Ali Dawah - September 16, 2017ENGLISH LADY LEAVES MUSLIM SPEECHLESS
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Summary
In this episode I speak to my brother Harim who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer of the penis. In this episode Harim shares his story of how he has dealt with the treatment and recovery from this devastating disease and how he is fighting for his life. I am so touched by his courage and strength of character and I hope this episode brings awareness to others who are going through a similar situation.
Transcript
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Asalaamu Alaikum guys and dear friends who are tuning in, today I'm in Nottingham, I came to
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see a brother called Harim, Harim, Harim, Harim, Harim, that's it, Harim, he's just behind
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me, we just came here, we were just shooting a little video for Iman channel and we just
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propped into the little herbal store and over there we came across a lovely, lovely individual,
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a lovely lady and I'm not just saying this because she's here, because what she did and
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what she said, it really, really touched me that we're not even here to do this and I
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just said, you know what, I'm not going to miss this opportunity, I'm definitely going
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to come and do this video and meet her because it really touched me, we're going to find
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out for ourselves, Ayla, how are you doing Ayla? I'm very well thank you, how are you?
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Yeah I'm good, thank you very much, just a bit about yourself, you've lived in Nottingham
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for how long? All my life, all your life yeah? All my life I've lived in Nottingham, where
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is it that you said? San Diego, not San Diego, yeah I thought it was San Diego which I got
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confused a bit, yeah. One thing that really touched me is the fact that obviously we're
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trying to give some awareness about the Harin's condition and raise a bit of money, what made
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you, like obviously one thing that we need to point out, in today's conditions that we're
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living in, sadly there's this whole Muslim and non-Muslim thing going on with the far
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right group and the extremists etc and it's dividing us and it's putting us like we're
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different. But the action you did there really just blew my mind away because you don't know
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him and the fact that okay look we do look Muslim but that meant absolutely nothing to
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you, like it wasn't even like, do you get what I'm trying to say? Why, why, why?
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Because you need some help and that's why we're here and my belief system is that if everyone
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helps everyone just a little then we can all make a difference. It doesn't matter colour,
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creed, race, religion, that shouldn't matter at all. If you need my help I'd help you and
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I'm sure that if I was stuck here I'm sure you'd help me. Of course, 100%. Well there
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you go then. Yes and that's a message that we really need to put out there because like
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you said before, to me it doesn't matter you know you being a Muslim or non-Muslim, you're
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a human being. You know if I saw you, someone trying to harass you or whatever, I'm not going
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to be like oh she's not a Muslim. Neither the way you like, you treated us and you just say
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oh they're Muslims and that is so beautiful and it's so so hard to find in today's time.
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So I think individuals like yourself are a gem to be honest and I really really thank you
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for the way you have treated us because sadly in today's time we are looked down upon as
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you know terrorists, they don't like us, they hate us and that's not the case you know.
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It's all the thing to divide and separate, it's all out there. If we're divided and separating
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other things are going on that we don't get involved in but to me it's about and I want
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to say thank you as well for Harim and Humza to come and share their story with me and to
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trust me with that as well because you know I was only in the shop but I believe that everything
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is structured, I believe that the universe brings people together at certain times for
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And not only that, that you hope for your sympathy you know but you said that you was in connection
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Yeah, so the fact that you know not only... obviously everyone can show sympathy etc but
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you took it a step further and said you know what I know people that can help you guys
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Yeah, and what kind of help can they kind of bring?
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The thing is I have sort of appeared on there a couple of times and we talk about just things
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in general or topical matters at the moment but I think for me the thing is with Harim it's
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getting that information out there and getting that awareness.
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We've got... me and my husband have got four children and this is my husband now he's just
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So we have four children, our eldest son had cancer, thank goodness and thank everything
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Yeah, that's one thing as well guys, like the positivity was mind-blowing.
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Like even when Harim obviously when he said hopefully that's something in as Muslims we
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share inshallah means God willing you know obviously you didn't know about them but you
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was like look Harim it's going to be okay, you concentrate about this and it was just wow
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it was just the positivity, it moved me like I was just like wow it's such a profound
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way of thinking and not only that guys what is so much more amazing is the fact that
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Yeah, Sister Ayla basically as we was going to get the camera because I really wanted to
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interview this she automatically started like you know there's people at the shop,
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I've not even counted yet because the way that I looked at it was when we talked about
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£180,000 because when you put something out there that you need £180,000 that's an immense
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But you think about 180,000 people who care, most of them can give a pound, so to break
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it down and look at how that can help and when I mentioned I wanted to do a collection,
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my staff have donated their tips, we've put a couple of pounds in, my customers were here,
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I don't know how much we've got, £50, £60, £70 or something.
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It doesn't even matter how much it is, you know even if it was £10, the intention behind
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that, it's so lovely that £10 means like thousands and millions of pounds.
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And the people that are in there are now thinking about Harim and giving him their support and
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their thoughts because for me it's all about energy, so while everybody in here is sending
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Harim thoughts and good wishes, it has to have an effect, it has to and to know that he's
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not on his own and his family's not on his own and we can all do something to help,
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even if it's only a really small amount, we don't now need £180,000, we need £180,000
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Thank you, you're so positive, I wish I had that positivity in my life.
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You have, you have, it's just that you've not opened it up there.
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Anyways guys, what I want to do is for everybody that's watching at home, Muslim, non-Muslim,
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in Nottingham, if you're in Nottingham or if you're passing by, do come to Isla's coffee
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shop and check out the tea and the coffee inshallah, but also that there's going to be maybe
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We're going to have a collection here and I'm looking for people who can do something as well
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to help, to help us do collections. Anybody who's got any sort of talent, passion, whatever
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it is, you don't have to be an expert in your field, but just care about someone, then we
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can do something. What I want to do is, I'd like Harim and Umza to get me some details
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about the condition, so when people come in we can talk about it, we'll learn a little
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bit more and then we can get more people involved and help that to grow until we've
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Thank you very much, Isla. So guys, definitely come and check her out. Even if you're walking
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past, even if you've got nothing to give, I think coming and seeing Isla is going to
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change your mood a bit and also put a smile on your face. So Muslim, non-Muslim, come
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and see. Last words for maybe bigots out there who make us feel like we're different when we're
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I feel sad for those people. I feel sad for them that they don't have that love in their
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heart because when you are a person that is focused on that, something has had to happen
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to you to make you so sad. And I really feel sorry for those people. Not in an arrogant
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way, not in a, you know, not in any other way, but it's so powerful when you love, when
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you give that love and receive that love. It's like today I've been accepted in Harim's
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family and Umza and they've shared things with me and I feel honoured for that, to be able
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to help. And I just think people who can't do that for whatever their reason is inside
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and if anybody wants to talk to me, come and see me about it, come and talk to me, you
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know, and we'll see if we can open up your heart. I'm not an expert in anything.
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I live in London. I wish you was there. I would definitely want to come with my wife and see
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you. But then again, just a message for the people out there. Like I said, this behaviour
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doesn't just come from non-Muslims. You get this from Muslim individuals as well that
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try and make it seem like non-Muslims are different. No, we're not different, you know. If we work
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as a community, we can achieve a lot of things. And we should keep that in mind. Aida, thank
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you very much. May God bless you. And I genuinely admire your positivity and your attitude. I
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really, really thank you. So guys, do come and check out Isla's Tea and get a bit of
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So guys, hope you enjoyed the video. Besides enjoying the video, obviously, we want to take
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a action. And that is obviously, as you guys know, we are trying to raise money for Harim's
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condition. Donate as much as you can. Even if you can't donate, share it. And also brothers
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and sisters, specifically sisters, if you're living in the Nottingham area or you're visiting
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there or in the surrounding area, please go and visit Sister Isla at her tea shop. It's
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an amazing place, a little place. Go and see her, show us some love, you know. Thank her
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for her support and the things that she's been doing for us. She didn't even know us, like
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I said before. Go and see her. And also that is the main centre where people can go and
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donate and also have a bit of maybe a tea or cupcake, whatever it may be. So guys, please
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donate to the link below. I'm going to put the address off the tea shop. Do go visit her.
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You know, maybe buy her some flowers, whatever it may be. Thank you for watching. May Allah
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bless you guys. And also I want to thank our sponsors, Halal Sweet Company. Do check them
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