Our Ramadhaan Food Boxes provide enough food for iftaar and suhoor for the entire month of Ramadhaan, alhamdulillaah.
"Seek out the vulnerable among you. Verily, you are only given provision and support due to your support of the weak."
(At-Tirmidhi)
We are often asked, “๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐น๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ? ๐'๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ £40 ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐ข๐ฏ."
Our reply is simple:
๐คฒ๐ฝWhen we calculate the value of our food boxes, we do not treat the recipients any differently than we would treat our own families. ๐๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ.
๐ I wouldn’t dream of saying to my parents that I’m spending £240 on my own family’s food but only £40 on theirs!
๐งฎ I’m not quite sure that it’s possible to feed a single person ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด meals throughout Ramadhaan for £40, let alone a full family!
£40 for a month = £1.33 per day for a whole family
or
£240 for a month = £8 per day for a whole family.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ?
๐ From the manners and etiquettes of giving charity is to give the best and the dearest of things and not only to give away things we no longer want. Allah says in the Qur’aan: “You shall not attain righteousness until you ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ (in the way of Allah [๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ]). Allah knows whatever you spend.” (3:92)
๐ We understand that not everyone who wants to help can afford to provide a food box for a full month. That’s why we humbly ask that you give what is ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ so that the benefit can be passed directly to the vulnerable amongst us.
For some people, UKeff is a life-line at the lowest point in their lives, where other suport has been exhausted or non-existent. UKeff stand side-by-side with the vulnerable and oppressed in our community, offering hope and assistance to enable that person to move from dependence to independence.
We are based in Oldham but our work covers all of Greater Manchester and beyond. Amongst those we help are those who are struggling financially, asylum seekers and refugees, domestic abuse victims, the homeless and those at risk of homelessness.
We campaign constantly to Keep Zakat Local - to fulfill the Sunnah of the Prophet, peace be upon him, and to care for our neighbours in need.
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