Our Ramadan Message 02 ON Your 03 Where Most Needed 04 #HoldOnToHope TO Syrian Refugee Crisis 05 Kashmir Crisis 06 Rohingya Refugees 07 Iftar, Fidyah & Kaffarah 08 Feed your Neighbours 09 Water Wells 10 Orphan Fund 12 Hope Shop 14 Give Jariyah 16 Ramadan Great Gifts 17 Masjid Al-Aqsa 18 2021 Local Refugees 20 Local Projects 21 Best 10 Nights 22 Give to the Zakat Fund to fulfil your obligation and support those in need. THIS RAMADAN, WE ARE Our worldwide teams have been distributing CALLING ON YOU ONCE AGAIN Zakat for over 25 years, but it is more important than ever that your TO TRUST ALLAH (SWT) AND reach those most in need. These GIVE ON unprecedented times have harshly TO HAVE HOPE IN HIS HELP. impacted those who were already suffering, and they need our help ZAKAT ALHAMDULILLAH, we have been granted the chance to sustain them through this crisis. Your Zakat is a lifeline for ‘And establish prayer, to live through another blessed Ramadan. Now, impoverished communities give Zakat and obey the more than ever, your Zakat and Sadaqah can be and families living in Messenger so that mercy a source of hope for yourself and others. ‘And whoever emergency zones. may be shown to you’. puts their trust THE PROPHET (SAW) ENCOURAGED US TO GIVE CHARITY [The Noble Qur’an, 24:56] in Allah, then He DURING TIMES OF HARDSHIP. It protects us from calamity, Zakat is the third pillar of Islam will suffice him’. increases our provision and, most importantly, demonstrates our and one of the most important acts of worship. It is obligatory upon [The Noble Qur’an, 65:3] trust in Allah and our efforts to please Him. This Ramadan, the every adult Muslim of sound mind, is still dealing with the effects of the Coronavirus if their wealth exceeds the minimum pandemic and every you make is another chance for amount known as Nisab. you to gain immense rewards while supporting our brothers and sisters through this major crisis. 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 you need, We are here to answer any questions including our handy Zakat Calculator. you have about Zakat! muslimhands.org.za/zakat/calculator 2 Or call our team on 021 633 6413 3 The Messenger of Allah (saw) said, After more than a decade, Syria is still a war zone ‘Whoever fulfilled the needs of his brother, Many seek refuge in existing IDP camps Allah will fulfil in Turkey, often sleeping out in the cold WHERE his needs’. SYRIAN as there is not enough space. [Bukhari] MOST This Ramadan, we are calling on you to REFUGEE provide food, medication, and protection to IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING TO DECIDE Syrian refugees in Turkey , who have lost WHICH CAUSE TO SUPPORT – simply give to everything, but their hope. They need NEEDED the Where Most Needed Fund and our team of CRISIS global experts will decide where your Zakat you in their hour of need. FUND and Sadaqah will have the greatest impact. The Messenger of Allah (saw) said, SAVE SYRIAN LIVES When you give to the Syria Crisis - Open Fund Where Most Needed Fund, ‘It (Shaam) is Allah’s your Zakat and Sadaqah best land, to which He R500can provide are allocated to where sends His best servants’. a hygiene pack for a family

the need is greatest. [Abu Dawud] R1 300can provide ALHAMDULILLAH, this is a holistic and a water filter for a family far-reaching fund that supports our international teams during emergencies like natural disasters R1 400 can provide a for example. It is not only there to provide family food parcel immediate relief to people during a crisis but Help save and protect the lives also to ensure the sustainable and long-term of 4 million Syrian can provide development of vulnerable communities. We do refugees living R2 400 a family with a home this by supporting local schools, livelihoods and in Turkey essential health and water projects. 4 R3 800can provide 5 a family relief package People living in Indian-administered Give to the The Messenger of Allah (saw) said, Kashmir have been under harsh Rohingya Fund ‘The example of the lockdowns and curfew restrictions to improve living conditions believers in their affection, for almost two years now and and alleviate mercy and compassion for suffering. it’s a dire situation. The local econo- each other is that of a body. my has been crippled by the closure GIVE TO When one limb aches, the of businesses and already-impover- whole body reacts with ished communities are silently KASHMIR sleeplessness and fever’. battling to survive. ‘Whoever brings [Bukhari] Throughout this difficult time, ease to someone you have been providing food and medicine to vulnerable in difficulty, Allah families, as well as sponsoring will make it easy orphans to continue their for him in this life education at home. and the next’. SUPPORT GIVE TO THE THE ROHINGYA It is vital that we keep supporting the people of [Muslim] Kashmir during this critical time. Our partners on the ground are one of the few charities ROHINGYA R1 700 can provide a allowed to work in the curfew zones so your family with household essentials donations will reach those who need it the most. Last month, a raging fire ripped through Kutupalong refugee Give to the Kashmir Fund this Ramadan. DONATE ANY AMOUNT camp in Cox’s Bazar, destroying makeshift shelters and displacing more than 45,000 Rohingya refugees. R4 250can give a share in the construction or reha- Kashmir bilitation of a deep water well Survivors of this fire have already experienced untold trauma in Myanmar and now have been left with nothing. We urge you to give hope to our GIVE HOPE Fund R2 500 provides food R12 500 can run an brothers and sisters and ensure they have emergency medical care R7 650 TO KASHMIR for one family for an entire month. ambulance service for one week. and food relief to survive Ramadan and beyond. medical camp share 6 7 MULTIPLY THE REWARDS The ongoing pandemic will make Iftar a daily battle for thousands of OF YOUR FAST families both here in South Africa and around the world. Help ease their suffering by providing essential

The Prophet (saw) said, food items. ‘Whoever feeds a person breaking his fast Each Iftar food parcel provides will earn the same reward as him, without a family with everything they anything being lessened from the reward need to enjoy a nutritious Iftar of the fasting person’. and Sahur for the entire month [Tirmidhi] of Ramadan.This year we will be concentrating our efforts to help impoverished communities in Feed a fasting person Iftar R1 500 for 1 month some of the most remote regions of South Africa, and the world. Ramadan Family Give now so they too can enjoy R2 000 Food Parcel the blessings of Ramadan. FEED YOUR NEIGHBOURS R50 Fitrah We distribute loaves of bread and tins Fidyah of food to low-income families crippled by R100 (for one day) hunger and poverty across the Western Cape. The Messenger of Allah (saw) said, Fidyah ‘He is not a believer R3 000 (for the whole month) PROVIDE You can support this campaign by donating food items whose stomach is filled to help make sure that families do not starve, especially Kaffarah while the neighbour R6 000 Payment made if you miss during the coming winter. a fast without a valid reason IFTAR to his side goes hungry’. [Abu Dawud] 8 9 GIVE THE BEST CHARITY

The Messenger of Allah (saw) was asked, R4 500 Tube Well Up to four families will benefit ‘Which charity is best?’ GIVE from this safe water source. It will He replied, be located next to their homes. ‘[Providing] water’. WATER R12 850 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. R48 500-R52 000 Community Well It will serve more than 200 families as well as providing enough water for their livestock and crops.

Sustainable Development Improved Agriculture GIVE MONTHLY More Women in Jobs CAN’T BUILD A WELL? GIVING WATER IS A Give to the Safe Water Fund To set up a monthly payment More Children in School SADAQAH JARIYAH to provide clean drinking water plan for your water well, visit to vulnerable communities. muslimhands.org.za/our-work/water

CHAIN REACTION! Healthy People Healthy Livestock 10 11 MA SHA’ ALLAH, YOUR GENEROSITY TOWARDS ORPHANS OVER WHAT DOES YOUR SUPPORT THE PAST YEAR HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL. YOU HAVE HELPED MEAN TO AN ORPHAN?

ENSURE 9-YEAR-OLD MOBIDO AND HIS LITTLE SISTER CAN Your donation towards the Orphan Fund provides FINALLY GO TO SCHOOL. ALHAMDULILLAH, your Zakat and a child with an education, medical check-ups Sadaqah has gone a long way in providing and healthy school meals – but it also does so Mobido’s widowed mother had struggled to provide enough to some relief for this mother’s worries. Not much more. feed her six children after his father passed away. As the youngest, only does Mobido and his sister receive a fantastic and free education, but they also JUST Mobido and his sister would often go to bed starving. SECURITY get to eat nutritious meals during the day, A brighter make plenty of friends and receive medical STABILITY $2 FUTURE check-ups throughout the year. A DAY PROTECTION

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The Prophet (saw) said, GIVE TO OUR ‘The one who cares for an orphan and myself will be together in Paradise like this’ – and He (saw) held his ORPHAN FUND two fingers together to illustrate. [Bukhari] 13 12 GIVE HOPE, EMPOWER HOPE WOMEN SHOP

Many women in developing countries have the skills and enthusiasm to generate an income for themselves yet lack the opportunity to put it into practice. In the last year, you have helped A Hope Shop is designed to empower 33-year-old Roqaya to realise her women to earn a living for themselves dream of becoming her own boss and support their families without having and providing for her family. As a to worry about making ends meet. widowed mother of four, she had no choice but to move in with her mother-in-law Fatibelco in order to ensure her children had food and shelter.

Roqaya’s Hope Shop is situated USE YOUR SADAQAH in the middle of a busy market AND ZAKAT where she sells local goods and pantry staples. The hope shop not only allows her to earn a modest R11 000 income to support her family, provides a small shop to but it gives her a sense of empower women in need. purpose and independence.

14 15 Just being able to see this means you’ve got an advantage over countless others all over the world. Cataract removals are simple, yet life changing procedures R3 000 which can restore sight and remove Sewing Machine R3 000 blindness almost instantly. A sewing machine can provide an entire Gift of Sight R500 Fruit Tree family with the means to make a living. Together with material and cotton to start up, the gift of a sewing machine will help clothe a family as well as provide them with a secure source of income. The olive tree rarely exceeds 8 metres in If variety is the spice of life, then these height, but packs a whole lot of punch. GIVE fruit trees are no exception. Planting a R1 800 Bicycle It can provide food, oil and medicine for fruit tree can provide whole communi- A bicycle is an efficient and environmentally hundreds of years.These trees provide ties with food appropriate to their local friendly way to get from place to place for the main source of livelihood for over a SADAQAH diet, bring environmental benefits and people living in remote parts of the world. million Palestinians, helping to sustain providing income as surplus fruit can It is suitable for every age too - children for generations to come. be sold. GIVE A GREAT example can use it to get to school while JARIYAH parents can cycle to work. CHARITY GIFT R400 Four Chickens These domestic animals are one of the finest R300 R2 000 gifts you can give as they are low mainte- Olive Tree Imagine a lifetime of being confined to Wheelchair THIS EID nance and each one can lay over 200 eggs a year, providing families with essential protein your home and dependant on others Great Charity Gifts is an easy way to give a gift in their diet. Surplus eggs can be sold to pay to move even short distances. Gifting to someone in need, in the name of a loved one! for schooling, clothes and medicine. a wheelchair to those who are disabled Every time someone benefits from the gift, you both and elderly means they too can enjoy gain the reward. Each gift comes with a personalized being mobile and independent. certificate, with the name of your recipient. 16 17 WHAT ARE WE ILLUMINATING? The new lighting system will ALHAMDULILLAH, your LIGHTING THE illuminate all central GIVE LIGHT TO THE support for Masjid Al-Aqsa PLACE OF ASCENSION areas inside the DOME OF THE ROCK and its people over the last Dome of the Rock. year has been incredible! There are only 5,000 lighting shares THE DOME and over 1,000 have already been donated, The Prophet (saw) was asked, ‘If one of us cannot visit it [Masjid Al-Aqsa], This Ramadan, we are delighted to MA SHA’ ALLAH. Make the most of this what should we do?’ invite you to partake in a once in a unique opportunity and help enlighten the exact place where the Prophet (saw) ascended He [the Prophet (saw)] said, lifetime opportunity to illuminate CENTRAL AREA WITH ROCK ‘Then he should make a gift of some the Dome of the Rock Masjid, which to the heavens on Al-Isra wal-Miraj.

oil to be lit therein [in its lamps]. For sits in the centre of the Blessed TWO RINGS PRAYER AREA indeed the one who gifts this to it, will DOME OF Masjid Al-Aqsa complex. be like the one who has prayed therein [equivalent to one thousand prayers]’. THE ROCK [Ahmad] R10 000gives one lighting share to the Dome of the Rock Masjid

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NEW DID YOU KNOW? MASJID AL-AQSA Scan to download our free was the direction of the first AL-AQSA HADITH qiblah (direction of prayer) in Islam COLLECTION muslimhands.org.za 18 19 On World AIDS Day, we distributed much-needed food items to 600 HIV sufferers in Cape Town and more than 500 rural villagers in Kimberley. Most of them were young children who were severely undernourished and admitted FEEDING to not eating a proper meal in a very long time. LOCAL With no other option, they SCHEMES MOTHERKIND were forced to seek shelter in a makeshift camp, which REFUGEES is home to more than 800 In honour of World Prematurity Day, our teams donated 100 toiletry packs unemployed foreigners. Every year we distribute warm nutri- Originally from the Democratic to mothers of premature babies at tious meals and blankets to more than Republic of Congo, Ismail and the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Living conditions are 1500 vulnerable people living in and Hospital in Coronation Ville in Johan- Zainab ran a successful business incredibly unhygienic, there is around Cape Town. Most cannot afford nesburg. Each pack contained carefully in Cape Town but lost everything no electricity during the day, to buy warm clothes, food, basic hygiene selected items for premature babies after a series of unprovoked the drinking water is unsafe, products or electricity and are at risk of LOCAL such as soaps, creams, tissue rolls, and sometimes the family contracting hypothermia and pneumonia, xenophobic attacks in 2018. nappies, milk powder and medications does not eat for several days. which can be deadly. This Ramadan, help ensure PROJECTS and are designed to last the refugees living in Cape Town, mothers a few months. have enough food and clean water to survive the OUT IN PROJECT coming winter. THE COLD More than 50 patients from local old 4 SIGHT DONATE TO THE age homes, churches, mosques, and LOCAL PROJECTS FUND orphanages were selected for a free eye test at the Belmed Medical Centre, in and help ensure disadvantaged people living in Homestead, Kimberley, and those who South Africa have enough food, clothing and required spectacles, were given a pair clean water as well as access to medical care. completely free. 20 21 THE 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]

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