Muslim teen's friends surprise him after he became victim of brutal mugging in US

Muggers stole his phone, wallet and car and also brutally assaulted him

A 17-year-old from Dallas, Texas was on his way to meet someone he met through an app called Offer Up to buy an iPhone 7 Plus last week. However, it turned out to be a scam as he was assaulted and robbed.

"I came by two guys for help and they ended up taking my phone," said Ayman Arfa while speaking to BuzzFeed.

A friend of mine was using the app "offerup" to buy a new phone but they jumped him and stole his phone AND car

Please be careful pic.twitter.com/iixqX8PwpA

— Karim Jovian (@KJovian) May 14, 2017

After he was assaulted, he came by a second group of people offering to help but they turned out to be in cahoots with the first set of robbers. They assaulted him a second time and stole his car.



He felt "extremely scared", but the police and an ambulance came to his aid.

PHOTO: Twitter @waldomahdawi

Arafa, who is still in recovery, was surprised by his friends. They gifted him an iPhone, a wallet with $400 and a car.

https://twitter.com/WaldoMahdawi/status/862899402024906753

Waleed Mahdawi, one of Arafa's friends told BuzzFeed they bought him everything out of brotherhood and generosity. "My group of friends and I decided we should reimburse him with everything that he had stolen from him."

A dozen friends, mostly college students, chipped in to surprise Arafa. "We want to make a difference in our community and we want to send out a message that love truly beats hate," added Mahdawi.

Arafa says he is "truly blessed" to have his friends. "But I wasn't expecting for them to bring me everything that I lost," he added.

PHOTO: Twitter @aymanarafa81

"At the end of the day I want everyone to know that as Muslims we were always taught to be kind and generous towards every human being," said Mahdawi.



"We think that setting an example for everyone on social media can truly set the tone for other people," he added further.

People on Twitter couldn't handle the loyalty between this group of friends.

Awwww this is the kind of friend I want to be, so help me Lord 🙏

— Okikiola (@DeycallmiFaMe) May 13, 2017

What an absolutely amazing thing to do. God bless you all for making the world a better place & turning some bad into good!

— Sathya B (@sathyabcom) May 17, 2017

People also wished they were part of this squad:

https://twitter.com/NlNETEEN99/status/863120022192914433

https://twitter.com/blasiantay_/status/863116508381282305

https://twitter.com/mitxhelle__/status/864050262574608384

While others lamented that their friends would never do this..

https://twitter.com/jessicaparris2/status/863220226888019968

@andreaveliz23 smh and you wouldn't even drive 15 minutes to come hang out with me. 😪

— damsel no distress (@damselsans) May 13, 2017

https://twitter.com/FrostyKade/status/863230407130587136

 

This story originally appeared on BuzzFeed.