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Reemo
June 23, 2009 at 10:16 PM
May Allah cure him and make it easy for him and his family. Ameen.
Amatullah
June 23, 2009 at 10:38 PM
We ask Allah azza wa jal to cure him, purify him and his family and grant them patience through this trial. Ameen.
hamida
June 23, 2009 at 10:44 PM
I had my first AlMaghrib class with Shaykh Waleed,that class had my eman soaring to new heights.
May Allah cure his son and preserve their family during this difficult time. Ameen.
MentalMuslim
June 23, 2009 at 11:30 PM
May Allah cure him completely Inshallah, and may Allah strenghten the resolve of your family. Ameen.
Wafā'
June 23, 2009 at 11:44 PM
I ask Almighty Allah , Lord of the Magnificent Throne, to make him well and grant him happiness in this dunya. Ameen!
Ahmed
June 24, 2009 at 5:20 AM
…and akhira! Ameen!
yahmtz
June 24, 2009 at 12:17 AM
Where can we donate?
Houston also has good hospitals (Texas Medical Center, Anderson Cancer Center), so inshallah Yousuf can recover.
kul
June 24, 2009 at 12:19 AM
Allah put great love and mercy in our hearts for our children. Allah is the most merciful and most generous. In every situation we have to know that Allah loves our children more than us. In this moment, I pray ALLAH to give shifa to yousuf and cure him completely of the sickness. AMEN.
Douglas Kelly
June 24, 2009 at 12:49 AM
Allahumma Rabban-Naas, adhhibil-ba’s, ishfi antash-Shaafi laa shifaa’a illa shifaa’uka shifaa’an laa yughaadiru saqama.
(O Allah, Lord of mankind, remove the harm and heal him, for You are the Healer and there is no healing except Your healing, a healing which does not leave behind any disease.)
Argentyne
June 24, 2009 at 1:45 AM
I pray that Allah ta’ala cures Yusuf’s sickness and blesses him with good health, Ameen. La ilaha illa anta, subhanaka, inni kuntu minazzalimeen
Masif
June 24, 2009 at 2:00 AM
May Allah SWT grant him health and purify him from any sickness he has – Ameen
Hala
June 24, 2009 at 2:23 AM
May Allah ‘azza wa jal give shifa’ and a speedy recovery to Yusuf and grant him the best health insha’Allah. Ameen!
AbuMisbah
June 24, 2009 at 2:24 AM
I pray to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala to cure him and make it easy for him and his family. Ameen. I’ve always loved listening to Sh Waleed especially whenever he is visiting our community, i.e. the MCA bay area.
And in general always. he is one of my favorite scholars!
AbdelRahman Murphy
June 24, 2009 at 2:33 AM
Assalamu Alaykum,
Ameen to all the du’aa. But remember, it’s easy to sit and type a du’aa on a blog – I do it all the time. What would really mean a lot is to remember Yousuf in our du’aa, especially if we are able to pray qiyaam ul-layl, to add him to our du’aa.
May Allah enable us to do this, insha Allah!
nomad-one
June 24, 2009 at 4:31 AM
Yaa Rabbanaa, Grant a cure for your servant Yusuf, grant him and his family ease and cause them to all remain steadfast in your deen until they meet you in Jannah. And May Allah grant the same for all of us.
Maleeha
June 24, 2009 at 5:12 AM
Oh Allah (SWT), grant Yousef with good health and a long life. And Allah (SWT) make this trying time easy upon the Sheikh and his son and the rest of his family. Ameen. Surely no family deserves to have to go thru this.
Umm Ibraheem
June 24, 2009 at 5:40 AM
May Allah him shifa quickly. I would if possible like to contact the family. My 5 year daughter was diagnosed with leukemia last August, and we have been undergoing treatment since then.
MashaAllah, the blessings of Allah have been countless since then, and despite having chemotheraphy everyday my daughter leads a normal life attending school etc……
The first month of treatment can be difficult as it is fairly intensive but brings the child into remission and the child loses hair etc, but after that depending on the protocol, the child leads a fairly normal life for the remainder of the treatment.
We have a further 15 months of chemotheraphy left, but Alhamdulillah she is doing fantastically and I have to keep reminding myself that she is being treated for cancer.
Because leukemia is the most common childhood cancer, doctors have been able to develop a very efficient protocol for it. When we stay at the cancer ward and see all the different types of cancer the kids are diagnosed with, SubhanAllah my husband and I cannot thank Allah enough that it is leukemia, as leukemia is the most treatable childhood cancer in this day.
I would say lots and lots and lots of dua and ruqyah on the child, this is what will InshaAllah give him a quick and easy cure.
I am sure the family will be getting lots of support from medical team, but it is alot of information to immediately take in. We have found in Uk the medical team to be very supportive but even then the best type of support was to contact other parents.
I will pray for him and ask my daughter to also.
#Wasalaam
Douglas Kelly
June 25, 2009 at 7:27 PM
May Allah (subhana wat’ala) continue to heal your daughter as well. Let us all include her as well as young Yousuf in our du’as.
Umm Ibraheem
June 24, 2009 at 6:03 AM
I am really sorry to hear of your news! May Allah give him shifa.
I would really like to give you and your wife reassurance as our 5 year daughter was also diagnosed last August with leukemia. I can understand exactly what you are going through.
But I would like to reassure you that Leukemia is the most treatable childhood cancer of our times. Because so many children develop it, doctors with the mercy of Allah have develop a very efficient protocol for it.
My daughter is on a 2 year and 2 month treatment plan, she has Mashallah completed 10 months so far and has another 16 months to go. What I would like to tell you is that, despite me giving her chemotheraphy every night she MashAllah leads a perfectly normal life. She attends school full days, is reading and writing fluently, participates in all activities. Some days she gets tired and has to take it easy.
Allah has been so merciful that the side effects of the chemotheraphy are minimal. Most days I have to remind myself that she is a child being treated for cancer. This I feel is down to countless duas and ruqyah.
i am not saying its going to be an easy ride, the first month is particularly hard as it is intensive and aims to get child into remission. But after that it does get easy with the help of Allah, to the extent that now most days we forget she is on treatment.
When my husband and I are in the cancer ward with other families, we see all the different types of cancers the kids have. Not all the cancers i.e brain tumours, bone cancers etc have a good prognosis, it is then we truly thank Allah that it is leukemia.
InshaAllah you will get endless support from family, friends and the medical team, but for me the most invaluable support was being able to contact other families who had been through the same thing.
If you wish to at any time, yourself or your wife may contact me.
I will make dua for your son and also ask my daughter to.
wasalaam
Umm Ibraheem
Amad
June 24, 2009 at 4:02 PM
jazakillahkhair Sr. Umm Ibraheem. Your comment was passed on to Sh. Waleed.
Umm Maryam
June 24, 2009 at 6:38 AM
Yah Allah!! the hearer of dua,the lord of all mankind, Heal all the children,young and old.Grant us goodness in this duniya and in aakhira.Yah Allah give shifa to yousuf and to Umm Ibraheem`s daughter.Aameen to all the above dua`s.
HalfDate.com
June 24, 2009 at 7:47 AM
May Allah cure him and make it easy for his family
ayesha
June 24, 2009 at 8:51 AM
May Allah give him complete cure!!
Yusuf or Um yusuf could also read the Quran in tahajjud time…The .”Quran is a cure”…
Surah muzzamil(ayah 4-6)
“Or a little more; and recite the Qur’�n (aloud) in a slow, (pleasant tone and) style “.
” Verily, We shall send down to you a weighty Word (i.e. obligations, legal laws, etc.)”.
“Verily, the rising by night (for Tahajjud prayer) is very hard and most potent and good for governing (the soul), and most suitable for (understanding) the Word (of All�h).”
Shirtman
June 24, 2009 at 10:54 AM
May Allah cure your son quickly Shaikh and make this trial easy for you and your family…
Dawud Israel
June 24, 2009 at 11:40 AM
I will give charity for him.
The Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam, mentioned “Cure your sick with sadaqa.”
May Allah protect him and save him, Ameen.
Faiez
June 24, 2009 at 1:18 PM
May Allah make it easy on him and his family. Ameen.
Arif Hanid
June 24, 2009 at 1:26 PM
I pray that Allah (swt) gives Yousuf shifa and he becomes the joy and coolness of your eyes!
I pray also that He gives you patience and perseverance through this difficult time.
May Allah cure Umm Ibraheem`s daughter also.
The Prophet (pbuh) said “Whoever Allah wishes good for. He inflicts him with (with hardship)”
Umm Zainab
June 24, 2009 at 1:30 PM
I pray Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala grants your son complete shifa that leaves no sickness behind.
May Allah also grant you and your family beautiful patience through this difficult time…Ameen
MR
June 24, 2009 at 4:50 PM
May Allah (swt) cure him. Ameen!
Amatullah
June 25, 2009 at 1:44 AM
Shaykh Waleed wrote this on the forums:
Sister Diewo
June 28, 2009 at 4:43 PM
May Allah bring Shiffa to your son. May Allah make this test easy on your son, on you (the parents) and on your entire entire family. May Allah bring peace and tranquility to your heart and may He reward you immensely for your patience. Ameen ya Rub!
Amal Ibrahim
June 25, 2009 at 9:13 AM
الله يشفيه ويصبر والديه
Anon
June 25, 2009 at 10:01 AM
May Allah give complete Shifaa’ to Yousuf, and may Allah strengthen the family’s resolve. May Allah cure all the sick of the Muslims, Ameen.
maz
June 25, 2009 at 1:54 PM
InsyaAllah Yousouf will survive. He is still very young. The probability of surviving is a lot higher the younger the patient is. I have a friend whose 9 year old son was also diagnosed with ALL 2.5 years ago. At first we were all pessimistic about the word leukimia. But here he is, almost three years later and almost done with his chemo. Alhamdulillah, we live in a country with advance medical science that would make all all humanly ‘ikhtiar’ possible. With ikhtiar and dua from everyone here, insyaAllah he will make it.
Yasmeen
June 25, 2009 at 5:27 PM
May Allah cure him and keep him in the best state of health and may He give patience and strength to his family to bear this test — AMEEN YA RAB!
This is certainly an eye opener to all of us, May Allah protect us all and let us be thankful for everything He has blessed us with – Ameen!
UmmeAmmaarah
June 25, 2009 at 6:09 PM
Thumma Aameen for all those du’as…May Allah grant us all Shifa-e-kuli for all of our physical, social and spiritual problems.
Anisa
June 25, 2009 at 9:29 PM
asalaaamu alaakium
The part where sheikh waleed told youssuf hundreds were praying for him really made me emotional I started to tear subhanAllah. May Allah grant the sheikh sabr during this time. May Allah grant Yousuf and all the sick Muslims shifaa, ameen
Amad
June 26, 2009 at 7:02 PM
I had a lengthy conversation with the Shaykh. I thought I’d share some key points for his many well-wishers:
He is very thankful for all the dua’ and messages of support. Hopefully, he’ll have a special email account set up for people can send messages/videos directly soon. Meanwhile, please continue to use the Maghrib forums or if you are not registered, this post for the messages. If you have a video that you don’t want to have publicly displayed, you can email that to us and we’ll send it to him.
The prognosis for Yousuf is good walhamdulilah. His chemo treatment began yesterday, another stop today, and everyone is very optimistic for his recovery, a lengthy process as Sh. Waleed’s comment above indicated.
Yousuf is a brave kid (in addition to being very cute mashallah) and he is doing as well as a kid can be expected to. Of course this is all very difficult and heart-breaking, especially with someone as young as he. But in all affairs of the believers, there is mercy and forgiveness from Allah. Sh. Waleed’s spirit is as strong as ever. He asks for nothing except your prayers and good wishes. My family sent Yousuf a little video and I highly recommend that videos are the best way to give little Yousuf a little cheer. Inshallah, 10 years from now, this all will be only bad memory and those videos will continue to be a reminder of how everyone cared for him.
w/s
Hassan
June 26, 2009 at 8:46 PM
Sh Waleed never gives anything less than awsome khutbah, but in context of his child sickness, today’s khutbah was just awsome.
-edited… jazakallah khair… we’ll embed and make a post…
Farhan
June 27, 2009 at 2:22 AM
May Allah grant him recovery back to full health and shower your family with His Mercy during these trying times. Ameen.
MuslimahCA
June 27, 2009 at 4:27 PM
Our qabeelah video is in production! Yousouf and family we love you for the sake of Allah!
Anisa
June 27, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Insha’Allah we, the Knowledge of Tawheed Group at Youtube, are going to make a video for little Yousuf, we’ll post it soon.
A. Fahmy
June 28, 2009 at 1:41 PM
I make dua (from Maldives) to Allah (SWT) for a complete cure for Shaykh Waleed Basyouni’s Son Yousuf.
AnonyMouse
June 29, 2009 at 10:53 PM
أسأل الله العظيم رب العرش العظيم أن يشفيه
Ameen, thumma ameen.
May Allah keep Shaykh Waleed’s family strong and increase them in emaan, taqwa, and sabr, ameen.
Dilshad
July 6, 2009 at 12:59 PM
Very sad news to hear, I am not a muslim, but for the sake of humanity I will pray to Waheguru/Allah the one ness of God, to cure him. My email: dilshad40@hotmail.com
Amatullah
July 11, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Umm Yousuf has made a blog to update everyone on his health and status: http://ummyousuf.blogspot.com/
Ayub hassam
October 5, 2009 at 3:40 PM
Ya allah bring me back my wife and children back home ya allah i have been oppressed ya allah i beg for justice ya allah
AB
October 7, 2009 at 2:27 AM
Bismillah hir-rahman nir-rahim.
Dear Brothers / Sisters,
Please make dua for my family will be together again.
Make dua for my wife and children will come back home.
Please make dua for my wife will have strength to come home soon.
Please make dua for we will build up: sincere, patiency, be best friends, and take care of each other.
Please make dua for Allah, to have me the opportunity for either Umrah soon, or Hajj next year, inshallah.
And for keeping me have Taleem about Islam, and be Sincere.
Please make dua for that we will build up and islamic home.
Ameen.
mohammed
October 7, 2009 at 2:31 AM
May Allah cure him and reward parents for patience inshallah….Allahumma ashfi marza’ al muslimeen ..Ameen
najiba
October 7, 2009 at 8:03 PM
please please everyone pray that i get fat really quickly because i have a sickness i can die from
anorexia and have a very bad eating disorder its very urgent please make dua for me evrything i eat comes right back out thanku for ur duas im very ill
najiba
October 7, 2009 at 8:14 PM
please make dua for me that i get into the job training program and gain work experience and get paid
because i need the money and the experience please pray for me so i can work because i need to get somewhere in life and am very unhappy and need to support my mom iv gotten nowhere in life and am getting old plese plese make dua for me thanku
najiba
October 7, 2009 at 8:16 PM
please make dua that i get beautiful as noor
najiba
October 7, 2009 at 8:26 PM
please everyone pray that i become fat quickly because im anorexic. too
thin and have a bad eating disorder if i eat more than 2 bites
i will throw it all up and am very ill and it may lead to my death please make dua for me i really need ur duas thanku
AB
October 20, 2009 at 1:41 AM
Dear Brothers & Sisters
Please make dua for my family will be together again.
Make dua for my wife and children will come back home.
Please make dua for my wife will have the trust to come home.
Please make dua for that we will build up and islamic home.
Ameen
AB
October 30, 2009 at 8:07 AM
Ya Allah,
Today’s Jhumma.
Please bring my family home.
Please accept my dua.
Ameen
Anon sister
November 23, 2009 at 6:18 PM
I make dua Allah accepts the dua of all those in despair and all those being tested with sickness.you all have Allah, he is greater than any trial and so merciful. Little yusuf will be just fine inshallah, he has the umma making dua for him. Allah is the first and the last, he has the power to cure. So let us all make a dua for yusuf collectively and may Allah have mercy upon all the Muslims. Ameen
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jenan
February 27, 2010 at 5:37 AM
May Allah cure him and protect your son for you. It may look like Bad things happen to Good people, but we muslims know better. Allah tests those who are dearest to him and we must remember with every hardship there is relief and Allah does not give us a burden we can’t handle. May Allah heal him quickly as he is the healer of all sicknesses and disease. May Allah grant you patience, strengthen your iman, and reward you for your patience in this trying time. Your classes have helped more than you know and I pray that Allah continues to guide me to the right path. May Allah reward you for helping people like us learn how deal and learn to love our deen. If are in need of anything, my email is jenan99@hotmail.com.
May Allah accept all our duaa and heal your son from cancer.
Salamu aalaykum
mib
July 12, 2010 at 12:51 AM
As-Salaam Alaikum
InshaAllah make him drink Zamzam instead of water with Dua . InshaAllah Allah will cure him as Zamzam is the cure for all diseases. SubhanAllah. may Allah give yousuf a long, healthy and islamic life. Ameen. Suma-Ameen.
Yasmine Hernandez
July 19, 2010 at 4:47 AM
AMEEN AMEEN
Humera
November 4, 2010 at 9:01 AM
May Allah (SWT) grant Yousuf speedy and full recovery from this illness, Ameen. and May He grant him and his family the choicest blessings, and patience, courage and strength to handle this situation with utmost trust in Him, Ameen.
Ab
February 10, 2011 at 9:22 PM
Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu
Just to advice you, look into alternative therapies.It’s helped one of our members,Masha Allah, of our Muslim community, and Insha Allah is more safe and beneficial for us. Using natural diet is much better and healthier Insha Allah. You definitely have the knowledge of the Sunnah of the Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa Salam, including the knowledge of the Black Seed,Honey, and Zam Zam water & Insha Allah May Allah subhana hu wa ta ‘ala help you to use it to your advantage.Ameen. There’s holistic and alternative centers in Florida. May Allah subhanahu wa ta ‘ala guide us and you to cures for all of our ailments.Allahhumma Salli wa Salam wa Barak ‘ala RasullahAllah. Ameen
jasmine anas
March 14, 2011 at 1:49 AM
A-SALAAM ALAIKUM,
ALLAH will never let u down,being a convert ur advices n lessons taughtme a lot.May ALMIGHTY ALLAH SHOWER HIS BLESSINGS ON UR SON..ALLAH WILL NEVER LET U DOWN BROTHER PUT ALL UR BURDON ON ALLAH.
jasmine anas
March 14, 2011 at 1:51 AM
A-SALAAM ALAIKUM,
ALLAH will never let u down,being a convert ur advices n lessons taughtme a lot.May ALMIGHTY ALLAH SHOWER HIS BLESSINGS ON UR SON..ALLAH WILL TRUELY GRANT UR PRAYERS.
Arif
April 19, 2011 at 5:49 PM
Allah give him shiffa.Allah help him