My old boss doubted me

As-Salaam Alaykum,

Today I want to tell you what happened when I decided to leave Canada.

I finished university in December 2023, Alhamdulillah.

And I made a decision that most people didn’t understand.

I didn’t want to stay.

I didn’t want to build my life in a place where riba was everywhere.

Where zina was seen as “cool"

Where if you didn’t drink or party you were seen as a loser.

I wanted to go back home.

To my Muslim country.
To my family.

And I wanted to build something meaningful there.

At the time, I was dropshipping. It wasn’t working.

But deep down, I believed one day I would build an online business.

Around that same time, my family was preparing to open a gas station and a shopping plaza.

It was set to launch in March 2024.

I wanted to be part of that journey.

I remember telling my old boss that I was permanently leaving Canada to go back home and start a business with my family.

He paused.

Then he said “I think you’ll come back”.

Not in a harsh way.

But in a way that told me he didn’t fully believe I was serious.

And that moment taught me something important.

People will not always understand your decisions.

They won’t understand your “why.”

And that’s okay.

PS: This Letter isn’t me hating on him lol. It’s about the lesson I learnt.

As long as your niyyah is clean, you work hard and you’re patient,

Allah is sufficient for you.

If he says “Yes”. No One can say “No”.

Fast forward.

I came back home.
We launched the business.

During that time, I committed to waking up for Barakah Hours after Fajr.

I would work on my dropshipping during those early hours.

Then I’d shift into working on the family business.

And I learnt valuable skills.

I learned how to treat clients like long-term partners and even friends, not just ATMs.

I learned how to build business systems that buy back your time

I learned how to handle business operations.

Those skills changed my life.

Alhamdulillah, that business now generates six figures per month in revenue.

And that same business allows me to build my online business as well.

The dropshipping failed. And Alhamdulillah it failed. That’s a story for another day.

But here’s the key:

If it wasn’t for Barakah Hours, I don’t think I could have handled running two businesses.

Those early hours changed everything.

They allow me to get 10 hours of work done in just 2.

And here’s something else I’ve learned:

If you leave something for the sake of Allah, He replaces it with something better.

I left Canada.

In many ways, it was a form of hijra.

And what did Allah give me?

A six-figure business.
An online business.
Time with my family.
Hearing the Adhan 5x a day.

What more could I honestly want?

So my advice to you as an ambitious Muslim

whether you’re a business owner, founder, or professional is this:

If Allah places a desire in your heart to build something meaningful, don’t let someone else’s doubt kill it.

Tie your camel.
Trust in Allah.
Be patient.

If I had listened to my old boss and doubted my decision, I’d still be in Canada right now

Commuting 1-2 hours a day, exhausted after work, far away from my family and trying to squeeze in time for my dreams.

But here I am today, scaling my family’s six-figure business and my own writing business.

WITHOUT sacrificing time for my deen and family.

Because Allah gave me a gift:

The power of Barakah Hours.

These hours allow me to do 10 hours of work done in just 2.

I turned this gift into a simple system called Barakah Flow, so you can experience it too.

If you want to scale your business/income while working less then check it out:

[Barakah Flow]

Ali