Cherished Memories of Africa — Page 133
115 Brother Malick Gauye Last year when I was on a tour of Senegal, a very dear friend of mine told me that he had started building a new house in Daker and asked me for pray ers. Dakar is one of the most costly cities in Africa and not everbody can afford to build a house in its good area. Anyway I was pleased to hear that and fullfilment of Divine promise of help for those who made sacrifice in the way of Allah made me happier still. Introduction : There is a local jama’at muallim Ahmad Gauye in Senegal, who hails from Kaolack. In 1998, he sent his younger brother malick gauye to me in Dakar to find some sort of job for him. He was about twenty years old then. I employed him as a servant in the mission house. I found him to be very hard working as well as intelligent in addition to being honest and sincere. Travel for fulfillment : One day I advised him to look for a job appropriate for his age and qualification as the existing job could be handled by even an elderly person with little education. I said that I did not want him to waste his talents sitting there. I counselled him at length but he was afraid lest he did not get another job and lose the boarding and lodging facility that he enjoyed working with me; that is a great bounty in big towns. I assured him of countinued boarding and lodging with me and urged him to look for a job anywhere. Anyway, he bought some goods and went around selling those as a street vendor. Then he realised he was better off doing that job than the earlier one; he had freedom, increased acquaintance and friendship with different people and familiarity with the streets of the town. In his free time, he used to come to the mission house, prayed with us and rendered any other service required by the jama’at willingly.