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“Mom, I’m fine.”

These are the last words of a six-year-old boy, Wadea, after being stabbed by an Islamophobe 26 times.

A landlord in the US was so distressed by the pro-Israel, hateful anti-Muslim news reports he unleashed his anger upon an innocent Palestinian family who lived in his house. When the mother asked him to pray for peace, he stabbed her and then stabbed and killed her six-year-old son, Wadea.

The boy's last words were, “Mom, I’m fine.”

Subhanallah.

Though our hearts weep for the love of this one pure young boy, whose life was extinguished - stabbed no less than 26 times - by one man’s vicious explosion of bitterness, let’s not forget the thousands of other innocent victims on all sides of this dark and gruesome war of propaganda in the land once called ‘Holy’.

The only solace I can gain from this is the small boy's words as he left this blood-drenched, dying world, “Mom, I’m fine.” It tells us of the reality behind life and death in the grand scheme of things:

“Surely God’s friends — no fear shall be on them, neither shall they sorrow.” (Q 10:62)

You can almost see a cloud of angels fly the soul of the boy away towards the heavenly light and through the doors of God’s mercy as he enters the eternal home of peace and happiness. This is the first stage of never-ending happiness, as he is given the glad tidings of Paradise and eternal bliss, and his book is recorded in ‘Illiyyun (the highest heaven); then his soul will rejoice and be happy, and will never feel misery again.

Wadea must have seen the ‘betweenness,’ which most of us are veiled from.

May Allah give us glad tidings of Paradise in this life for the next.

Disclaimer: All credits for this reflection go to Br. Yusuf Stevens. (May Allah be pleased with him)

🪞 Reflection:
Reflect on the response of this young boy during the end of his life and recognize the eternal that exists beyond this world that Wadea showed us.

What can we learn from this?

How can we include this powerful reminder in our lives so we can always remember what is truly important?

Share your thoughts in the comments so others can benefit from your reflections.

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