Oct 25, '08
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia, this is the place to be for every muslims for it has the holy places and the land of our beloved Prophet (bpuh). He landed here in '83 and by the time he was here he had already lost his 8 kids out of 11 he had. This was his pure conincidence, his father had eleven kids too. I have seen people in pain on losing even a child, i have seen the condition of a mother who loses her child. But his wife i salute her for supporting her husband and her family and never lost any hopes. I dont see any regrets or grief in his eyes over this losses and pure case of true patience and believer. In 1994 he lost his 1st of the third son who was of 18years. The boy was suffering from POLIO, i guess no proper medication had caused his deaths. My excitement grew and i asked MAMU what had happened why didnt you people opted for a proper medications. He replied " My wife is not that educated and we always had problems with the relatives ( his elder brothers, their wife and people) and above all i landed up in saudi so there was no one to luk after them. My mom doesnt keep good how is she suppose to help my wife. She made sum mistake, i made sum mistake didnt guide her properly for medication to my child. I was deep into earning money that i never had time to think about my child. '
Down here he thought all his financial problems will be solved and he can have some good times in his future. But this was not the case as the time passed he ended up helping his brothers and relatives financially in their business. He bought the lands to build houses. He knew this was the type of investment where he cannot even think or dream of returns high or low, there was no returns of funds which was for sure guaranteed.
52years of working and still going strong, this person doesnt show any regret on his face , the face is always smiling ( but i guess he is same like a duck calm n quite on the surface but struggling below the surface.) he has no hard feeling for he says this was written for me and moreover this is his last year in Saudi since his elder son is in spain doing MBA and this is his final year and the son had requested his father to end his struggle by the the time he completes his studies.
This is MAMU his real name is SAYYED UMAR SAYYED AHMED. What i understand from his story is a simple lines said by author Al Qarni in his book DONT BE SAD
Do not be sad, because sadness causes you to regret the past, to have misgivings concerning the future, and to make you waste away you’re present.
Do not be sad, because it causes the heart to contract, the face to frown, the spirit to weaken, and hope to vanish
Do not be sad, because your sadness pleases your enemy, angers your friend, and makes the jealous rejoice
Do not be sad, because by being sad, you are complaining against the divine decree and showing vexation at what is written for you.
Do not be sad, because grief cannot return to you the one that is lost or is gone away. It cannot resurrect the dead; it cannot change fate, or bring any benefit whatsoever.
Do not be sad, because sadness is often from the devil and is a kind of hopelessness.
Cheers to Life
Imran Siddike