Hold on to Hope 02 Explained 03 Coronavirus Appeal 04 ALLAH Syria Crisis 06 Yemen Emergency 07 Kashmir Crisis 08 Rohingya Refugees 09 Great Gifts 10 Iftar, Fidyah & Kaffarah 11 Water Wells 12 Sponsor an Orphan 14 Masjid Al-Aqsa 16 Give Jariyah 18 Your Project – Major Giving 19 Ramadan Mubarak Where Most Needed Fund 20 #HOLDONTOHOPE 2020 ALLAH Like Salah, Zakat is a pillar of Islam and one of the most important acts of worship. HELP SAVE LIVES Who Pays Zakat? Zakat is a serious obligation upon ‘Truly, Allah loves those every adult Muslim of sound mind, who put their trust in Him’. if their wealth exceeds the minimum amount known as Nisab. [The Noble Qur’an, 3:159] Who Receives Zakat? The Qur’an lists the following Muslims as eligible to receive Zakat: This Ramadan, place your trust in Allah, rely only on Him, and have hope in His help. - The poor - The needy ‘And establish prayer, Charity is an essential worship which brings us closer to Allah. Charity increases our provision, removes our sins - Those administering Zakat give Zakat and obey the and leads us to Paradise. It is especially important to give during a crisis, as the Prophet (saw) said, - Recent reverts to Islam Messenger so that mercy - Those in captivity may be shown to you’. - Those in debt [The Noble Qur’an, 24:56] ‘Give charity without delay, for it - Those in the path of Allah - The wayfarer stands in the way of calamity’. We distribute Zakat in over 30 countries. Give [The Noble Qur’an, 9:60] to the Zakat Fund to ensure your Zakat reaches [Tirmidhi] those most in need as quickly as possible.

Your charity will not only protect you from calamity, it will make a of difference to our Unsure how much Zakat brothers and sisters across the world. It will ease hardships, transform communities and save lives. you need to pay? Giving Sadaqah and Zakat therefore benefits us in this life and the next. ZAKAT Use the Zakat calculator on our website: muslimhands.org.uk/myzakat TRUST ALLAH. HOLD ON TO HOPE. HELP SAVE LIVES. EXPLAINED Or call our team at: 0115 911 7222 2 3 Our Response: UK and Global Protect WANT TO MAKE from Calamity A DIFFERENCE? DONATE YOUR TIME! The Messenger of Allah (saw) said, We are distributing These packs consist of PERSONAL MEDICAL PACKS to global PROTECTIVE GEAR (PPE) including muslimhands.org.uk/get-involved ‘Rush to give charity, for indeed frontline medical officials, medical goggles, masks, gowns, gloves calamities cannot go beyond it’. keeping medical staff and and hand sanitisers, and are thus vital [Tabarani] their communities safe. resources in fighting the pandemic.

We are working with Zainub is self-isolating, organisations across the UK, so her children and as well as our global teams, grandchildren are unable to keep poor communities We are partnering with FareShare to We are partnering with Age UK to provide a healthy and safe deliver 3,000 MEALS A DAY in the UK. VITAL HELPLINE TO THE SELF-ISOLATING to eat. She is the sole This Ramadan, help us lighten the during this pandemic. ELDERLY in Nottinghamshire. We will breadwinner, but if she regularly call the elderly to check that they burden of those most vulnerable goes out to work she We are distributing have enough food and medicine. to the Coronavirus pandemic, puts their lives in danger. FAMILY FOOD PARCELS Mon – Thu, 9am to 5pm in the UK and worldwide. can provide 20 hot, in the UK as well as in £70 Fri, 9am to 4:30pm 19 locations worldwide, Zainub used to earn 66p nutritious meals from The Open Sat – Sun, 10am to 2pm including in Pakistan, Let’s hold onto our per day. She has no savings Kitchen to a low-income family, Syria and Gaza. Call Nottingham helpline at 0115 844 0011 community spirit and and no safety net. a homeless person, or an elderly Non-English speakers should not hesitate protect the needy or disabled person to call; this is a multilingual support line. with our charity. From rest of UK call at 0800 055 6112 Without your help THE – how will her £100 can provide family survive? one month food parcels We have set up a MULTILINGUAL MUSLIM to two struggling families, BURIAL HELPLINE, to advise you on Islamic in the UK and abroad Our community kitchen in West rulings regarding the burial process during London is running DAILY HOME the pandemic, in line with the latest DELIVERIES and a TAKEAWAY guidelines from the National Burial Council. £100 can provide SERVICE , providing cooked meals Mon – Sun, 9am to 4pm three Medical Packs to global to the homeless, elderly, disabled frontline medical officials and low-income families. Call the helpline at 0115 970 3332

5 Yemen is a ‘living hell’ ‘Allah has given me the strength for every child forced to cope with my own hardships, to bear the consequences SYRIA CRISIS but seeing my children suffer like this makes me hate life. of this heartbreaking crisis. The children of Syria have been devastated by conflict for over nine Please help my family’. – (UN) years. They have been starved, terrorised and forced to give up – Fatima, a Yemeni mother everything to survive. They have lost their parents, their homes Yemen is being torn apart by starvation, and even their limbs to this humanitarian nightmare. cholera outbreaks and mass displacement. Every single day, children are dying because They desperately need your help they have no food, water or medicine. and du’as this Ramadan. Act now to Save Give Hope to Syria Lives in Yemen

The Prophet (saw) said, The Prophet (saw) said, ‘It (Sham) is Allah’s best land, to which ‘The best of men are the men He sends His best servants’. of Yemen, belief is Yemeni, and I am Yemeni’. [Abu Dawud] [Ahmad]

£65 can provide a family with food for an entire month £150 can provide a child with nutritious school meals for a whole year £500 can run an intensive care unit for displaced children £300 can run our mobile and their mothers for a day ‘My child is always hungry and sick but YEMEN health clinic for a whole day I can’t give him anything. How can we live like this? I would prefer to die over living such a life’. £800 can provide £500 can buy a share in an amputated child with a – Najwa, a Syrian mother the construction or rehabilitation prosthetic limb that will help EMERGENCY of a deep water well them walk and play again

6 7 ‘They took away my only son India-administered Kashmir has been under curfew in August. They kept saying restrictions for over eight months. Stocks of food and medicine have been almost completely depleted. they will release him, but I haven’t It is vital that we keep supporting Kashmir in this seen him. I am diabetic too, critical time, as our partners on the ground are one of ROHINGYA I’m suffering from hypertension. the few charities allowed to work in curfew zones. What will happen to my daughters if something goes wrong with me?’ REFUGEES – A mother in Kashmir

Give Relief to Strenghten the the Rohingya People of Kashmir ‘Whoever brings ease to someone in difficulty, ‘Indeed, the believers are Allah will make it easy for him like a structure, each one in this life and the next’. strengthening the other’. [Muslim] [Bukhari] KASHMIR ‘At home, everywhere I looked, I could see houses burnt down. People just like me were being killed in their homes. £100 can provide a £100 can provide a It felt like we would never be safe again. one month family food parcel family with an emergency food parcel for a month I can play with my friends at the children’s centre. CRISIS can run one of our I can forget all of the scary memories here’. £150 children’s centres for a day – Shaha Nur, a Rohingya refugee child £500 can run an ambulance in curfew zones for a week £350 can run one of our medical camps for a day

8 9 £75 £150 Farming tools Gift of sight Multiply the Rewards and seeds of Your Fast for just Just being able to see this means £1 PER IFTAR We are distributing iftar to war victims \ Having farming tools ensures land you’ve got an advantage over from Syria, Yemen, Kashmir, Palestine and can be cultivated for its maximum countless numbers of people all over the world. Cataract removals the Rohingya. We are also providing iftar benefit and otherwise barren land The Prophet (saw) said, to families worldwide who cannot afford can be put to use. Your gift will are simple, yet life changing ‘Whoever feeds a person breaking his fast will ensure the work gets done and procedures which nutritious food on a regular basis. earn the same reward as him, without anything families are empowered to restore sight and being lessened from the reward of the fasting person’. feed themselves and sustain can remove [Tirmidhi] a livelihood. Great blindness Charity Gifts almost instantly. is an easy way to give a gift feeds a fasting person to someone in need, in the £30 for the whole month of Ramadan name of a loved one! Every PROVIDE time someone benefits from the gift, you both £75 provides iftar for 75 people gain the reward. provides iftar for 350 people £20 IFTAR £350 We will comply with Eid Gifts For government health and ChilDren safety guidelines when greatcharitygifts.org.uk delivering iftar to people’s What if I Can’t Fast Share the joy this Eid by giving homes during the or I Miss a Fast? an orphaned or disadvantaged coronavirus outbreak. child a gift through Muslim Hands. ‘I am always hungry. I dream about Fidyah Your will be used to buy having an apple to eat. I wish I could £210 practical items such as a school try meat just once in my life’. Payment made if you can’t fast due to ill-health or old age bag or equipment, together – Ahmed, a Syrian child with items designed to bring a Kaffarah smile, such as toys and sweets. £420 Payment made if you miss The gifts are distributed on the a fast without a valid reason days of Eid by our local teams.

10 11 The Messenger of Allah (saw) was asked, Give the ‘Which charity is best?’ He replied, Best Charity ‘[Providing] water’. [Abu Dawud] £190 Tube Well Up to four families will benefit from this safe water source. It will be located next to their homes

£660 Dig-a-Well Up to 35 families will benefit. It will be located in a communal place such as a village centre, school or masjid

£2,600 Community Well GIVE It will serve more than 200 families as well as providing enough water for their livestock and crops Sustainable Development WATER Improved Agriculture Clean water is really important More Women in Jobs Give now to More Children in School Futureis protect the The vulnerable Giving water is a Healthy People in YOUR HANDS. from deadly Sadaqah Jariyah diseases. chain reaction! Healthy Livestock WASH

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Giving Orphans Hope What Does Your Support Mean to an Orphan? Muhammad and Aida are orphans in Sudan whose lives have been transformed by generous donors like yourselves. Your monthly sponsorship provides a child with an education, medical check-ups and healthy school The Messenger ‘Other boys in the neighbourhood sell tissues and water meals – but it also does so much more. of Allah (saw) said, bottles in the street. I am the only boy in this neighbourhood who has the opportunity to go to such a good school. ‘Paradise has a door which is called ‘Joy’ I’m really grateful to my sponsor and my teachers for caring SECURITY – only those who bring A brighter for me and giving me a better life’. joy to children STABILITY FUTURE – Muhammad, aged 13 will pass through it’. [Dailami] PROTECTION

Sponsor an Orphan JUST

£29.50 per month supports 97p an orphan with their education, medical PER DAY check-ups and school meals

Or £354 for the entire year

Food 4 Kids ‘Since our parents died, our aunt and uncle have taken SPONSOR care of us. There are eleven people in this house and per month provides it’s really hard for everyone to eat. I’m grateful to £10 have food every day thanks to my sponsor’. an orphan with daily school meals – Aida, aged 10 AN ORPHAN Or £120 for the entire school year 15 14 The Prophet (saw) was asked, PHASE THREE We are now moving into the most exciting phase: ‘If one of us cannot visit it [Masjid Al-Aqsa], ILLUMINATE Qiblah illuminating the front rows of the masjid, THE FRONT where the Prophet (saw) himself prayed! what should we do?’ He [the Prophet (saw)] said, On the night of al-Isra wa al-Mi’raj, he (saw) led the PRAYER ROWS prophets (as) in prayer in the Qibali Masjid, and we are Olive Oil gift from ‘Then he should make a gift of some Al-Aqsa for every truly honoured to be able to illuminate this blessed space. you donate to oil to be lit therein [in its lamps]. For SubhanAllah, you have given almost £1.2 million £250 the Blessed Masjid!* to the Masjid Al-Aqsa lighting project so far! indeed the one who gifts this to it, will Half of the Qibali Masjid has been illuminated – don’t miss out!) limited are *(Stocks be like the one who has prayed therein in this historic Sadaqah Jariyah project, and [equivalent to one thousand prayers]’. you’ve played a valuable part in that! This Ramadan, we invite you SADAQAH [Ahmad] to be a part of this incredible PHASE 2 PHASE 4 PHASE 1 JARIYAH Give Light Renovation Next after Completed in progress Phase Three to the Blessed Masjid Al-Aqsa

£150 Illuminating the Lighting for 3 square feet The Blessed Olives of Al-Aqsa Qibali Masjid is a There are around 700 olive trees within Masjid Al-Aqsa. These Sadaqah Jariyah, olives are so blessed, Allah swears by them! (Qur’an, 95:1) which will benefit £250 worshippers for Lighting for 5 square feet Some of these olive trees are over generations to 200 years old. They are only harvested come, in sha’ Allah. £500 once a year. Their oil is NEVER sold; Lighting for 10 square feet If you donate in the name of a loved one it can only be gifted. who has passed away, they can be a part 10 square feet = 1 prayer space Our partners have given us this of these incredible rewards. priceless olive oil to gift to YOU.

16 For every £250 you donate to Al-Aqsa, we’ll send you a bottle of blessed oil! 17 ‘A masjid is a house of Allah. Without a masjid in the community, where is Allah’s home? Building one is a beautiful Sadaqah Jariyah which will benefit the giver and the community for many generations to come’. All projects – Imam Yaya, from his new masjid in start from £3,000 ‘As for that which benefits the people, it remains on the Earth’. BUILD A MASJID [The Noble Qur’an, 13:17] Build a Masjid for a community in need in the name of your loved one, so their good deeds can live on long after they have passed from this world.

BUILD A CLASSROOM Help us provide an education to orphans and needy children by building them a Start the safe, inspiring place to learn and grow. LIVELIHOODS Give families the means to earn Project their own livelihoods and build GIVE brighter futures. Training widows in tailoring, gifting livestock to farmers or helping women set up small shops SADAQAH of Your are just a few of the ways you can help. SADAQAH JARIYAH literally means ‘a continuous, ongoing, flowing charity’. It is a gift ...OR YOUR OWN IDEA We can turn your dreams into reality. that not only benefits others in this life, but also Let our team of experts create a beautiful legacy for you, Lifetime Start the project of your lifetime today. you and your loved ones in the next life. according to your plan, time and budget. Contact our team at JARIYAH [email protected]

18 19 The Messenger of Allah (saw) said, ‘Whoever fulfilled the needs of his brother, Allah will fulfil his needs’. WHERE [Bukhari] MOST NEEDED FUND GIVE TOWARDS THIS FUND

If you can’t decide where you want to give, let our team of global experts decide where your Zakat and Sadaqah will have the most impact.

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