. Look...He gave us time (even it be 1 second), He gave us wealth (even it be RM0.01).

Just use it the same way the Sahabah used to do, we'll be given the same honour and glory...InsyaAllah.