
Help Ahmed (20) with family's medical expenses
As Salamu Alaikum, Hello to everyone. For those of you who know me well, You know that I am a strong believer in keeping personal and private matters offline. I’m also a firm believer that God will put us through only the trials that he knows we are strong enough for. But I am also a believer in the idea that as a part of the muslim umma and the human race, there is a degree of responsibility that we have toward people that are in need of help. That belief is the reason for this request. I am asking my family and friends to help someone who is in dire need. A few years back a friend of mine introduced me to a young man who we’ll call Ahmed. Ahmed had been memorizing the Quran and my friend said I should listen to him. I also learned that Ahmed converted to islam at the age of 10 when he heard the Athan while passing the masjid in his village one day. I instantly loved ahmed after our first meeting. Ahmed is soft spoken and unbelievably kind and considerate masha’Allah. To make a very long story short. Over the next few years I learned more about Ahmed and his family. He financially supports his mother who is sick with an incurable terminal illness, and his two younger brothers both have sickle cell anemia, and are constantly in and out of the hospital. Ahmed is the only one healthy enough in his family to work. Ahmed is also the only one who can drive and so he is the one who takes his family members to their doctors appointments and emergency visits. Sometimes he is in the hospital for days. He has told me he has to get multiple jobs because his employers are not so lenient with his schedule, having to abruptly take off work to be in the hospital. His insurance company dropped him and they are having a hard time getting new insurance so Ahmed is paying for visits and medication out of pocket. Ahmed is stuck. I told him that I believed if people heard his story they might be willing to help him and his family. Being the humble person he is, he told me that it was okay and that Allah would take care of them; and while I didn't and still don't disagree with him, I told him to let me do my part to help. A few months back Ahmed was working three jobs and coming to help me with my work, and then he stopped coming. I called and he told me everything that was happening. Right now Ahmed’s mother is very very sick. She's lost 60 pounds in the past few months and his little brothers are both in and out of the hospital everyday. Ahmed’s mother recently told him “she doesn't know how long she has” and he just wants to spend as much time with her as possible. I don't think Ahmed should have to go at this alone. I have faith in our community to support a young muslim brother who has been nothing but kind and pateint with the life hes been dealt. I was given permission to tell this much of his story, I hope that in some way it resonates with you, like it has with me. Ahmed is a good friend of mine and a good person. I am asking for you to help someone truly deserving of aid. I believe if Ahmed had some cushion to help with the medical expenses he would much more easily be able to take care of his rent and food. At the very least keep Ahmed and his family in your prayers insha’Allah. Thank you for your time.