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Abdullah and his $25,000 contest.
Abdullah is 12 years old....
Read on...1/
Abdullah is 12 years old....
Read on...1/
Ask your kids obliquely about Mr. Beast, see what they have to say.
Mr. Beast is a 22 years old YouTuber with 45.4 million subscribers, with some of his videos having 100 million views. 2/
Mr. Beast is a 22 years old YouTuber with 45.4 million subscribers, with some of his videos having 100 million views. 2/
Abdullah comes from a very religious family. In fact his parents made hijrah from US to a Muslim country to practice Islam better.
So it isn& #39;t a story about religiously indifferent parents (of Abdullah) 3/
So it isn& #39;t a story about religiously indifferent parents (of Abdullah) 3/
However internet has exposed people irrespective of geographical location. (not meaning Hijrah is inconsequential)
Apparently Abdullah& #39;s parents where naïve and not very comfortable with English, so couldn& #39;t really keep a check (perhaps) 4/
Apparently Abdullah& #39;s parents where naïve and not very comfortable with English, so couldn& #39;t really keep a check (perhaps) 4/
Now coming to the story...
Mr. Beast had a competition called "Finger on the App", which required participants to:
1. Download an app at a certain time & put their finger on the app/screen
2. The last person to put his finger off would win $25,000 5/
Mr. Beast had a competition called "Finger on the App", which required participants to:
1. Download an app at a certain time & put their finger on the app/screen
2. The last person to put his finger off would win $25,000 5/
Abdullah joined the competition and put his finger on the screen for the entire night.
7 hour + passed and Abdullah was still in the game. 6/
7 hour + passed and Abdullah was still in the game. 6/
Apparently 8 million people joined the "challenge" at the beginning of the game (as per Abdullah), after ~ 7 hours the number reduced to ~ 2K.
Abdullah was one amongst those 2K... with their fingers still on the app. 7/
Abdullah was one amongst those 2K... with their fingers still on the app. 7/
Imagine the number of hours,... what went in between them, especially what it meant for a Muslim child participating in such a competition. 8/
Eventually the time came for salaat, for Abdullah it was time for fajr.
Now Abdullah is deeply into the game, 7 hours plus...
Hours after hours, he watched as other contestants dropped out.
But now he had to make a decision ... 9/
Now Abdullah is deeply into the game, 7 hours plus...
Hours after hours, he watched as other contestants dropped out.
But now he had to make a decision ... 9/
7 hours 37 mins 8 sec Abdullah took his fingers off and walked away from the possibility of winning $25,000 and peer accolades to perform wudhu for Fajr. 10/
Abdullah& #39;s was obviously happy at what Abdullah chose. However she wanted to know how to react to her 12 years old son.
She wanted to ensure that Abdullah wouldn& #39;t feel let down at this apparent loss and wanted to comfort him
11/
She wanted to ensure that Abdullah wouldn& #39;t feel let down at this apparent loss and wanted to comfort him
11/
The advise that she was given by @SaajidLipham was primarily about two things:
1. Offering Fajr
Now this hadith isn& #39;t just someone saying something. This is for real (pause and think) & hence no loss for choosing it over $25,000 & praise.. 12/
1. Offering Fajr
Now this hadith isn& #39;t just someone saying something. This is for real (pause and think) & hence no loss for choosing it over $25,000 & praise.. 12/
2. Leaving something for the sake of Allah 13/
Now these simple teachings go back to Tauheed.
It has to be internalized
That it all is from Allaah & everything is from him - happiness, containment. wealth, blessings...
Allaah is above all. 14/14
It has to be internalized
That it all is from Allaah & everything is from him - happiness, containment. wealth, blessings...
Allaah is above all. 14/14
The above is taken from Khudbah of @SaajidLipham
The full version may be listened to here - https://youtu.be/xInUiYnHagk
May">https://youtu.be/xInUiYnHa... Allah bless brother Sajid !!!
The full version may be listened to here - https://youtu.be/xInUiYnHagk
May">https://youtu.be/xInUiYnHa... Allah bless brother Sajid !!!
