Why We Left the West: The Hijrah Conversation

Asalam alaikum. Hello everyone and welcome to the Baraka Blueprint podcast. The podcast where we discuss the optimal balance between faith and focus to achieve truly lasting success. I'm your host Ibrahim Sharif and this podcast is available on Apple podcast, Spotify, Overcast, many other podcasting platforms. I believe even Google podcast if I'm not wrong. You can find uh it on YouTube as well. If you're listening or watching this on YouTube then props to you. Uh you can find the highlights of this podcast over at uh Instagram, Tik Tok and other short form platforms inshallah. Uh today's episode is the very first collaborative episode in Baraka Blueprints history. So props to us and inshallah the first of many more to come. This collaboration was done together with our brother Darren aka American in Dubai. I'll leave the links to his channels and his socials below if you want to check him out. and I highly recommend you do. His podcast American in Dubai, especially the season for Hijra, had some very interesting guests. So, I really recommend checking his uh content for some very very interesting collaborations. But without any further ado, uh I will go on to the main show in Balaka style. Welcome back to the YouTube channel for the 20th episode of season 2 American in Dubai podcast series. You guys are going to hear this on Spotify, Apple, YouTube. You're going to see it on Tik Tok. You're going to see it on Instagram. What's that other stuff? Facebook and YouTube shorts. All this stuff. You're going to see it everywhere. This is the final episode of the HRA series. The whole move to Dubai. Habibi come to Dubai. You know, this is it. Wrapping it up. I'm so honored today to be with my brother Ibrahim. Check out this name on online, Hidra Hacks. So, you guys think that I was just going to end the season and I'm not going to bring someone to pass this torch to so we can keep this thing going. Of course. Boom. Did you hear that? It sound like it was thundering and the headphones. Actually, the room was shaking. The room was shaking. Literally, you hear that? Passing the thing over. But now, I want to go ahead and give my brother Ibrahim the opportunity. This is your camera. Go ahead, introduce yourself. Tell the people who you are, what you got going on, and how long you've been in Dubai. Let's go. Mr. Darrenum. And to the people at home or on the road, wherever you may be, my name is Ibraim Sharif. I am a soon-to-be 29year-old Iraqi Arab dude, born and raised in Sweden. And throughout my entire life, I haven't lived anywhere else but Sweden. Actually, even the same town, uh, Goththingberg or Yutaborei in Swedish. Uh, the second city, uh, a major city. It is a major city. Yes. Uh, according to the geography books, it's the second after the capital, but according to the real people, it is the real capital, but they won't tell you that in history. Yeah. um until January 2024. I've lived my entire life in Sweden until I moved to Dubai. Okay. So January 2024. Yes sir. That's when you came here. Yes sir. So you've been here for about a year almost a year and 3 months now. That is correct. So what what's like at first we want to know we want to know about Sweden because bro to be honest there's so many people out there who always say bro I would rather be Sweden. I want to be UK. I want to be USA. They see us as backwards. They see us as we're wearing our pants the opposite direction. So tell us a little bit about Sweden from a fair perspective. Did you enjoy it? How was your childhood and things like that? The grass is always greener on the other side. So Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Did you just say the grass is always greener on the other side? Always. That is a very very controversial statement. They always say it the opposite way. So tell me why it seems greener. uh when a person tells you I wish I was in X country or Y country or I actually want to go there what they are saying is the grass is always greener yes the reality is the grass is never greener on the other side it's going to be the same shade but it will appear differently so as a person who lived in Sweden his entire life as a person who has some very strong opinions about Sweden and especially the developments that have happened I mean the past couple of years and most people know what has happened and those who don't I'm happy that they don't. Uh I will have to touch on the honest side like you mentioned. Yeah. So I'll keep it honest. There are memories that I have witnessed that I've been a part of or that I've created that I will never be able to replicate. So what are those? the ones that come to your head. First ones uh with friends, with family, um Swedish summer, nothing and I and trust me when I say this, nothing replaces Swedish summer. Swedish summer is the most magical fairy tale experience that you can have, the forests, the lakes, uh everything. M so definitely that cannot be replaced and uh from an emotional point of view it will always have a special place in my heart. Um the developments that have happened recently though in terms of life there as a Muslim life there as an immigrant life there as a a career uh developing individual an aspiring entrepreneur business owner. I would not say that Sweden is the optimal place though. Okay. So I think the question has nuances and it depends on which shade you are approaching. Yeah. Okay. That's so interesting. So when when I think of Sweden, I think of IKEA, I think of and I'm going to say it straight. People say it's some the most beautiful people in the in the out of like all the ethnicities. And I also think about it it's the school system is really good there, right? or something like that. That's what I think of. Is this all true? Partially. Okay. And uh I definitely understand why the image appears as such. Uh number one, and I was I was going to react to the to the second point because beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Yeah. And that statement is not only true to people to concepts as well. Okay. So from a certain background or from a certain experience that a person may have had even if the person even if we are to to compare person A and person B and they are both from the same neighborhood even not only from the same country or from the same continent from even from the same neighborhood they will experience a certain concept or a certain idea very very differently. Why? because their experiences could be their upbringing, could be other factors, it can make or break their enjoyment or their experience in Sweden. Uh generally speaking, but taking that to Sweden, the schooling system, I will tell you from a certain aspect, it is absolutely not uh good. No, no, no. I would not just the best, it's not good. I mean, if we're talking from a secondary school grading level, uh the average grade that the secondary school student gets, okay, uh it's been falling uh through the past years. Uh if we're talking about the quality of education, the presence of qualified professionals in the industry, uh it's also at a decline. However, if we're talking about higher education, I have nothing bad to say. Yeah. Uh Sweden is definitely playing a good game. Uh beside the fact that if you are a registered resident, let alone a citizen, you are of course studying free of charge. Yeah, that's what that thing I was talking about. That was free of charge, isn't it? But nothing is really free. Oo, tell us why. Because everything comes at a cost if you think about it. But what's the cost with the education system being free in Sweden and that it's really not free because they want to go there so bad physically and from a tangible point of view. high taxes. Yeah. But uh the real cost is your future and your legacy because and I'm speaking purely as a Muslim. Alhamdulillah. We all we must that's what we must do. Of course, as a Muslim, as a practicing Muslim, I am not comfortable in any way, shape or form that my future children, if Allah subhana wa ta'ala grants me any that they grow up in such an environment. Yes, I definitely do think that as individuals but as Muslims first, we ought to understand the concept of value and extracting value and using value and to leave a net positive impact on society. So for example, I believe that the best move that I could do is I uh take uh certain advantages or um use uh things to my advantage such as the education that is being given to me even if it wasn't to be in the best quality. Sure. I make do with what I have. I make do with the tools and based on that I try to build my boat and see where the boat takes me. Yeah. Wow, that's that's that's amazing. Now, the boat I don't think you took a boat here to get to the UAE. I don't think you took a boat to get here, but um wait for the surprise. No, I'm joking. Are are you here? Are you here alone or are you here with like family or because we you spoke about like a little bit of family back uh in Sweden? Are you here alone or did is your family still there in Sweden? My wife is with me. Uh, and my family as in my immediate biological family and my closest friends are in Sweden. Okay. Interesting. Okay. So, um, like uh how how does the family like it? Was it was it a easy move when you because your intention to move here to the UAE was for Hijra, I'm sure. Like what? The family they like it. They were in agreement. They support and everything like that. Ultimately yes. Yeah. But even a simple relocation of uh a friend or a family member, it will come with questions. It will come with friction. Yeah. But that friction is purely out of love. Yeah. Of course. It's not spikes. It's basically the other side of the heart. Yeah. So, of course, I had questions. There were many question marks. And uh none nonetheless from my parents which I completely understand because their firstborn son is who who's who who who have who has lived in Sweden his entire life suddenly decides to go to the Gulf, right? But not alone with the wife, of course. Yeah. Er, but you do have to remember that no matter the age or the state of the kids, he still remains a kid in his parents eyes. Yes. Yes, bro. 100%. My mom calls me, "You're still my baby." And I'm like almost 35 next month and I'm still her baby. She sees me as her baby. Nothing else. So, I 100% understand. Bless her. No, of course. Amen. Amen. Uh, Subhan Allah. And the thing is the friction wasn't really from the questions or the question marks that I saw around me because of course pe a person who doesn't or hasn't experienced a certain side or a certain concept or a certain idea or a certain part of the adventure. Uh just like in a game the map is going to be grayed out. Yeah. Just like when you're exploring Los Santos. Yi it's uh GTA. Of course. Yeah. Yeah. It's going to be some some parts are going to be gray, unknown until you actually go and explore and then you know if okay there are monsters there I need to avoid them or there are there are certain advantages I can use etc. Yeah. Uh and who knows Ibrahim Sharif who's speaking to you right now who has a fantastic experience in the Emirates and can only see the glitters. Maybe in a year or two or three or five I'll have a different outlook. Maybe much much better. may be much much worse and everything depends on the decree that Allah subhana wa ta'ala puts in our path. Yes. And we're happy with it either way. So that that's part of the reason why I asked the question. It's like uh this journey that we both embarked on is something which is not easy. And I always want to uh bring it the the truth and the and to shed light on it because the number one question people ask out there when they do these consultations or they uh inquire and things like that about the the move and hijra and things like that and I want you to speak about it is provisions. And I always say if anyone watches the previous 19 episodes, I always say that you will receive your risk from no matter where you are in the dunya. If you are in Sweden, you're in USA, you're in UK, Allah subhana wa ta'ala will still provide for you. So don't don't necessarily be uh don't have co don't have fear of that. But obviously take the means what you have to do and and be confident and have to walk and then kalas everything should be fine. Now, what what would you have to say from uh you know from a Islamic perspective and from uh a one-year experience perspective of like getting your feet on the ground in the UAE and and proceeding going forward? How would you like to share about that with the people in with the people in general? Not even people in Sweden, but just in general to them from your perspective. It's real. I know it's real. We have to do it. Is it deep? tell you about my first day in the UAE. Yes. Tell me. Let's go for it. Yeah. Uh I was super sad. Really? Uh at work. I remember I was only there for a few hours, maybe three. I have um I I I don't have a a requirement of always being on site. So sometimes I work from home, sometimes I work on the road, and sometimes I work on site. um and everything in between. Yeah. So there wasn't really any pressure the first week to always be in the office even though that is my preference. Uh so the first day I had slept two hours something I hadn't bought a mattress in the apartment yet. I know about that. Yeah. I know how the year before moving to Dubai, I've been dreaming about the day I will get the salary letter. 6 months before when I got the salary letter, I was counting down the days until I was moving. The month before I was even more excited. The week before someone hit the switch. It's static. And I started to reminisce everything around me. I said I will not see my parents as often. So reality struck. Exactly. I got a reality check. Yes. Like Ibrahim, it's not a dance on roses. There are going to be a certain uh path that will be frictionless and a certain path that will have a lot of friction. And for that you need to have the right pair of boots. Yeah. Because you don't want to pierce your feet at the end of the day. Yeah. So let me what what what kind of friction did you face and what did you do to overcome that friction because brother alhamdulillah you're sitting here with me right now and alhamdulillah you've done amazing you've done amazing to get to here and also I've looked at your page and you're and you're continuing on with a beautiful message. So just tell us that friction what you faced and what you did to overcome it please. Absolutely. So the friction is both uh tangible and metaphysical as in some physical parts like bureaucracies, processes and everything and there are certain parts that are emotional. The emotional parts are of course the more the heavier ones. Yeah, I know. So first day I came sleepless. uh the plane to uh to to Dubai. I was just super sad thinking I I moved in here uh some months before my wife. Uh and even though I was going to see my wife soon at the time, inshallah, I I started thinking about my friends, my childhood friends, my family, my my my sisters, my brother, every everyone. M uh I at work I was there for a couple of hours and I couldn't take it because I knew I was going to I was going to ball out cuz someone is chopping onions. Let's say someone is chopping onions. Mhm. So I remember I had to go to the bank that day. I did two things that I thank God every single day since January 2024 that I have done them. The first thing I did was that I contacted a Swedish uh brother that has that has moved there before me. Mhm. That I've known from before and asked him for some advice. And the second thing was randomly in the mall, I went to the prayer room and I spoke to the registered imam of that prayer room and I just opened up to him. I said, "I came from Sweden. I've lived there my entire life. I just opened up to a stranger." Yeah. He looks at me and he says, "How is your relationship with Quran and how is your relationship with prayers?" That's the first thing he did. So I said okay I mean alhamdulillah I mean I have memorized Quran I have I recite as much as I possibly can so I have my daily part that I read and for to keep the Quran in memory and salah of course I don't miss my prayers he said okay then there are two things I'm going to tell you stick to Quran every day and stick to the mosque God will take care of you you don't have to worry now of course I believe that I believe all of that in the core but there's There's a difference between oh my god connecting that to your faith and then thinking yeah but I'm still uh I'm still a depressed sad anxious dude you know so the the connection is going to be difficult but the next day the Friday the craziest thing happens subhan Allah the people that I am in touch with today that I'm spending a lot of my time with are people that only surround themselves with Quran alhamdulillah h people like me that are that I've memorized Quran people that have made my stay here absolutely unforgettable and the most amazing thing that has happened in my life and it reminded me subhan Allah that Allah subhana wa ta'ala promised risk sustenance tying back to your question about risk to the person who sticks to the Quran and to the person who sticks to salah why he says Allahha Al orders us to stick to our prayers. No. And to help those around us from our family to stick to their prayers and to hold fast to the prayers. Immediately after in the same verse, he says, "We won't ask you for sustenance. We will give you sustenance." Subhan Allah. Connected to the salah is sustenance. Secondly, Allah subhana t says in the Quran, "Verily, we are the ones who sent out the scripture and verily we are the ones who will preserve it." If the Quran is preserved, the person who connects themselves with Quran is preserved. That's it. Anything anything that is connected to the Quran is preserved. The tongue that is connected to the Quran will be the most purified tongue. The eyes that recite the Quran will be the purest eyes. Of course, the person who is connected with Quran the best is going to be preserved the best. So the only thing I can tell to anyone listening to this, God has given you a blueprint. Stick to that blueprint. Mashallah. Mashallah. Bro, literally tear just come down. Look, bro, that listen. Wow, guys. Subhan Allah. I'm actually that's beautiful, you know. Um, no one has never given that advice on the HRA series so far about like with like that. But that's the Hra hacks behind it. The HRA hacks. That's the true HRA hacks, guys. Um, so wow. Mashallah, that's amazing, bro. So you know now that you've uh taken on that path where where can other people who want to do the same like what which which masids and like where where can they go to and things like that from your from your side like from you because I've already mentioned some before but which ones do you go to? I kind of have a hint. I think I have an idea but I don't want to say I want you to say it. The best masid is always going to be your local masid. Yeah. 100 police. Uh that is the one you build the closest relationship with because it should be it should be the one you visit every single day. No questions asked. Mhm. Unless you are not in that location. That's the only excuse you have. Mhm. Now this is coming from a person that is faulty. This is coming from a broken vase. Yeah. So this is a piece of advice that I am giving to myself three times before I give to someone in front of me because just like I am pointing to you, there are three that point to myself first. Yeah, that's deep. That's deep. So beside that there is a masid in MBR district called Masid Jud led by two amazing reciters. What's their names? Uh, the first one is none other than Fatik himself. Very famous Quran. This is exactly what I wanted you to say. I think I seen it on your page, but I I saw it coming. Yeah. You know, funny enough, I would like Steph Curry's three-pointer. Have you? Yeah. I I look, it's I'm glad you caught it and you and you and you splashed it. Look, I've actually funny enough, I want to throw this out there. You know, I've actually met the brother. Um, I was in Yeah. Masha. Fantastic guys. Fantastic brother. Very humble. very good brother. Um, I met him one day. I was in the mall and I had to do a I was doing a transfer uh like a like a um a transfer to one of my business owners in the UK and the brother he's there and mash check this. Look at the the the farad the benefit in it. He's there on the phone teaching. He was teaching his students and doing this and and and then and entertaining me. So he's teaching boom listening to the the student doing the transfer and talking to me then that's what I'm saying when you say like that Quran like uh attaching yourself to the Quran you'll be blessed and that was my what I took away from him obviously I told him come to my podcast D and he was like you know he's he had his a little bit busy and things like that and maybe sometime in the future inshallah but yeah man that's that's my one memory that I had with him and his masid is yeah like you said in MBR amazing masid very aesthetic Actually when I brought my wife there I told her this is the and I made up the term this is the Scandinavian masid of the because of the squareish shape and the no but it's super beautiful subhah and the other vice imal if you listen to that voice subhah it's like the the it's like the two top performers have been given one location and you have the luxury to listen to the best speech in history from amazing voices. It's it's truly a blessing from God. Yeah. Yeah. Definitely. Definitely. That's amazing. That's that's what that's what I was trying to get out from that. Now, now I want to shift it a little bit to um like how is work life here? like would you say now after one year is it is it good or what's a little bit different from in a respectful way a little bit different from the Sweden and and working in um the UAE like some different things that people may want to know prior to coming because they they have like a certain idea which is not right. The European work life balance is I would say a bit more balanced compared to other regions and even among the Europeans the most balanced one that I have heard of because mind you my only experience so far has been substantially in Sweden and now partially in the UAE. So I can't speak about uh the work life balance in other European countries or other countries at all but from what I have heard and from what I have asked from friends of mine the Scandinavian work life balance is the winning one I would say compared to other markets that is more relaxed or I wouldn't say relaxed I would say the better term is understandable uh your surroundings are going to understand a certain balance or approach from your side a bit more yeah While in other countries or in other regions or even in other markets, you would find a different focus. A focus where X has to be done no matter the time of the day. And even though your official work hours have concluded for the day or vanished. Exactly. You will still be given a hard time for it. The thing is it also depends on the angle of the question right so are we if we are talking about a salaried employee let's say in marketing or tech uh it will of course be different from a salaried employee in another industry 100 to a to to an entrepreneur in a certain industry so I mean it's it's it's different from one uh deck of cards to the other yeah yeah But there is one thing that as a Muslim cannot be replaced at all and it is the fact that I schedule my time around salah. Yeah. 100%. This is this is irreplaceable. Yeah. No matter where you are in the world, if this is your work schedule that you base everything around salahib, you're in luck. Yeah. So for me, this is my work, this is my work life balance. Yeah. Yeah. Definitely 100%. And that's a very good advice that people and even if you can try it because there's some hubs in the west of course which you know they could potentially explore this is to make your work life scheduled around your salah you know and and especially in the west sometimes you catch it where the dora and um mreb they come back to back to back within three hours three and a half hours they all three come you So if that's the case then definitely you know uh may Allah subhana wa ta'ala make it easy for them. Now the other thing is I was going to say is that uh do you see there's a lot of opportunities for people here to because look people want to make the hijra of course now when they want to make this hijra is there is there opportunities for them and and and like say for example some people they do uh a job they they have a job and they're an employee but they have all the skills to run their own company. Would you advise them to take the leap of starting their own company here, learning rather than coming in as an employee for two years and then they could actually start their own business and then employ people and learn to bump their head a little bit for the first two years. They have their own visa. They don't have to worry about getting fired or this or that or whatever, whatever, whatever. But then at least in their first two years, they're setting themselves up for a long-term stay because ultimately the goal with being here is to stay longterm. Correct. Right. Not very correct. Just be here and then if your job goes or you run into a little bit of fitna or something then kalash you're back to your home country. Yeah, of course. Uh and I couldn't agree more. The goal is for me at least subjectively and I believe as you mentioned there if I'm on the correct understanding we are on a parallel understanding. Yes. So yes my goal definitely is to stay longterm and um I am hopeful and inshallah I have the next year and the year after and the year after inshallah I will be a different version of myself. a version of myself that maybe does a bit more than he's doing today. So with that being said, hijra like salah like reciting Quran like fasting the previous month of Ramadan. Yes. Like any act of worship is an act of worship. Why? Even in the hadith collections, usually in the books of hadith, you have a hadith book or a particular narration, a particular hadith which is the introduction is the pilots. Yes, some have even called it the fat of hadith and it is namely the hadith about intention. It is also the hadith about hijra. Both things are said in the same hadith. Yeah, the compar they're both there. Exactly. 100% they're both there. So what we are taught is that hijra is you you don't need to have I hope I say this right. You don't need to have a visa to relocate your heart. So what I'm trying to say with this is the change starts within. That was bro. Sorry. Do you know what you just said? Do you know what you just said? I felt what I said. Look, you know, alhamdulillah, you know, for the last 20 episodes, I have mentioned that every single, but I didn't word it like that. You don't need a visa to change your heart. Of course you don't. Because I always say, if anyone could I won't even say it. Put it in the comments. What I always say, the most important thing is Nia. To me, it's the most important thing for this journey. If if it's not straight. Oh, no. Not kita mom. Kalas kalass. Finish. Well, go ahead, bro. Go ahead. It's fine. And of course, the heart connects to what the heart feels. I mean, it's it's very obvious. Yeah. But what I meant with that and just like your heart felt it and my heart felt it as well. Erh the change starts within. Before salah and before your salah is effective starts with the true before the fast is accepted. It starts with the nia. True. Some of the people that will face that will face punishment will face punishment because of seen understood acts of worship. Acts of worship that aren't acts of worship at the end of the day because the nia wasn't pure. M this applies to the person who's half of the Quran it applies to a person who is charitable it applies to every single domain in if it is not purely for the sake of Allah subhana wa ta'ala it will go to waste and just like the says Allahh puts an emphasis here when he says whoever relocates for the sake of God and his messenger has re relocated for the sake of God and his messenger. The emphasis of of saying the same thing twice indicates the value of the action and the the output that the person has provided. The second part of that particular part of the hadith says women and the translation is and whoever relocates for materialistic gain or for the sake of marriage. Yeah. He has re relocated for whatever he has relocated for. Yeah. the whatever parts metaphorically speaking indicates the lack of value. So answering your question, uh you're asking a person who's trying to figure it out. Huh. Uh the question that you posed regarding what do we think about an individual who let's say they have the skills to build the whole company. Those people those people. Yeah. Exactly. And uh they they have a plan of coming here for a certain part. I'll be very honest from the face value of it. I think it's fantastic. I think it's a great idea because No, no. I suggested that for them. They don't think like that. I'm I hope they No, no, no. I'm not I'm not saying it because like But majority of the people I'm speaking to, they don't think like that. They want a job. They don't think like that. Huh? No. I want them to think that they should come and start a company and just y'all but they're thinking, "Oh, can I find job here?" there. And I'm like, "Calas, bro, you don't get it. You're in competition with job with you know who." And I'm saying you should come build the company. Your own company. My company is coming from the England and the Sweden and the America and all those people who you're in competition will come and do your job better than you 10 times. You pay them, boom, you make your money. Da da da da da. That's what I'm saying. But they don't think like that. You know what? Uh, in that case, I hope more people I hope more people think like that. I hope they catch this last episode. Definitely. Yeah, of course they should. They have no choice, man. What are you saying? They I don't think they realize I'm Darren, are we going to give them a choice? I'm being serious. So, but you know, look, back to this intention, bro. You know, was this the only location you thought about making hijra to uh the UAE or did you think about other places? Look, I'll be honest with you. Back in 2019, 2020, I used to be in a group for this like 10 year to go Morocco. But for me, I didn't go to Morocco because the Nia was I was not clear. Deep deep down inside, I had different Nia, bro. I'm telling you, it was not clear. Like I I'm telling you when I tell you it's not clear. So for me, for me, I never I never like pulled the trigger to do it. And like there was other things. I was like, how in the world would I learn Darjat and you know, and like French? I was like, "No, I just I don't is it was not my heart was not there." And then um Egypt was one option that I thought about. And then there was one brother, right? And he he's like an American brother and he was in Egypt, right? And I look I looked up to this. I was like, "Yo, mashallah, this brother's been living in the Muslim lands for so long." And he left Egypt. He left Egypt and he came to the UAE, I believe, like Shar or something. So, I'm thinking like in my head because you have to realize like being a revert from the west, you have like certain like mindsets and certain perspectives that you can only perceive and understand when you're there. When you leave out those those perspectives and those quote unquote like let me not say false narratives, but like the drama that you may face in the west, it's only there. So, I'm thinking about this drama and I'm seeing like wait, this person is like this. Why did he go to the UAE? I thought the UAE is like d like so not like a place to make hijra. This is what I'm thinking and then I spoke to him and he was like uh I had seen him like I still remember now and like his family were like bowling or something on Eid and like they were having a good time and I was like wait this guy he's bowling he's having fun in the UAE on Eid and stuff like what like what is this? So like it kind of sparked an interest and then um I came across some people online who are who had already done it very early. This was like the beginning of like 2021. It took me a long time to actually like the whole year of 2021 like I was thinking of it like through like the whole co and I was like thinking about it bro like yeah yeah yeah I'm definitely going to like I think I'm going to do it and like I used to get quotations for like almost 50,000 durham and I was like yeah I'll pay for 50,000 to do it because the the intention was so strong. So I was like 50,000 durham I would pay it to go to make hedro with my wife and my kids and then like uh like the price went down and it was like yo you can get in the country this way for like this price and I was like oh really so like it it started to like build and then like one day alhamdulillah everyone knows in like 2021 I came out did what I had to do and all that but that's where it starts. So that's why I said that NIA bro is very important for me. I could not go Morocco and Egypt. He told the brother gave me some advice about Egypt and all that. Then I had to think like what is my long-term what do I want to do and and then yeah I chose here. Alhamdulillah because the I didn't have no distracting nia or I didn't have anything else to like uh distract or anything like that. Alhamdulillah very important. Well, like for me, I haven't seriously thought about other uh countries from the standpoint of doing the deeper research, but I have definitely had interests. Yeah. Top five hot take hot top five countries. Make your two bism in no specific order. In no specific order, just hit them in no specific order. Okay. Uh, of course, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Saudi number one. Yeah. Green flag. Kalas. We'll we'll we'll we'll we'll give it that order. No problem. Although actually though for me it's tough between KSA and the UAE. Yeah. Very very tough. Can one two? Yeah. Any Yeah. Yeah. Which which is the one and which is the two? We don't know. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No, no, no. I'm joking. Yeah. Um, but definitely those two, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is something that reaches everybody's minds and then either they will fully like it or they will fully dislike it. And just like in any other country, many people in my surroundings, friends and some family even have spoken about Malaysia. We have friends and friends of family that relocated to Malaysia and they absolutely loved it and I've only heard good things. Alhamdulillah. Some have thought sometimes like I've I don't know why for some reason Turkey came up. Turkey. Okay. It came up. Yes. Uh because I was thinking you know what um Muslim country in while being dominantly Muslim and not so far from home. But edging over it and I don't know if anyone has said this [Music] so Bosnia mashallah Bosnia especially for a digital nomad I have heard crazy things crazy good not crazy good no no uh crazy magnificent even yes the nature is wonderful the people are even more wonderful than the nature which I didn't think was even possible because their nature is so magnificent. And some will say, "Oh, it's because your wife is half [Laughter] Bosnian." Anyway, uh no, but she even though she is the one who introduced me to Bosnia, I'm glad she did. No, but Bosnia is magnificent. I have ser if there was one country that I have seriously thought about was Bosnia. Okay. So give it to me all five straight. It's for clip purposes. Give me all five straight. So you said the five. I don't should I repeat them back or you can say them. So the five are the five are for me number one is going to be the UAE. Mhm. A very close second and we could maybe even turn it around is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. You're close to the Haram. You're close to the Haram. So is is there anything that needs to be said? Yeah. Erh the third and fourth option is actually very difficult. I would say because I have thought about it more seriously. I would say Bosnia as the third position. Why? Because magnificent people, magnificent nature, perfect for a digital nomad. Uh and the cost of living is not as high. True. And it's also a market that is yearning for expansion. Yeah. Uh and also growing talent. So definitely one can grow big big things there agency wise and whatnot. Fourth place I would say Malaysia because it has been a topic of conversation among my friends. And fifth one uh not coming from a person with knowledge about the subject but mainly because it has been a talking point uh point and a few friends have moved there. uh Turkey, mashallah, beautiful list in that order. Absolutely beautiful list. Seriously. And the reason why I like it and respect it so much is because it's uh something unique to you and your perspective and your research. Now, if you ask me, mine would be totally different. Of course. And um I think that's absolutely amazing, man. I think it's amazing. Can I hear yours? Mine? No one's ever asked me that question before. Of course, I want to hear yours. For mine, I would say number one would be the UAE, obviously, cuz I'm here, so I can only speak on what I've done. I wouldn't say anywhere. Yeah, I wouldn't say anywhere else. Number two, I would say like Qatar. Look, nobody probably expect me to How did I miss? Excellent. So it's funny because you know I think I used to post this on my on my Instagram story like way before I made hijra but it is what it is. So it's like one UAE two Qatar three I would say like just this is just me and the reason why I say this is because as an African-American like I don't have a like a place where I can go back to you know I don't have a place where I can go to back. test. I took the DNA tested and says I'm from this place, this place, this place, this place. But um for myself, like on my DNA, it says I have some DNA from this close to this place. And I would say third is like synagogue or Guinea. Like Sagal, Guinea. Can I say two or one? Like Sagal? Yes, S. Synagog. I would say Synagogue because I think it's more I think I don't know. People correct me if I'm wrong, but I think like synagogue, Guinea, Mali, like this this area here like where Gambia is and stuff. I would choose Synagogue because I think they're the most developed. I don't know, but I'm I would say that one because like when I got my blood is coming from there like slightly like Mali this, but this was like 400 500 years ago when they brought the slaves over to the United States. Yes, I'm saying that on the podcast. They brought slaves to the United States. Anyways, so number four would be um obviously Saudi Arabia. I can't forget that one. Saudi Arabia. But when I say Saudi, I don't Everyone is like the easy choice to say Mecca Medina. It's the easiest choice. Everyone would say that. But what I when I say Saudi, I'm thinking like Royale. Yeah, of course. Because you know me, I'm influencer. I'm podcast, live streaming, real estate. This is I want to be where the developments is going on. I want to be where the new projects and everything is happening. the capital the you know with my brother Mutah I'm trying to be in in the you know in the mix so that would be fourth and fifth I spoke about it earlier I would say Morocco because I was already looking into it but my intention now alhamdulillah is better than it was back then my intention now I could make the correct intention properly for that one so that's my top five so again it would be Saudi no it would be UAE then Qatar then Sagal, then Saudi, and then Morocco. Mashallah. Alhamdulillah. That's that's my five list. Yeah. Different. But yeah, and and there's beauty in the difference. Yeah. But you know, it's funny. I said two African countries, bro. And I never been to Africa before. I really want to go to Nigeria. Have you been Africa? No. I want to go Nigeria, but bro, I'm like, not that I'm nervous. I think I think I'm welcome because like I think I would want to go there just to see how it is. West Africa, you know, hustlebustle, all that good stuff. Unfortunately, all I have done is I have transited and my transit was in Egypt and some in the comments may even tell me like what the hell you have you haven't been there. So, no, I'm not no I'm not interested in Egypt at all. Not in a bad way, but there's so many Americans out there that uh have gone there to like study Arabic and stuff like that. But like I'm not Sweden as well. Mo most most people I know when it comes to studying Arabic or studying uh uh religious topics most of them have gone to Egypt. So the most in touch I have been with a country and connecting that to Hij from my friends has been Egypt. Egypt isn't on my list because of all the things I've heard. Unfortunately, like I said, I I I don't judge the general experience of Hijra to a particular country based on subjective experiences, but it does create a bias. So, it created a very negative bias for me towards moving specifically to Egypt. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Same. Same. Same. But Egypt neighbor, I'm definitely I would love to go there. I've been there before, you know, uh Palestine. I've been there. Jerusalem. Big shout out Jerusalem. For you guys who know, Hashim Hasham Hotel, you know, in the uh Medina Kadima, the old city. Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. It was an amazing experience. The videos on my YouTube, but it doesn't get views. I don't know why. Like, bro, the video has been there for since 2020, and the views just seem not to ever come. I don't know why. Okay. I I I have a theory. My theory is uh maybe people wanted to come on this podcast but they didn't watch your uh content. Yeah. And they wait until after the podcast. Like people like people should go man. It's bro it's there. The video is there. My experience there. Like it's amazing. Like go watch the video. Like I what I was going to say the video of my vlog in Jerusalem Palestine is there on my channel to be watched. I want to tell you something Darren. Um there's there's one thing that I'm looking forward to a lot is after we finish this particular episode, not that I want the time to continue. I want time to stop. Honestly, I want I want to be in this very moment for as long as I can. Yeah. But when the inevitable happens, the one thing I'm looking forward to is to actually go through your page because it is something that I have been dying to do. Yeah. Since we spoke. But you know, look, and it's funny because like we've we've and you know how I what it was 24 hours ago literally that I went live on TikTok and you came in and it said Hra Hacks and I just clicked your page and was like you're the 20th person to come on to to finish the season. And the reason why is because I wanted to bring someone who is passionate about what I've been speaking about for the last 20 episodes. And um it's it's very easy to not I mean alhamdulillah it's very easy for me to find a a blue tick profile or a very influential person with alhamdulillah hundreds of thousands of followers and be like yeah come sit and like yeah we do a collab and like boom it goes. But for me it's like goes back to my values. Like it's not about how many followers you got. It's not about um if you got a blue tick or whatever. For me, it's about the authentic the authenticity and the realness in the message. So, I was like, as soon as I clicked it and I looked, I was like, "Yeah, bro. This brother, he's passionate about it. He's coming on because for me, I care about those. I care about my brothers and my sisters out there." So, that's the reason why. 24 hours ago, bro. And you were like, you you I meant to tell them, too. You was like, "Yeah, 12th 13th." I was like, "Bro, no way. Tomorrow." I know. He was thinking like, "Yo, this guy just like he's not preparing." And I was like, "No, I don't ever prepare. I don't prepare for this. This is authentic, real, and we shoot it straight." This was groundbreaking for me, by the way. I mean, uh, and I'll have to tell you, I I have done podcasts in Swedish, like way back when I was a bit more productive in Sweden or my productive phase. I even had two podcasts. I had one with a friend of mine and I had one that I was winging it solo. So I'm not new to the concept and I have spoken to guests in my podcast. I have been a guest in two podcasts, one in Austria and one uh in another very very popular podcast in Sweden. It's about the Quran by the way. Very interesting. Uh but I think this this experience is very unique. I love it. Alhamdulillah. I it feels so real. Subhan Allah. Annie, I think you're getting me to revise my strategy for my own podcast. Yeah. Yeah. And look, the pe anyone who I've done the podcast with, especially people who host themselves when they do this way, it's like a methodology. They take the methodology and they go with it. I've seen and I want to shout this brother out u Muhammad. He comes here to do up. This brother, mashallah, he's doing about the kids and um about kids and family life. His podcast is like that. I have not seen someone in the podcast industry boom like him. He came I I think I was his first guest. I think I was his first guest. He was doing solos. He brought me on as a guest. Now in the UAE, this brother Mashallah Mubarak, he's doing amazing. And if some people want to know about family podcast, you can check out his on there out there as well. Alhamdulillah. So I think you know Yeah. But you seem to have some skin in the game in the podcast. Uh, no, you don't. No, bro. And it's funny because it all started random for me. Random. I'm not sure if you know you cuz you're here, so I'm sure you've seen it online. One of my friends, his name is Fad Khim, and he runs an agency called K9. K9. And him and I came to this very building in I think it was 2022 or 2023. Okay. and he he invited me to do one of his things because he does this thing and he's like he will say a joke or something and then at the end he'll say isn't that concerning and like it's funny like he's like does like comedy or something and like alhamdulillah bro he gets millions and millions of views. So one day he just wanted to collab with me so he picks influencers in the in the region and he brings them on. He brought me on to do a collab and the uniqueness of how he did it was like he just literally told me to like make a funny face, make a funny face. drop your mouth on and on and like okay do like that. But when he met me he was surprised at who I was. He didn't know I was a revert and stuff. So he got so he got excited at who I was. So he shot content of me in his con in his office. We posted it online. This was upstairs. Probably was upstairs in his office and I never thought I would be coming here doing a podcast. So, it was a podcast style video that he shot of me, but I thought it was a real podcast. Subhan Allah. Then I went and I've done a real podcast with like one of like uh this comedy guy here in the country for fun, bro. For fun. Just to just talk. I didn't know. Then it just happened. But I wouldn't say skin in the game. skin in the game is like you know these people like the other people like Joe Rogan, Theo Von, you know Shannon Sharp, these kind of people. So so so that is your measurement tool. Okay. Yeah. Uh I I'll tell you what I definitely do understand. Uh and as a per as a person, Ibraim is very self-aware. Yeah. So um at least compared to myself, you're a person who definitely has skin in the game. Alhamdulillah. It's nice to hear it. Alhamdulillah. And if you guys think that as well, you guys share this stuff and you know like push it out. You know, I definitely think engagement with such content is of paramount importance. uh and uh just like uh it says a person who advises people for good or spreads good or shares good or points to good is as if he has done that. So imagine a person who is giving golden advice, golden information, crucial information not not necessarily about hijra but anything that can bring you any form of benefit or value or value. Exactly. uh I would to to to revise I would even say value you're very right that person who just shares or engages with this content purely from the pure intention of I'm doing this I'm doing this for sake of Allah almighty that that person can that person who's sitting at home on a sofa doom scrolling and maybe liking maybe engaging maybe sharing that person can get reward of a person who's doing this goodness because the reward is with God and God multiplies his to whomever he pleases. And based on that and coming to that one thing that I want to do especially if I was to ask myself who is Ibraim next year? Yes. is for me someone who is more engaged with the content he creates and grows in number. I'm going to be very very honest with you. Yes, I want to grow my following. Yes, I want to grow my outreach. Yes, I want to reach to as many people as I can. Yeah. Because I am very convinced that I am bringing a crucial message. It's not because Ibraim is delivering it. is because Ibraim had the luxury from God almighty from the favors that he has given Ibraim to deliver this message. Yes. However, one thing that I have find found that is very struggling is number one even though this particular point has later alhamdulillah become a bit easier for me while remaining a challenge is self-discipline. The hardest part bro of course subhan Allah the hardest the base is the hardest. It takes the longest time to build. Ah, but also like one thing it's very demotivating for example when you put you you pour your heart and soul into a project and you see that the engagement is low or that you don't have the numbers and subhan Allah for a very long time I thought like that and very recently I found some golden advice from a brother where he said if you are doing it for the views if you are doing it for the follows Habibi, you're doing it wrong. You should do it for zero people at the end of the day. Yes. You're doing it because you are passionate about the content you create. And especially for us as Muslims, this just like playing football. Actually, no. I realize you're American. We You guys call it soccer. Yeah. But it's actually football, Yanni. But uh it's football. Yeah. Yeah. I ain't even going to say soccer on here because they going to eat me up if I say soccer. It's football. It's football. Yeah, it's football. Yeah. But you see this this thing where some people can disagree on the title, this particular sport, you can even get reward for it if your intention is pure. You're the gym, huh? The business you are dealing with, uh the podcasts you're hosting with people, the the very spontaneous conversations that come up and the the beautiful collaborations and relationships you build with people and brothers, all of that can be multiplied and rewarded. And habibi, it doesn't have to be for a single follower because you you can have a wide outreach. You can be viral, viral and on fire. literally on fire as an afterlife on fire because the because the intention brought you down as the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam said the person who has an atom's weight a partial weight of arrogance mustard seed a bar even even like a small mustard seed of arrogance that person will not enter Jenna But you can do the exact same thing for a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of the view count and get reward that you do not you do not even imagine tremendous reward you know. So I think and I'm I'm opening up to tell you this because this is this has been an internal battle that I have been trying to deal with. I want to make dua for you. I ask Allah subhana wa ta'ala sincerely to grant you success with clear nia and for his sake and never to let riia come to you never let riia come to you. I mean I mean why because bro there are many people in this uh is it called stratosphere of this uh industry of online with microphones and things like that. People grab this thing and they boom. But you know like the fact that you are thinking like that I wanted I wanted to make dua for it because like it's a very uh acute perspective and um goal that someone thinks like that and the only thing I can do as a brother is is ask Allah to give it to you because you're doing it you want to do it for sincere sincere purposes and Allah make it you know successful for you. Like I said bro people thought I was joking. I'm not doing this anymore. Like I'm not talking about this anymore. I've been doing it for a long time and like I like I I feel like that of course they can go back is there the blueprint like you said that blueprint let's say red print the red is there it's there you just have to go back um I don't I don't want it to be like I mean alhamdulillah whatever is from Allah is from Allah like like I said people go back and watch the if you want to see Palestine go back and watch it it's there on the YouTube channel if you want to see Palestine go back and watch on the way home. That's going to be the first thing I watch. Go watch it. It's there. I'd love it. You'll love it. I'm telling you, you'll love it. It's one of my favorite videos that's on my YouTube channel. And I made videos. Subhan Allah. When I first moved here, before the podcast of everything, bro. The entire thing about opening a bank, about uh the different visas, about your phone plan. I did everything. the first three to six months when I was here and it's all on my YouTube channel. people go back and watch now those videos not because of the podcast but just because of the algorithm of YouTube and the marination and how whatever however it goes those videos now are getting alhamdulillah good views and I I hope that people come back I mean it is long it's an hour maybe I should get an editor to make clips right that's a good idea man I think that's a great idea Yeah. Yeah. Cuz they don't have the attention spent for an hour, I don't think. Unless you listen to it on Apple and stuff like that. But that's that's the next part I want to focus on. Are you you doing that? You know, with the like Spotify and stuff for me. I only put one or two episodes on Spotify. I want to put it, but I don't know cuz this is a podcast, isn't it? It's not a YouTube video. The only experience I have with those platforms is for my podcast Baraka Blueprint. So, as for a specific um series like this, because I'm sorry for asking, how many videos is it? I done a season 1 and a season two and I haven't uploaded any of it to the podcast thing, but now I that's why I said I'm stopping the whole thing. So, I want to put it on the platforms for the podcast so people can hear it because it's not YouTube video. I just threw it on YouTube, but like I want to put it on the on the actual uh podcast platforms because it's a podcast cuz like in order for it to be a podcast, it needs to be on podcast platform. There's numerous podcast platforms and there's a study I wanted to say this as well to make sure that I put it on this episode. There's some kind of research or study that says that only 1% of podcast make it to season episode 20. 1% once you get past 19, 1% make it to this 20. 1% and it I and I read it and like when I got to 19, it took me like six weeks to get to 20, but like still I've reached 20. Yes, I do have an offspring of different uh series of different like real estate podcasts and all this, but specifically this one which will obviously the change will happen to make it go like boom to like 212 general people. I'll grab workers from outside sit them like you know be myself but uh yeah it's quite interesting that only 1% make it to 20. So to be in the top 1% of podcast, I need to put it on the podcast platforms. Can I ask you something? Yes, go for it. That's what we were here for. That's what I have all these mics for, huh? Yeah. Yeah. So, is this the first and I have an assumption behind my answer. My assumption is no. But I'm going to ask the question. Yeah. Yeah. Is this the first content themed shift that you do? No. Okay. Answer. Good. Yeah. Yeah. Then the follow-up question. Okay. And this is I think is the most important one for me as someone who is fairly new to the game. How do you know when the timing is right to make the shift? Oh my goodness. That's deep, bro. This is a very deep question. Why? Because a lot of people know me as Darren the delivery driver in the UK. I was doing deliveries for deliverable, Uber Eats, Just Eat, Amazon Flex in the UK. And I used to vlog my deliveries. Then I came here and I did general content about Dubai. I threw a little bit of cryptocurrency in there. crypto Dubai, you know, how to like vlogging about Dubai and this this that. Then the opportunity for podcast came on my YouTube channel and I started really focusing on the podcast. Now eventually uh I want to focus more on back to the vlogs um and the podcast but a more different topic about the podcast. Now how do you know when the time is right? you kind of feel it, not because of views or anything like that, but you kind of feel like, okay, I've been bashing this message down a lot and for my own sanity, I don't want to keep saying the doing the same thing like with the delivering thing like, bro, I gave him everything and still to this day, alhamdulillah, cuz I'm doing this sincere still to this day, I can open my I can un unair airplane mode this and go to my YouTube studio and swipe and refresh. There will be comments there asking me about delivery driving which I was making videos six years ago like there like not six years ago I think the first one was 2019 still there will be comments there asking me about this or that about deliveries you understand and the whole podcast thing I really hope that in the future five six years down the line because it's like a kajaria isn't it people still asking about the the UAE Because we not we're not thinking about today like oh I made this video with the no 3 4 years down the line someone may be asking how do I get a visa in Dubai 3 four years ago from today. Yeah exactly from our us talking today on these cameras. Exactly. So for me alhamdulillah I understand the powerful mechanism of these cameras in media. My background is in media. I I'm a videog I'm a videographer video production major from the art institute of Washington. So this stuff is not new to me. So for me, I can feel when I need to do the next one. Some people may say, "Oh, this guy, whatever. I'm going to say it on here cuz it's not a secret now. This guy is having a baby, another kid, so he's sh No. Alhamdulillah. This is from Allah." So you know, may Allah bless your family. I mean, and it it a new a new door, a new chapter is opening. I don't know which way it's going to go, but I know that. And I can feel like that the people like there's nothing wrong. This is human nature. They the people not how would I say it? I'm not gonna say they're not appreciative of it, but they take it for they take it for like in America we say they take it for granted. Like ah yeah this guy oh yeah we know he going to post another podcast. Another episode going to come another person we're going to enjoy it. You're going to enjoy it but hey that enjoyment going to come to a stop. It's going to come to a stop. So you better be grateful for what you got. And you have to be like that. We can't just keep giving them sugar on a spoon because bro, we giving value. Aki, we giving you give them sugar on a spoon. We giving them sugar on a spoon. Bro, we're sitting here on a podcast telling these people how to leave from the West and come to the the Muslim countries free of cost. Pure truth. If they call us, we would help them. We would pick them from the airport. They're straight. You know what I'm saying? We we're giving it to them. So at some point at some point we got to be like stop red stop sign for you guys. You better start making actions and get over here. That's how it is for me. So now counting on you too. Now the new chapter is with Allah and Allah is the best of us. So that's how I know when it's time to shift it. Do I know what I will shift it to? I kind of got an idea. I kind of got an idea. Good. But uh yeah, the shift has to happen. You're very right when it comes to the that we leave behind us because it is not only for financial value, it is also forformational and knowledge value because that can lead to financial value as well. 100%. uh a question I have for you as a as a brother of mine as uh at the very least and you may from from your humility you may not say what I'm going to say but as an experienced brother in this particular industry knowledgewise and experience-wise a question I have for you is what is the legacy you want to leave behind the legacy in regards to just in general uh in regards to The content you create, the content I create. So the legacy is that if somebody pays very close attention, it is all based on wanting for your brother what you want for yourself. Allahbar. The first part of the whole um doing the delivery driving my intention to do it was to own because I struggled with in the early part of my marriage providing and I saw myself as less of a man. So then Allah Allah gave me the ability to vlog which is my my talent is to vlog and show how I was making money. Even bro I was doing deliveries for3 pound. So I'm like yo I'm going to show this cuz I want this for other people. So now the proof is there. Hundreds and thousands of Muslim brothers are now using delivery driving to earn a living and the example that I've done. The second one is that once you now make the money and you have your wife and you're providing for your family and which I did and I showed it as well is that you want to obviously safeguard your kids. So now kids are involved and how is the best way to safeguard your kids and continue to provide for your wife and taking a journey is to move from this lands to this land. So the the is a legacy or is it a side of kajara is to show these the people that this is possible and I've done it and I ask Allah to keep me on this path and also in an invitation for you also I'm a revert so consistently I always speak about my revert story I am the mo biggest blessing I have is Islam so why would my legacy I need my legacy to be that this brother accepted Islam time from Christianity to becoming Muslim and he frequently tells it to maybe Allah guide someone by my speech. So I want the people to know that it's possible to provide for your family. It's possible to make hijra and it's possibly to leave from kufur to iman. That is the legacy I want to leave behind. Standing ovation from here literal chdul. So that's the truth bro. This, Subhan Allah, this is I couldn't I couldn't have summarized it better. Want for your brother what you want for yourself. Yes. Want for your brother what you want for yourself. That's that's the truth. So, um yeah. Whoa. This is good. I mean, we're still rolling. Um I didn't know I was going to speak, but it is a wrap-up of season two, so I think this stuff needed to be said. I mean, there's probably more that needs to be said, but I don't want to go like too far in on No, no, no, no. It's it's fine. Well, you know what I can say about this? Do you offer consultation calls? Sorry. Do you offer consultation calls for brothers from Sweden who want to, you know, move here? Do you you should charge them to have the consultation call? Because listen, I didn't tell you, but I have like connections, not like a big connections, but you know, we're here. We we we can even a single message is a connection that is more than I have today because actually I don't offer that, but I should. Yeah, I I offer it. So you should offer as well because um yeah it's it's something which is needed you know and it's an extra way I mean because you're giving them value and what like one hour call with someone it can it the results can equal people coming in here setting up businesses people moving here with their families and all that stuff like that so that's something I want to say to you that you should probably think about offering to people from Sweden and I have a a question do you also read minds because I is actually going to ask you this question. No. Subhan Allah. You read faces then. No, it's just it's just I Bro, I've been doing 20 episodes of this whole entire So, how do you know exactly the question that I wanted to ask you? Because I'm trying to fit everything in on a wrap-up for this. I'm trying to fit everything in on a wrap-up. So, like the consultation calls will continue, but I I wouldn't say like you don't need a school community. I started a school community. You don't need a school community to have a community of people who are all in there and things like that charging a monthly cost. You're the school and the community. Yeah. school and the community and and all you need is the consultation call and and you do the consultation call with with them. you because then now the beautiful thing about con you get to understand that person's situation and a lot of the people are in amazing situations where they should just they just need um a brother to talk to them and then they come you know okay and I won't talk about myself but literally I made a call and that me being on a call with someone motivated me to come that was what happened with me I was in the position and one day I called someone and I asked them the question they gave me one answer. Boom. I booked ticket. I came. So that's how it should. Not that it should be, but sometimes some people need that little push. Some people need that little push. I was already having visa, but I'm in in England. I'm I'll go after six months. I know my visa. I know my visa for six months. I won't enter the country for six. Then I started feeling guilty. I'm driving that delivery my car in that delivery truck with my car and I'm driving going to my apartment and I'm thinking like wait a minute I'm about to go into this house and then like what's going to happen what's what's the future I have this Emirates ID like I I'm Emirati resident what am I doing and I called someone and they was like you got the money I was like yeah they was like you got this that I was like yeah I was like and my and all my bills and all my contracts are scheduled for renewal so the sign was there I was like either I renew and I'm stuck in contracts for another year or I do something now and then like at the time it was like the ending not the ending of COVID but it was like you know uh that uh disease thing that was going was going away and I just did it. So a lot of the times like Ramadan just ended there may be people who are very high in iman right now and very motivated and want to continue on it. This is the time this is the time guys I'm talking too much. Anyways, Ibrahim, last question. What is your final message for those people out there? Whether it's about Islam, about Quran, about Hijra, about anything. Give it to them to your camera. Just like the perfect circle and just like the symmetry, the beginning is the end. The beginning is the intention and the end is the intention. Your intention has to be pure throughout your action for your action to be accepted. If your prayer starts for the sake of God and ends for the sake of people, it is for the sake of people. And if your hijra starts for the sake of God and ends for the sake of dunya, it is for the sake of always purify your intention. Whoever listens to this, always purify your intention for every single thing that you do. when and I I take this from the the the wise words from the this new brother and that I hope to call friend uh our brother Dar may Allahh bless him and his family. Amen. Want for your brother what you want for yourself. And as a person who will try to act on this, I want for my brothers and sisters what I want for myself. a person who has lived in the west, a person who has lived in Sweden, a person who has lived in good times and bad times Islamophobia wise when it was high season against Muslims in the media when it was okay for Muslims all of that in the times where fa family weren't able to go out with hijab or without fear I mean of course they stay with hijab may god protect them uh to the times where one would lose a job because of praying in uh at work. I am one of them. I want for my siblings what I want for myself and that is relocate your heart first before you relocate physically. Relocate your heart from an intention that is lacking to an intention that completes you which is that for the sake of Allah subhana wa ta'ala and watch how God unfolds and opens the doors for blessings because he says whoever fears God Almighty whoever is conscious and mindful of God Almighty God will open the doors of sustenance and God will make their situation uations easy. Subhan Allah. Subhan Allah. Subhan Allah. I don't know if anyone watches this back, they'll see reactions of me when he's talking, but um I do believe that alhamdulillah, Allah subhana wa ta'ala does send people to uh the chair across to me sometimes to give me a message. And um with that being said, I won't speak any further enough people already know. And we're going to end it. Jac for coming. Thank you for being such a wonderful host. May Allah bless you, brother. Amen. Amen. 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