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Showing posts with label charity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label charity. Show all posts
Monday, July 30, 2012
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Feed the hungry...
"The day that hunger is eradicated from the earth
there will be the greatest spiritual explosion
the world has ever known.
Humanity cannot imagine the joy
that will burst into the world."
---Federico Garcia Lorca, Spanish poet---
"I have the audacity to believe that people everywhere
can have three meals a day for their bodies,
education and culture for the minds
and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits."
---Martin Luther King Jr.---
Wikipedia on PlumpyNut
The victim of starvation burns up his own body fats, muscles and tissues for fuel.
His body quite literally consumes itself and deteriorates rapidly.
The kidneys, liver, and endocrine system often cease
to function properly.
A shortage of carbohydrates, which play a vital role in brain chemistry,
affects the mind.
Lassitude and confusion set in,
so that starvation victims often seem unaware of their plight.
The body's defenses drop; disease kills most famine victims
before they have time to starve to death.
An individual begins to starve when he lost about a third of his normal body weight.
Once this loss exceeds 40 percent, death is almost inevitable.
---Time Magazine---
We can feed the world!
One in seven people will go to bed hungry tonight.
There are more hungry people in the world
than the combined populations of
USA, Canada and the European Union.
(statistics from World Food Programme website)
Not sure where to donate?
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Ramadan 2012 - Islamic Relief
I S L A M I C --- R E L I E F --- U S A
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Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired,
signifies in the final sense a theft from those
who hunger and are not fed,
those who are cold and are not clothed.
--Dwight Eisenhower--
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May the Syrian people be set free from oppression.
Amin
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May the fruits of my Ramadan fast
be peace in the world,
hunger taken away.
Amin
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Please make a Fatiha, fellow Muslims, for the victims of the Colorado shooting.
May Love Prevail
Amin
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Caution: Graphic Images from Syria
It is the duty of every Muslim
Narrated Anas: Allah's Apostle said, "Help your brother, whether he is an oppressor or he is an oppressed one. People asked, "O Allah's Apostle! It is all right to help him if he is oppressed, but how should we help him if he is an oppressor?" The Prophet said, "By preventing him from oppressing others."
(Bukhari)
Doing nothing
is like being an accomplice
to the crime.
“…if any one slew a person - unless it be for murder or for spreading mischief in the land - it would be as if he slew the whole people: and if any one saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of the whole people.”
(Quran 5:32)
And the believers, men and women, are protecting friends of one another, they enjoin the right and forbid the wrong.
(Quran 9:71)
The ummah is like a body,
when one limb is harmed,
the entire body responds.
Muhammad, peace be upon him, said, "You will see the believers in their mutual kindness, love and sympathy just like one body. When a limb complains, the whole body responds to it with wakefulness and fever."
(Muslim and Bukhari)
SAVE THE CHILDREN
SAVE THE INNOCENT PEOPLE OF SYRIA
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Helping Afghan women who are victims of domestic violence
that S/He created mates for you from yourselves
that you may find rest and peace of mind in them,
and S/He ordained between you love and mercy.
Certainly, herein indeed are signs for people who reflect.
(Quran 30:21)
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Charity
Visit SAVE THE CHILDREN
The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) once had
several coins that he asked his wife to distribute in
charity. But due to the Prophet's illness at the time,
she did not have an opportunity to give out the coins.
When the Prophet learned of this, he asked for the
coins, placed them in his hand, and then said: "What
would God's Prophet think if he were to meet God, who
is Great and Glorious, while (still) possessing
these?" - Al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 586
The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Every
Muslim has to give in charity." The people then asked:
"(But what) if someone has nothing to give, what
should he do?" The Prophet replied: "He should work
with his hands and benefit himself and also give in
charity (from what he earns)." The people further
asked: "If he cannot find even that?" He replied: "He
should help the needy who appeal for help." Then the
people asked: "If he cannot do (even) that?" The
Prophet said finally: "Then he should perform good
deeds and keep away from evil deeds, and that will be
regarded as charitable deeds." - Sahih Al-Bukhari, Volume 2, Hadith 524
The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said:
"Charity is prescribed for each descendant of Adam every day the sun
rises." He was then asked: "From what do we give charity every day?" The
Prophet answered: "The doors of goodness are many...enjoining good,
forbidding evil, removing harm from the road, listening to the deaf,
leading the blind, guiding one to the object of his need, hurrying with
the strength of one's legs to one in sorrow who is asking for help, and
supporting the feeble with the strength of one's arms--all of these are
charity prescribed for you." He also said: "Your smile for your brother
is charity." - Fiqh-us-Sunnah, Volume 3, Number 98
"Spend (in charity) out of the sustenance that
We have bestowed on you before that time when death will come to
someone, and he shall say: "O my Lord! If only you would grant me
reprieve for a little while, then I would give in charity, and be among
the righteous." - The Holy Quran, 63:10
A man once said to the Prophet Muhammad (peace
be upon him): "I have plenty of property, a large family, a great deal
of money, and I am a gracious host to my guests. Tell me how to conduct
my life and how to spend (my money)." The Prophet replied: "Give
(regular charity) out of your property, for truly it is a purifier, and
be kind to your relatives and acknowledge the rights of the poor,
neighbors and (those in need who seek your help)." - Fiqh-us-Sunnah, Volume 3, Number 3
"They ask you (O Muhammad) what they should spend in
charity. Say: 'Whatever you spend with a good heart,
give it to parents, relatives, orphans, the helpless,
and travellers in need. Whatever good you do, God is
aware of it.'" - The Holy Quran, 2:215
The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Save yourself from hellfire by giving even half a date-fruit in charity." - Sahih Al-Bukhari, Volume 2, Hadith 498
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