Tawheed is the key

At the begininning i worked at a restaurant and the owner wanted me to work in another shop he owns were he sell videos. And what do you know about these videos and what they contain from fisq! One night a young man entered the shop with a bright face and of good character, signs of goodness and islaam was seen on him. How weird, what does he want? I was thinking to myself.

The young man shook my hand and greeted me warmly. He had a big smile that would capture the heart and remove the obstacles and break the fences that usually stop the good from reaching those whose in dire need of it. He advised me wisely and warned me against working in such a place and about the harm it brings the community and its people, and he told me that Allaah would held me accountable for this on Judgement day. When he finished he gave me a tape by Shaykh Tameem al-Adnaani about the karamaat of the mujahideen.

I used to live alone and would feel very lonely, i had enough of listening to music and watching movies so it pushed me to listen to the tape that talks about the karamaat of the mujahideen. After i finished listening to it i felt fear and regret and i realized the reality of my state, and how ive been heedless towards Allaah and i realized my shortcomings towards my Creator [Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala]. I burst out crying, i cried like a little child because of the regret. The shaykh who was among those who vowed thie life to fight for the sake of Allaah. He talked about the karamaat of the mujahideen and about their courage, those who stands on top of mountains and lift the banner of `Laa Ilaaha IllaLaah´, they have sold their life cheap for the cause of Allaah. I compared them to those who spread spread filth and fasad and live their life like animals, their only worry is to please their desires. Worse than that is that i didnt pray a single rak’ah to Allaah for 12 years that ive wasted from my life.

That night i was born again and i became a different person that have no connections to the old person. The first thing that came to my mind was quitting my job in that shop and to search for aa new job that would please Allaah ‘azza wa jall. But do i save myself and leave people in their heedless life and dalaal? So i thought about working in that shop for a year , but not like the other years. In that year i would advise all the customers about the danger of these movies and tell them about Allaahs hukm regarding these movies, by that i was hoping for Allaahs forgiveness. A few days later the month of ramadan arrived. It was the first time i felt the sweetness of this month and i read the Qur’aan.

Next to the shop i was working in, was a shop of islamic audios and when the year was over i started working in that shop, and what a difference between these two shops. We advised the owner of the video shop and he gave it up for the sake of Allaah. And i’ll mention that i saw the prophet [saws] in a dream and that increased my imaan. And i also saw a dream about Shaykh Abdullah Azzam rahimahullaah, and his death had a huge effect on me and made me cry. I had dreams about other mashayikh aswel and it all increased my imaan and made me firm.

In the end i ask Allaah to keep me and you all firm on this deen, and i ask Allaah to make what ive said a lesson for everyone. Blessed is he who learns from the mistakes of the others.”