Tag: SADAQA
Who are the truly needy?
We are always told to "feed the needy", but Charity Right's Azim Kidwai asks this Ramadān: who is really in need?
“Charity Begins at Home”
Yusuf Patel takes a critical look at Muslim discourse surrounding charitable spending in the UK and abroad. Does charity really begin "at home"?
“The world is facing the largest humanitarian crisis since 1945”
The world is facing the largest humanitarian crisis since 1945, the United Nations has warned. The UN undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, Stephen O’Brien, told the Security Council on Friday that more than…
The Beauty of Iron: Al-Hadīd pt1
Introduction “…And We sent down iron, wherein is mighty power and benefits for mankind, and so that Allāh may test those who support Him and His messengers though unseen. Indeed, Allāh is…
Now it’s Syria’s turn for help
{وَالسَّابِقُونَ السَّابِقُونَ {10 {أُولَٰئِكَ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ {11 {فِي جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ {12 {ثُلَّةٌ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ {13 {وَقَلِيلٌ مِنَ الْآخِرِينَ {14 And those foremost will be the foremost . These will be those nearest to Allāh. In the Gardens of…
Relearning the Gift of Guidance
In helping to found a charity startup, I found myself wrestling with new spiritual questions I was unprepared for. I was pulled to relearn the gift of ‘Islām’. The five of us…
Have we turned our backs on Syria?
In the wake of the attacks on Charlie Hebdo in Paris, France, the western world has united on a mass scale in solidarity for the twelve lives taken relentlessly by two gunmen…
The Princess of the Islamic World: Bosnia
Only with Tawfīq from Allāh was I blessed to with the opportunity to travel to Bosnia and Herzegovina recently. I was fortunate to travel with Dr Abdul Bari who possesses a wealth…