I was sent these messages today.
A brother shared that he is setting up an AI business and that if Allah grants it success, he intends to give back. Not as an afterthought, but as part of the intention from the beginning. A portion set aside for khayr, for the Ummah, and for LINCS.
Moments like this make you pause. Not because of the money, but because of what the thinking represents.
It is about looking beyond oneself.
Beyond the immediate moment.
Beyond short-term wins.
Recently, we started a course with a dear brother titled Wealth Creation: Faith as a Foundation.
You can find it here:
https://lincsproject.com/event/wealth-creation-mastermind-faith-as-a-foundation-5/register
The message I received today felt like a quiet confirmation of why this course exists.
When it comes to projects, businesses, youth work, and community initiatives, regardless of the label we use, there is one principle we cannot avoid.
Our sky has to be very high.
Our dreams, aspirations, and vision must stretch further than comfort, further than approval, and further than what feels manageable.
People sometimes ask why so many different people are involved, or why the language can feel direct. Some even say things should be kept smaller or more contained.
But communities are not built through isolation.
Communities are built through networks.
And the stronger the network, the stronger the output.
At LINCS, this is something I have pushed consistently. There have been moments where I have sat alone hearing, “I don’t like this,” or “I don’t like that.” That is part of the path. Not everyone is meant to see the horizon you are looking towards.
Yet moments like today bring clarity.
By the permission of Allah, LINCS could become a means through which someone’s dunya is set up. Through that very stability, they may later return and uplift LINCS and others in return. This is not transactional thinking. It is ecosystem thinking.
It reminds me of a group of Indonesian brothers a friend once told me about. They now run a charity worth close to one hundred million. No one takes a salary. The reason is simple. They helped one another establish sustainable personal projects, and a portion naturally flows back into the charity. No pressure, no guilt, just shared vision and responsibility.
This is not a new model.
Muslims once built the greatest waqf systems the world had ever seen. Education, healthcare, infrastructure, and dignity were sustained through long-term thinking and collective responsibility.
We are standing on the shoulders of giants.
I am deeply grateful and genuinely blessed to have Brother Helal in my life, someone who understands this vision and is willing to walk it together.
At the end of the day, I am just a small brother, one ant among many in this world. I ask Allah to use us, not for our own benefit, but for His. To make whatever we build a means of khayr, service, and upliftment for the Ummah.
Think large.
Think far.
And trust Allah with the outcomes.
