Don’t belittle the power of little

This was the Eid-ul- Fitr message from Imam Mirza Ali-Mohammed, who spoke to a huge gathering at Centre of Excellence, Macoya yesterday.

He said sometimes all it takes is a little kind deed to have a positive impact on someone’s else life, and one must not “belittle the power of little.” “Don’t belittle the power of little because sometimes we think we have to do this big huge phenomenal fantastic thing to make a change with crime, with the flooding, with helping the poor people in our community, sometimes all it takes for us to do whatever we can in the best way that we know how.” He continued, “If it is we can’t change the whole society, change the people who are around us, if we can’t infect all in society, infect just those around us. If we can’t help all the flood victims help those who you can.” While Ali-Mohammed delivered the khutba (sermon), he shared a story of a young boy who was on a beach throwing starfish back into the water, and told his listeners, “People said to the boy ‘how come you are doing that? All the starfishes will die any way.’ The boy said, ‘if I can make a difference in the life of one star fish it will make me feel happy.’” Therefore, Imam Ali-Mohammed told his listeners to do whatever they can in their communities to help curb crime, help those living in poverty and to help fulfill the needs of others.

Imam Ali-Mohammed said according to the Islamic position, “We are to do whatever we can in the best way we know how with whatever little resources we have and it is not how much you do, but if you do it with sincerity, we believe God will accept that from us.” Imam Ali-Mohammed urged Muslims to spread the message to others as they celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr and the whole month of Ramadan.

“Today is a day of Eid, it is a happy day, a day of rejoicing, a day of blessing, today is a day of praise, a day of thankfulness.

We have completed the entire month of Ramadan and we are alive, and for that be thankful to Allah. There were some people who were with us last year and are not with us today.” He continued, “Even those who did not do the Ramadan in the way that we should, for those who enjoy the nights of power for the last ten nights, and even we were deficient in what we did in the month of Ramadan, don’t lose hope, there is still reward that could come after the Ramadan and this is the time we seek the forgiveness of Allah. Islam gives hope my believing brothers and sisters.” He urged the gathering to continue doing good, and stay away from anything that is false and evil.