Bro you're making me smile.
bro... i meant to bring the smile.... here remove your rules from the world.
There is a mosque which i work at around 30km away - my late friend was imam there - Jamal. Man, i really miss him. He built an AIDS orphanage; also a clinic for one of the villages. The man had a heart of a lion. fearless... we used to call him South African Khan. The dude went in with medical and relief supplies when Rwanda was burning. He called me up and said, he saw allah giving him direction in a dream - "voice said to me - you are needed where people are dying, show that god is there when there is no light". 3 truck loads full.
When he came back after 3 months. He had changed. After 1 year he told me what happened. He said nothing but nothing had prepared him. But that he saw Shaitan walk amongst men. But his resolve to help got more stronger. Then when Bosnia happened, he did the same. took ambulances and trucks thru.
Alas, he had diabetes. never took care of himself. renal failure - dialysis did so much only but then he succummed to the will of god. Man, when I buried him, my friend too my heart with him.
I need to go visit his grave. Ramadhan is here. We need to prepare the mosque and also all supplies for the poor. We keep his mission alive. I used to say, noone will remember him why do this ... He said, my deeds will be counted by Allah not by men on this world. So, our circle of friends. we do his work still. We hope it remains this way when we go.
I will take you over to see his work. Spend time as we do a lot of renovation and building at the same time in various locations.
I was holding him when he was in his last days. I learnt to know the Koran then. He told me to read; I did and found when I read to him he was at peace.
But, I smile always when i go to visit him. He would never want anyone to be sad. Always would grab me from behind and wrestle me down.
Sorry bro... just writing memories and thoughts how we get profoundly impact by a handful of people. I will be sure to tellhim that more people know of him and are asking about whether the profound question - "Is it truly God's medicine".