Ali Banat was diagnosed with Cancer and doctors have given him only 7 months to live. Despite his circumstances, he considers this a gift from Allah. Watch his story here.
Being
diagnosed with cancer is like death sentence for many. But this is not the way
Australian Muslim Ali Ali Banat sees it. For him, the sickness is
unquestionably a gift from Allah.
“At
this point in my life, Alhamdulillah I have been gifted by Allah with cancer
throughout my body and I have changed my whole life to helping people,” he
said.
When
asked why he called the illness a gift from the Allah, the sobbing Ali Banat
said the disease was opportunity for transformation.
“Alhamdulillah
it is a gift because Allah has given me a chance to change,” he tells Mohamed
Hoblos from Living Muslim, wiping tears streaming from his eyes.”
The
Sydney born and bred lad’s life took a dramatic turn when he was diagnosed of
cancer four months ago.
The
most throbbing news was when the medical experts told him he had seven months
to live.
Giving
away the wealth
Despite
having the dreaded disease all over his body, Ali Banat psyched himself for the
day he will breathe his last.
In
video that has gone viral after being posted on Facebook the once successful
businessman chose to reconsider his bountiful lifestyle when he came to know
about his shrinking health condition.
He
got rid of his cars, a fleet that comprises of Ferrari Spider, and had to do
away with his expensive watches as he was determined to shun the worldly life
in preparation for the day he shall depart the earth.
“I
got rid of my cars, I got rid of my watches, even my clothes I took them
overseas and gave them to a lot of people out there.
“I
wanted to try to leave this world without anything,” said Ali Banat.
A
trip to his room shows the luxurious lifestyle which Ali Banat was living, from
designer bracelets that cost around $60 000, expensive watches, designers
sunglasses and top of the range sneakers – some of which has made way to
under-priviledged communities in Africa.
No
love for this world.
Gazing
at his Ferrari parked on the driveway, Ali Banat says his interest in the
materialistic possessions has vanished.
“Driving
something like this doesn’t really cross my mind anymore. It’s not something I
want to do anymore.
“After
someone tells you, or you find out that you are sick or haven’t got much time
in this life, wallahi this is the last thing you want to chase and this is how
we should be living our life every day,” said Ali Banat as he advised people
chasing worldly objects.
“These
people are going for the wrong goals; you will realize that when you get sick
when someone tells you, you haven’t got long to live.
“You
will realize all this stuff doesn’t benefit you in anyway.”
Messages
of support from Muslims across the world have been sent to Ali Banat, who has
established a charity organization that has constructed a masjid and school in
Africa, which will serve as continuing charity when he passes on.
‘Ya
Allah take me’
He
said the idea of establishing the charity organization, Muslims Around the
World Project, was borne out of realization that when he dies all his wealth
will remain except for his deeds.
“It
all started when I went to the cemetery where a brother that had cancer had
passed away. And I was at the cemetery and I was thinking to myself after you
go there’s nothing, there’s no one there for you, no mother, no father, no
brother, no sister except for your deeds,” explaining that even the wealth also
disappears.
“Even
your money, is not going to be there for you so the only thing that’s going to
be there for you is sadaqa (charity) and that’s the only thing that’s going to
help you gradually through your time in the grave until you get to your ultimate
destination.”
Ali
Banat who has been spending most of his time visiting the cemetery in
preparation for his death told Living Muslim he’s ready for the angel of death
to take his soul.
“I
have been advised by one of the brothers to take a special drug, to help me
with pain and stuff and subhanallah it’s very strong. I took a bit too much and
came into a whole different world as in not knowing where I was.
“It
was very hard for me, and subhanallah I actually seen things I have never seen
before and my family were all there standing around me and I was pointing up
and I was saying ‘Ya Allah take me’.
“It
was that beautiful what I was seeing, I just wanted to go, and the next day
subhanallah I wake up and I was upset that Allah didn’t take me,” said Ali
Banat with eyes filled with tears.
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