As a little boy, Mohammed Amin grew up in the Juma province of Ethiopia. His father was a local farmer, so Mohammed spent most of childhood looking after cows and goats. Prior to Mohammed’s birth, his mother was barren for years and was forced to make a vow to God that if He would bless her with a son, he would become His servant all the days of his life. When Mohammed was born, his parents decided that he would not go to a regular school, instead, he would study the Koran and become an Imam.
As a teenager, Mohammed obtained a scholarship to study in Saudi Arabia where he learned Arabic and Koranic studies. While in Saudi Arabia, Mohammed prayed fervently and dreamed of spreading Islam in Ethiopia, neighboring countries and throughout the world. In spite of his devotion, Mohammed says one thing always troubled him, “deep down in my heart I realized that something was missing in my life, something important. My heart lacked peace, I was simply empty.”
Nine years later, fully trained as an Islamic scholar, Sheik Mohammed Amin returned to his native Ethiopia and taught the Koran in one of the largest mosques in Juma. A couple of years later he left Ethiopia again, this time for further studies in Sudan. But within a year, Mohammed returned to Ethiopia. Mysteriously, his health had begun to fail very quickly. Previously overweight, Mohammed says he became a walking skeleton. ”I lost my hair; the only recognizable parts of my body were my nose and teeth, the rest of my body was wasting away.” His family took him to the hospital, but all attempts by doctors to heal him failed. He was struck with painful boils and sores, from the soles of his feet to the top of his head. Mohammed says he was in “terrible pain.” Unknown to his family, friends and followers, Mohammed Amin had kept a secret, for years; He slept around and patronized prostitutes, even though he was publicly respected as a religious teacher. He says “Privately I was the worst of sinners. I say this not out of humility but out of shame. I’m not proud of what I did. I contracted AIDS as the results of a promiscuous lifestyle.”
As Sheik Mohammed lay dying of AIDS in the hospital, his family began preparing for his funeral. As far as they and the doctors were concerned, he had only a little time to live. It was at that point that something miraculous happened. Late one night, Mohammed had a vision where “the hospital room glowed with a bright light, Jesus, dressed as a doctor came into my room and stood by my bed. He looked at me with love and affection and said, ‘Mohammed, rise up.’ Being a Muslim, I was confused. I began to say to myself, ‘How can I get up when there is no strength in me?’ But Jesus seemed to know what I was thinking because He came closer and began to touch my sick body. He took my hand and sat on my bed. I cannot fully explain the feelings, I was filled with joy, peace and happiness.”
At that point, Mohammed knew he was healed. More importantly, he no longer believes Jesus is just a prophet. Instead, he says “now, I believe Jesus is the Son of God, I have also decided to follow Him.” Mohammed Amin had been bedridden for 4 months and 25 days, but barely a week after Jesus appeared to him, he began to walk again. Previous AIDS tests had shown that he had full-blown AIDS but amazingly, new tests now show that Mohammed is no longer HIV-positive.
Miraculously, Sheik Mohammed Amin has been healed of AIDS. Firew Lemma is an Ethiopian evangelist, he met Sheik Mohammen Amin shortly after he left the hospital. Wheb Lemma met Mohammed he was “a walking skeleton covered with wounds and sores and people feared him because of his disease. When I saw him, I was filled with love and compassion I sensed that somehow God was going to use him as His instrument.”
Evangelist Firew took Mohammed home, gave him a bed and daily, washed his wounds and sores. It was an act of kindness that totally changed Sheik Mohammed Amin’s life. Now a full-time evangelist, Mohammed shares the love of Jesus and the miraculous story of his healing from AIDS in villages, towns and churches all over Ethiopia. Amin is thankful that Jesus reached out to him even though he was a sinner suffering for his sins. For him “If Jesus had not come to my bed in that hospital and touched my body and my soul, first, I would have lost everlasting life; secondly, I would have suffered for eternity; but He gave me physical healing, everlasting life and peace that passes all understanding.”
