DETROIT—Saviours’ Day 2026 presented the “Divine Judgment of Allah/Disaster Prep,” as one of its Friday, Feb. 20, workshops to challenge attendees to consider the problems and solutions as related to scripture, current events and the Divine Teachings of the Eternal Leader of the Nation of Islam, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad.
The panelists, introduced by Southwest Regional Student Minister Dr. Abdul Haleem Muhammad of Houston’s Mosque No. 45, called on those in attendance to remember the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan’s decades-long warning “watch the weather.”
“What we’re trying to do is not tell you that we know everything, but to just stimulate your mind and your thoughts because the person sitting next to you or behind you may know just as much as we know up here,” said Student Min. Haleem Muhammad, a Ph.D, in urban planning and environmental policy.
He also explained first-hand accounts of how multiple weather-related disasters, including hurricanes, floods, unusual deep-freezes and prolonged power outages affected his city and the states in his region and how the mosque played a role in both mitigation and recovery efforts.
“I can paint you a big frightening picture that can sound like theory and talk, but remember like Minister Farrakhan says, ‘It’s practice that refines theory,’” Student Min. Haleem Muhammad said.
Panelists included Sister A’ishah Muhammad, Student National Auditing Supervisor and member of the N.O.I. Shura Executive Council, Sister Vivian Muhammad, Sister Alva Muhammad and Brother Rudolph Muhammad.
Sister Vivian Muhammad of Indianapolis is a farmer and an urban gardening activist. Her company purchased a lot in 2013 to grow herbs, vegetables and honey. “I want to talk about how to prepare ourselves and our communities for famine because it’s coming,” Sis. Vivian said.
She explained that a community producing its own food helps to reduce the negative impact of not only food shortages, but also scarcity from food deserts, the effect of increasing prices and how a mindset of do-for-self can reduce confusion or panic during a state of emergency.
“There is an increased frequency of natural disasters, and they are more damaging than they ever have been,” she said during her presentation. “The types of disasters are all what we expect if you have read ‘The Fall of America,’ by the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, or if you have listened to the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan,” she said.
Sis. Alva Muhammad is a Chicago-based certified disaster preparedness instructor and told the audience to understand that in a time of national crisis, no one is coming to save us and that we must acquire the knowledge and skillsets to save ourselves.
“The goal of this presentation is to build a solid foundation of preparedness for yourself and your family,” Sis. Alva said while encouraging participants to visit various informational websites to learn how and why households need to prepare for disasters whether natural or man-made.