In this heartfelt episode of the Muslim Life Hackers podcast, host Mifrah Mahroof shares valuable lessons learned from her late friend, Sohret Hussein. Mifrah reflects on Sohret's exemplary character, her commitment to building a legacy, staying focused on self-improvement, and the importance of maintaining righteous friendships.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:53 Building a Legacy: Lessons from Sohret
04:05 Focusing on What Matters: Avoiding Distractions
05:46 The Value of Righteous Friendships
06:37 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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Episode Transcript
Asalamu Alaikum, everyone, and welcome to another
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episode of the Muslim LifeHackers podcast.
I'm your host, Mifrah Mahroof,and in today's episode, I'm
going to be sharing with yousome lessons that I learned from
my friend who recently passedaway.
So my friend, Sohret Hussein,passed away quite young.
She was in her 40s and wassomething that happened quite
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suddenly.
And heartbreaking to manypeople.
So many people attested to theamazing character and
righteousness that she had.
And I was blessed to be herfriend for one and a half
decades.
And so in this episode, I wantto share with you some life
lessons that I learned from herlife.
And this was further motivatedbecause one of the things that
she wanted to have was apodcast.
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And so I hope to dedicate thispodcast episode to her and hope
that it is a means of benefitand good deeds for her.
So the first lesson that I thinkabout when I remember Sohret is
the importance of building alegacy and continuing to keep
that in mind until the end.
So Sohret was one of my growthbuddies.
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So we would continuously bespeaking about how we can
improve as individuals and howcan we be able to benefit our
communities.
And she did some great workduring her lifetime and things
that I just heard about aftershe passed away.
And what this reminds me of isthe guidance that we have from
the Prophet SAW.
The whole aspect of when Day ofJudgment is coming, then if you
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have a seed in your hand, thenplant it, because it's all about
whatever action we can do duringthis limited time and the reward
that Allah SWT will give us.
One thing that I really tookaway from her life is the
importance of being consciousand being a forerunner, really
trying your best to leave behinda legacy, contribute wherever
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you can.
And remember that a contributionis not just something that you
just do when you're young, whenyou're at university, in your
MSA or something.
Although that is a very goldenopportunity, especially for the
young listeners here, butsometimes, it can be that we go
through that phase and that isjust a phase and then we get
busy with life, with career, andthat whole contributing back to
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our communities becomessomething that's in the back
burner.
It's not really a big priority.
So we all have unique ways withour own situation, with our
families, and we all have aunique way to contribute.
And I think that it's veryimportant to be mindful of that
and mindful of the kind oflegacy and the kind of
contribution you want to leave.
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So in addition to this point isthe importance of making sure
that you have good intentions.
So in the case of my friend, shewasn't able to complete some of
these projects that she did havein mind.
However, she had that goodintention.
She had that intention that shewanted to do it, and InshaAllah
Allah SWT gives her that rewardfor having that intention.
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So, I guess the main points fromthis lesson is having an
intention to contribute andhaving your own Ummah project
and being mindful of that untilthe end of your life.
And also building your legacydoesn't really mean that, you
should be doing something fancyor being a social media
influencer, also what I learnedfrom Sohret is that building a
legacy doesn't always mean beingon social media and posting
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everywhere, although there is atime and place for that.
It also means just findingopportunities for good whenever
it comes up.
Like for example, one of yourfriends gave birth, so you send
food to them, or someone in yourfamily needs help, or some young
person needs some advice aboutcareers and just sitting down
and just spending some time tomentor them.
So we all have unique ways andwe all have these unique
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opportunities that come up inour life.
And once we set that intentionthat we want to build our legacy
and we want to contribute and bea benefit to the people around
us, then Allah SWT startsopening up those opportunities.
So the second lesson that I takeaway from Sohret's life is the
importance of just leaving thatwhich doesn't concern you.
I mean, one thing that reallystands out about Sohret is that
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she never really busied herselfwith talking about other people.
And it's not something that'svery common, because especially
as women, we might findourselves in circles in which
people are talking about otherpeople, or like people are
involved in whatever's thelatest news happening around
people.
But one thing with Sohret was,she just focused on herself and
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the things that were in hercontrol and how she can be a
better person and how she can beable to benefit the community.
So I think that is somethingthat has to be said and the
importance of leaving thingswhich don't concern you.
So what happens when you leavethat which doesn't concern you
is that your mind starts freeingup and your mind starts freeing
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up and you can fill it withthings that are actually
important to you and thatactually makes life more better
and causes less headachesbecause the thing is when you
busy yourself, what other peopleare doing and it doesn't really
concern you, then it's just junkfood for your mind.
And so I would really encourageyou to be mindful of that and
see what are you consuming?
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Does it really concern you?
or is it something that's notreally needed in your life and
it's just taking up unnecessaryspace?
Because the problem when we fillour heads with all this
unnecessary stuff is that wedon't have space for creativity.
We don't have space to find outways to improve ourselves and
how to benefit the people aroundus and just live our best lives,
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really.
So that's been definitely a biglesson for me.
Finally, the third lesson fromSohret's life is the importance
of having righteous friends.
So when I mean righteousfriends, people who love Allah
SWT, love the Prophet SAW andwants to live their life in
accordance to that.
So really people who remind youof Allah SWT.
So the beautiful thing abouthaving friendships with
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righteous people is that thefriendship that you have doesn't
just last this lifetime, but itlasts beyond that as well in the
hereafter, InshaAllah.
So that's something that bringsa lot of comfort to my heart and
there's such a beauty in that,and I would encourage you to
take the time to audit yourfriend's circle and not get rid
of people, but be more consciousabout your company that you keep
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or who you really let into yourinner circle and see if they are
people who are righteous andremind you of Allah SWT, have
you think about not just thislife, but the hereafter as well.
So there you have it.
These are the three lessons thatI took away from Sohret's life.
Obviously there are more, and Ican't really limit the amazing
things that I've learned fromSohret in just three lessons.
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But for the sake of this video,I just picked the top three.
Please do keep her in yourdu'as.
May Allah SWT bless her, rewardher, and raise her up in ranks
in the hereafter.
she was such a beautiful soul.
Many people loved her And whenshe passed away, it was clear
that she was a very specialperson.
So thanks again.
And I hope to catch you again inour next episode.
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