BY Salaam Magazine
BY ESRA N. SULA
Helping people is a big favor. Our prophet (PBUH) said, “Whoever helps ease someone in difficulty, Allah will make it easy for him in this world and the hereafter” (Tirmidhi). Ishak is a seven-year-old boy who set up fundraisers to help the kids who lost their homes and their parents during the massive earthquakes in Turkiye and Syria on February 6th 2023.
Early in the morning I was at Cobb’s Hill Reservation, the highest point in Rochester, NY. I felt how amazing it is to take a breath in the fresh morning air. It seems like it gives the feeling of being full of life.
The parents leaped up around 2 am from their bed after hearing a strange scream. Their four-year-old son Adam was on the bed, unable to move, like he was being held down and was making weird muffled noises.