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TO
#HoldOnToHope
Our Ramadan Message 02
Ramadan Mubarak Your Zakat 03
2021 Where Most Needed 04
NEW Blessed Bakeries 05
Syria Crisis 06
Yemen Emergency 07
Kashmir Crisis 08
Rohingya Refugees 09
Masjid Al-Aqsa 10
The Open Kitchen 12
Iftar, Fidyah & Kaffarah 13
Water Wells 14
Sponsor an Orphan 16
Give Sadaqah Jariyah 18
Your Own Project: Major Giving 19
Automated Giving: Best 10 Nights 20
Give to the Zakat Fund to fulfil your
THIS RAMADAN, WE ARE
obligation and support those in need.
GIVE
CALLING ON YOU ONCE AGAIN
In these unprecedented times those
who were already suffering have
TO TRUST ALLAH (SWT) AND
been severely impacted, and they
ZAKAT
need our help to sustain them through
HAVE HOPE IN HIS HELP.
ON this crisis. Your Zakat is a lifeline
TO
for impoverished communities
and families living in
emergency zones.
ALHAMDULILLAH, we have been granted the chance ‘And establish prayer,
to live through another blessed Ramadan. Now,
give Zakat and obey the
more than ever, your Zakat and Sadaqah can be
ZAKAT IS THE THIRD
Messenger so that mercy
a source of hope for yourself and others.
‘And whoever PILLAR OF ISLAM may be shown to you’.
puts their trust THE PROPHET (SAW) ENCOURAGED US
and one of the most
[The Noble Qur’an, 24:56]
important acts of worship.
in Allah, then He TO GIVE CHARITY DURING TIMES OF HARDSHIP. It is obligatory upon every
will suffice him’. It protects us from calamity, increases our provision and, adult Muslim of sound mind,
if their wealth exceeds
[The Noble Qur’an, 65:3] most importantly, demonstrates our trust in Allah and
the minimum amount
our efforts to please Him. This Ramadan, every donation known as Nisab.
is another chance for you to gain immense rewards
while supporting our brothers and sisters worldwide.
Don’t miss out on this essential worship in Ramadan 2021.
Trust Allah. Hold on to Hope. Help Save Lives. Visit our website for all the Zakat resources
We are here to answer any questions you need, including our handy Zakat Calculator.
you have about Zakat! muslimhands.org.uk/zakat
2 Or call our team on 0115 911 7222. 3
WHERE
6 out of 10
THE
The Messenger of Allah (saw) said,
Syrians struggle
MOST
‘Whoever fulfilled to find a basic meal.
the needs of his brother,
BLESSED
Allah will fulfil
NEEDED
his needs’.
BAKERIES
[Bukhari]
FUND The Messenger of Allah (saw) said,
‘O Allah, bless us in our Shaam!
When you give to the O Allah, bless us in our Yemen!’
Where Most Needed Fund, [Tirmidhi]
your Zakat and Sadaqah
ALHAMDULILLAH, we were delighted to
are allocated to where
Source for statistics: UN
launch three Blessed Bakeries last year. This
the need is greatest. Ramadan, we’re aiming to provide even more 2.3 million
Yemeni children
people in Yemen and Syria with life-saving bread!
ALHAMDULILLAH, this is a holistic and under 5 are acutely
Don’t miss out on the chance to give hope to the malnourished.
far-reaching fund! It supports our global
people whom the Prophet (saw) prayed for!
teams during emergencies like natural disasters, IF YOU CAN’T DECIDE
allowing us to provide immediate relief to people which cause to support – simply give to
during a crisis. It also covers the long-term the Where Most Needed Fund! Our team of
development of vulnerable communities, global experts will decide where your Zakat
including supporting schools, livelihoods and Sadaqah will have the greatest impact. REGULAR GIVING SUPPORT THE BLESSED LANDS
and essential health and water projects. Give £10 to the Blessed Bakeries
monthly to feed 140 people £50 provides
700 people £100 provides
1,400 people £500 provides
7,000 people
with bread with bread with bread
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GIVE TO
Six years on, the conflict continues to
10 years on, a generation The Messenger of Allah (saw) said, devastate communities across Yemen.
of Syrian children have
YEMEN
grown up without homes. ‘It (Shaam) is Allah’s 24 million people depend upon
best land, to which humanitarian aid for survival.
In northern Syria, children are constantly He sends His
fleeing conflict, sleeping out in the open or Every single day, people are dying because
finding temporary shelter in camps. This
best servants’. they have no food, water or medicine. The entire
GIVE
Ramadan, we are calling on you to provide [Abu Dawud] country has been devastated by the ongoing famine,
food and shelter to Syrian IDP families. They The Prophet (saw) said, with children and mothers suffering the most.
desperately need you to give them hope. They urgently need our support.
‘The best of men are
TO SYRIA
the men of Yemen,
belief is Yemeni,
and I am Yemeni’.
[Ahmad]
SAVE LIVES IN YEMEN
SAVE LIVES IN SYRIA
£100 feeds a family
£100 feeds a family
for the month of Ramadan
for the month of Ramadan
Give to the Syria Fund
£250 provides
to support children
through this crisis.
Give to the
Yemen Fund to £150 provides a child
save lives in with nutritious school meals
3,500 people with bread
this blessed land. for the entire academic year
£1,200 builds £500 gives a share in the
a house for a displaced family construction or rehabilitation of
in Idlib (or give any amount a deep water well
to the Syria Housing Fund)
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Give to the The Messenger of Allah (saw) said,
India-administered Kashmir has Rohingya Fund
‘The example of the
GIVE TO
to improve
been under curfew restrictions living conditions believers in their affection,
for almost two years, crippling and alleviate mercy and compassion for
KASHMIR
local economies and already- suffering.
each other is that of a body.
impoverished communities. When one limb aches, the
Throughout this time, you have been whole body reacts with
providing food and medicine to vulnerable sleeplessness and fever’.
families, as well as sponsoring
‘Whoever brings [Bukhari]
orphans to continue their
education at home. ease to someone
GIVE TO THE
in difficulty, Allah
will make it easy
for him in this life
ROHINGYA
SUPPORT
Our partners on the ground are one
of the few charities allowed to work and the next’.
in curfew zones. Give to the Kashmir Fund THE ROHINGYA
to help struggling families this Ramadan. [Muslim]
£100 feeds a family
The Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazaar for the month of Ramadan
SPONSO are barely mentioned in the news today, yet
AN ORP
R they need our support now more than ever. £150 can run one of our
HAN children’s centres for a day
IN KASH
MIR For three and a half years, one million refugees have been trapped
£29.50 in an overcrowded camp, dependent on humanitarian aid for food,
water and medicine. This Ramadan, we urge you to give hope to our
£350 can run one of
GIVE HOPE £100 £485 per mon our medical camps for a day
feeds a family can run a th brothers and sisters and show them that they haven’t been forgotten.
TO KASHMIR for the month of Ramadan medical camp for a day
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GIVE TO LIGHTING THE
PLACE OF ASCENSION ALHAMDULILLAH, since
GIVE LIGHT TO THE
DOME OF THE ROCK
JERUSALEM
last Ramadan, your support
ALHAMDULILLAH, we’re inviting people for Masjid Al-Aqsa and its
The Prophet (saw) was asked,
across the globe to this Sadaqah Jariyah! people has been incredible! ‘If one of us cannot visit it [Masjid Al-Aqsa],
There are 5,000 lighting shares and over 1,000 what should we do?’ He [saw] said,
have already been donated, MA SHA’ ALLAH. This Ramadan, we are delighted to ‘Then he should make a gift of some
invite you to a unique opportunity oil to be lit therein [in its lamps]. For
£80 WHAT ARE WE
to illuminate the Dome of the Rock
Masjid, which sits in the centre of
indeed the one who gifts this to it, will
will feed a family in ILLUMINATING? be like the one who has prayed therein
Jerusalem (Palestine) the Blessed Masjid Al-Aqsa complex.
for one month The new lighting system
will illuminate all central
DOME OF [equivalent to one thousand prayers]’.
[Ahmad]
ROCK
THE DOME
areas inside the
Dome of the Rock.
TH E
£250
gives half lighting
share to the
CENTRAL AREA WITH ROCK Dome of the Rock
Masjid
TWO RINGS PRAYER AREA
£500
gives one lighting
Olive Oil gift from
share to the
Al-Aqsa for every
£500 you donate
to Dome of the Rock
£200 SPREAD YOUR £500 DONATION!
the Blessed Masjid
!*
*Lim ited offer only !
Masjid
renovates ten square metres
of Bab ar-Rahmah, Al-Aqsa’s Call our team on 0115 911 7222 to set up or give to the Dome of the Rock Lighting Fund
historic cemetery a monthly payment plan for your share.
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Due to the ongoing MULTIPLY THE REWARDS
Since the pandemic began, even more OF YOUR FAST
families are struggling to put daily meals pandemic, we will be
on the table, with 8.4 million people in distributing Ramadan The Prophet (saw) said,
the UK suffering from food poverty. Food Parcels this year ‘Whoever feeds a person breaking his fast
instead of running will earn the same reward as him, without
In response to the growing demand, the community iftars. anything being lessened from the reward
Open Kitchen in Hounslow (London) is now of the fasting person’.
feeding double the amount of people. We These will provide iftar and [Tirmidhi]
are providing nutritious meals every single day sahur for the whole month to
to rough sleepers and low-income families,
supporting them through this nationwide crisis.
impoverished families who £60 gives a Ramadan Food Parcel
to a family (see enclosed letter
FEED YOUR
cannot afford nutritious or our website for locations)
food, as well as war-torn
communities in Syria, gives a Ramadan Food Parcel
£80 to a family in Jerusalem (Palestine)
NEIGHBOURS
Yemen and elsewhere.
Give now to share the
gives a Ramadan Food Parcel
blessings of Ramadan
with our brothers and
£100 to a family in Syria, Yemen,
India-administered Kashmir or
THE £35 provides sisters worldwide. the Rohingya refugee camps
10 hot meals
at The Open Kitchen
PROVIDE
£70 provides The Messenger of Allah (saw) said, Give to The Open Kitchen WHAT IF I CAN’T FAST
20 hot meals Fund to provide 500 daily OR I MISS A FAST?
‘He is not a believer meals to our vulnerable
IFTAR
at The Open Kitchen
£350 provides
whose stomach is filled
while the neighbour
neighbours in the UK.
£210 Fidyah
Payment made if you can’t fast
100 hot meals due to ill-health or old age
to his side goes hungry’.
at The Open Kitchen
[Abu Dawud]
£420 Kaffarah
Payment made if you miss
a fast without a valid reason
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GIVE THE
BEST CHARITY
GIVE £190 Tube Well
The Messenger of Allah (saw)
was asked,
WATER
Up to four families will benefit
‘Which charity is best?’ from this safe water source. It will
He replied, be located next to their homes.
‘[Providing]
water’. £660 Dig-a-Well
Up to 35 families will benefit. It will
[Abu Dawud] be located in a communal place such
as a village centre, school or masjid.
£2,600
Community Well
It will serve more than 200 families
as well as providing enough water
for their livestock and crops.
Sustainable Development
Improved Agriculture
More Women in Jobs
GIVE MONTHLY
CAN’T BUILD A WELL?
GIVING WATER IS A More Children in School
Give to the Safe Water Fund To set up a monthly payment plan
SADAQAH JARIYAH
to provide clean drinking water for your water well, visit
to vulnerable communities. muslimhands.org.uk/water
Healthy People
CHAIN REACTION! Or call our team on 0115 911 7222.
Healthy Livestock
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WHAT DOES YOUR SUPPORT
MA SHA’ ALLAH, your generosity MEAN TO AN ORPHAN?
towards orphans over the last year
has been unprecedented! ALHAMDULILLAH, your Zakat and
Your monthly sponsorship provides a child with an
education, medical check-ups and healthy school
Sadaqah will be giving hope to some of meals – but it also does so much more.
Since the pandemic began, you have especially been
the most vulnerable children in the world,
supporting orphans in India-administered Kashmir and sacred
providing them with nutritious food, SECURITY
Jerusalem. Now, for the very first time, we are calling on you
medical check-ups and an education.
to support orphans in Somalia and Yemen as well. STABILITY
A brighter
FUTURE
PROTECTION
SPONSOR AN ORPHAN
SPONSOR
£29.50 per month supports
an orphan with their education, medical
AN ORPHAN
check-ups and school meals
N EW
£354
n
sor a
S p o n a n in Or for the entire year
orp h d
li a a n
Soma en!
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FOOD 4 KIDS
The Prophet (saw) said,
‘I and the one who cares for an orphan
will be together in Paradise £10 per month provides
like this’ – and he (saw) held his an orphan with daily school meals
two fingers together to illustrate. Or £120
[Bukhari] for the entire school year
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‘When a man dies,
his deeds come to an end
except for three things:
All projects
Sadaqah Jariyah (continuing charity), start from
knowledge which is beneficial, £3,000
or a virtuous descendant ‘As for that which
who prays for him’. benefits the people, If you want to create a unique
£25 Fruit Tree [Muslim] £15 Olive Tree it remains on the Earth’. Sadaqah Jariyah project, we can turn
[The Noble Qur’an, 13:17] your dream into reality. Leave a beautiful
GIVE
legacy on behalf of yourself or a loved one,
by providing water, livelihoods, masjids
Ramadan is always a time
and more to those in need.
for remembering the
SADAQAH
loved ones we have lost.
INVEST IN
SADAQAH JARIYAH For many of us, this is the first
BUILD A MASJID
JARIYAH
Give a rural community a place to worship
literally means ‘a continuous, ongoing, Ramadan we are spending without
Allah (swt), an incredible Sadaqah Jariyah
YOUR LEGACY
flowing charity’. It is a gift that not only family members or friends, and
benefits others in this life, but also it is difficult to conceive of the
you and your loved ones in the next life. blessed month without them. BUILD A CLASSROOM
Give children a safe space to learn and
grow, reaping rewards for generations
£150
ALHAMDULILLAH, £80 Sheep BUILD A SHOP
Islam is a religion of hope. Create a livelihood for a widow and gain
Gift of Sight
Even though we can’t see our deceased the reward of providing for her children
loved ones, we can still give Sadaqah
Jariyah on their behalf. From planting ...OR YOUR OWN IDEA
a tree to building a masjid, there are so For more ideas, contact our team at
many ways we can share the blessings of majorgiving@muslimhands.org.uk
18 Ramadan with the people we are missing. 19THE BEST 10 NIGHTS is a tool that ensures you will The Prophet (saw) said,
never miss giving on Laylat al-Qadr again, by automating
your donations over the last 10 nights of Ramadan. ‘Look for Laylat al-Qadr
in the last ten nights
of the month of Ramadan’.
[Bukhari]
‘Laylat al-Qadr
is better than
a thousand months’.
[The Noble Qur’an, 97:3]
Don’t miss Laylat al-Qadr
CHOOSE YOUR CAUSE SPREAD YOUR DONATIONS PROCESS YOUR PAYMENT
Select at least one cause Split your Zakat and Now sit back and
1. from: Where Most Needed
Fund, Zakat Fund, Water Fund, 2. Sadaqah automatically
over the last 10 nights of 3. focus on your worship,
knowing you won’t
Orphans Fund and Iftar Fund. Ramadan. You can even give miss Laylat al-Qadr!
more on the odd nights.
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