People in Islam: Sheikh Mustapha al-Majzoub Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi rajioon. To God is whom we b

People in Islam: Sheikh Mustapha al-Majzoub

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi rajioon. To God is whom we belong, and to Him is our return.

In our present day and age, completely selfless heroes are seen as tales told in times well past. Whether it’s the stories of Ali ibn Abi Talib fighting courageously on the battlefields to defend an infant Islam, Husayn defending his family against advancing soldiers, or Salah ad-Din, who sought to free Muslim lands from encroaching European forces.

Islamic history has seen many martyrs, those who died defending those who could not defend themselves. On August 19th, 2012, Sydney sheikh Mustapha al-Majzoub, who had gone to Syria to help those in need, was killed in a rocket attack by government forces. May Allah grant him Jannah for his selfless actions, leaving a comfortable home and community to participate in helping his nation.

As sheikh of Sydney’s Lakemba mosque, he led the Sydney community in standing up for the lives of the oppressed, speaking to the Ummah in family relations and how to always be mindful of Allah (swt). He also has many Quranic recitations on Youtube, beautiful recitations like Surah An-NasandSurah Al-Ikhlas.

As a man of faith, of this deen, he knew not all things were permanent, and left a touching letter to his wife before he departed for Syria which reads:

“Wallahi, if there is anyone I’d like to describe as a warrior and a hero, it’ll be my wife Rawya (Umm Amaar) she made the great sacrifice of sending her husband across the oceans and the lands, she gave up her comfort of being close to her husband for the sake of benefiting people she never met, she carried the risk of never seeing her husband again in this world, she carried the heavy load of looking after our 3 children alone and never complained. Wallahi when she found out I’m travelling far away she didn’t complain once, rather she only said "I hope to be with you in Jannah if we don’t meet again in this world” and she said to me not to worry about my children and that she’ll never marry anyone again if I was to be martyred. I thank her for everything and I thank Allah from the bottom of my heart for blessing me with her and I ask Allah to reward her immensely for being the best friend I could ever have.

Wallahi I would never think of having any other wife second to her because “She’s all I can ask for”.

For all of Sheikh Mustapha’s sacrifices in this dunya, may he be rewarded fully in Jannah, and by Allah’s will may Sheikh Mustapha meet his wife there.