Famine and Drought in East Africa
As we prepare for the blessed month of Ramadaan, where we will actively make the choice to withhold from food, there are those in the world who have no choice, but have to do without it!
Over ten million people are in need of FOOD in East Africa! thousands have been reported to have died due to famine!
How blessed we are indeed that Allaah has allowed us the luxuries of being able to get food delivered to our doors at the touch of a button and indulging in feasts at iftaar time! How easy it is for us to throw our excess food in the bin, when our brothers and sisters in East Africa, would literally walk 100 miles, and more, to eat such scraps, subhaan'Allaah! How many stories are we hearing of how parents are abandoning their children to die in the desert, as their children are too weak, to continue on in a journey at the end of which they do not even know what to expect?
Abu Huraira reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying:
"Verily, Allaah, the Exalted and Glorious, would say on the Day of Resurrection: 'O son of Adam, I was sick but you did not visit Me'. He would say: 'O my Lord; how could I visit Thee whereas Thou art the Lord of the worlds?' Thereupon He would say: 'Didn't you know that such and such servant of Mine was sick but you did not visit him and were you not aware of this, that if you had visited him, you would have found Me by him? O son of Adam, I asked food from you but you did not feed Me'. He would say: 'My Lord, how could I feed Thee whereas Thou art the Lord of the worlds?' He said: 'Didn't you know that such and such servant of Mine asked food from you but you did not feed him, and were you not aware that if you had fed him you would have found him by My side?' (The Lord would again say: ) 'O son of Adam, I asked drink from you but you did not provide Me'. He would say: 'My Lord, how could I provide Thee whereas Thou art the Lord of the worlds?' Thereupon He would say: 'Such and such of servant of Mine asked you for a drink but you did not provide him, and had you provided him drink you would have found him near Me'." [Saheeh Muslim]
If you disclose your Sadaqaat (alms-giving), it is well, but if you conceal it, and give it to the poor, that is better for you. (Allaah) will forgive you some of your sins. And Allaah is Well-Acquainted with what you do. (Al-Baqarah 2:271)
It is not Al-Birr (piety, righteousness, and each and every act of obedience to Allaah, etc.) that you turn your faces towards east and (or) west (in prayers); but Al-Birr is (the quality of) the one who believes in Allaah, the Last Day, the Angels, the Book, the Prophets and gives his wealth, in spite of love for it, to the kinsfolk, to the orphans, and to the poor, and to the wayfarer, and to those who ask, and to set slaves free, performs As-Salaat (Iqaamat-as-Saaat), and gives the Zakaat, and who fulfill their covenant when they make it, and who are As-Saabirin (the patient ones, etc.) in extreme poverty and ailment (disease) and at the time of fighting (during the battles). Such are the people of the truth and they are Al-Muttaqoon (pious). (Al-Baqarah 2:177)
We are collecting donations for this cause. You can donate by the following methods & note we have direct contact with trustworthy sources in both somalia and kenya, also your money is not being used for advertising/admin costs, and 100% will go to the people affected.
Cheques (Mark on rear drought appeal)
Please make all cheques payable to "Heathrow muslim community centre" and mail them to the address below;
Cranford, Middlesex.
United Kingdom
Bank Transfer (Mark for drought appeal)
Make a bank or wire transfer direct to the Centre's bank account as detailed below:
Town: Hounslow
County: Middlesex
Country: United Kingdom
Sort Code: 40-25-02
Swift Address: MIDLGB2111F
IBAN: GB05MIDL4025029159182
Cranford, Middlesex.
United Kingdom
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تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي نَزَّلَ الْفُرْقَانَ عَلَىٰ عَبْدِهِ لِيَكُونَ لِلْعَالَمِينَ نَذِيرًا"
"Blessed be He who sent down the Furqaan (Qur'an) to His slave Muhammad that he may be a Warner to the Mankind".
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