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Alhamdulillah, Allahu ta'ala has continued to allow us to deliver food packages directly to families in need of assistance. We are again actively reaching out for your support to keep up with the constant demands for food assistance. We regularly need to restock our shelves. Refugee families are still arriving that need food, as well as families with special needs who are not receiving government assistance and depend on food packages to be delivered. Our elderly community also receives so little food stamps that they can't sustain themselves on their very small allotment. In addition to this there is an ongoing SNAP benefit scam impacting many families. Their benefits are disappearing from their EBT card. Our fall drive addresses these issues and will run from September 20th thru November 30th inshaa Allahu ta'ala.
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***All food items must be sealed or unopened and within the expiration date. Donations from your refrigerator are not acceptable. All meat-based products must be Dhabihah (Hand Slaughtered) Halal. Machine slaughtered meat donations will be disposed of.
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حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، وَخَالِي، يَعْلَى عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ، وَأَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ حَجَّاجٍ، كُلُّهُمْ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " مَنْ فَطَّرَ صَائِمًا كَانَ لَهُ مِثْلُ أَجْرِهِمْ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَنْقُصَ مِنْ أُجُورِهِمْ شَيْئًا " .
It was narrated from Zaid bin Khalid Al-Juhani that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
“Whoever gives food for a fasting person to break his fast, he will have a reward like theirs, without that detracting from their reward in the slightest.”
As salaam alaikum. Ramadan Mubarak. We have families requesting iftar meals especially Monday through Thursday. Many masjids in low income areas are not hosting iftar meals every night. Some only on the weekends for families fortunate enough to be in walking distance of a masjid. We have requests for tonight for individual families and the next two weeks Monday night through Thursday night. Maximize your baraka by feeding a fasting believer
Anyone wishing to sponsor a family the cost is 75 per family. Iftar meals include an appetizer, main meal, dessert and drink. All families are zakat eligible. Any funds can be sent via zelle or venmo using 678-446-8737 or via
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إِنَّمَا الصَّدَقَاتُ لِلْفُقَرَاءِ وَالْمَسَاكِينِ وَالْعَامِلِينَ عَلَيْهَا وَالْمُؤَلَّفَةِ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَفِي الرِّقَابِ
وَالْغَارِمِينَ وَفِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَابْنِ السَّبِيلِ ۖ فَرِيضَةً مِنَ اللَّهِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ [٩:٦٠]
Alms are for the poor and the needy, and those employed to administer the (funds); for those whose hearts have been (recently) reconciled (to Truth); for those in bondage and in debt; in the cause of Allah; and for the wayfarer: (thus is it) ordained by Allah, and Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom. Suratul Taubah [9] Ayah 60
About this ayatul karimah, from “TafsirJalalayn” of Imams Jalaluddin Suyuti Rahimuhullah and Jalaluddin Mahalli Rahimuhullah we read;
“The voluntary almsgivings, the alms to be dispensed, are only for the poor, who cannot find anything to suffice them in the least, and the needy, who cannot find anything to suffice them, and those who work with them, that is, [with] these alms, in other words, the one who collects [them], the one who takes the oaths [from those who claim them], the slave to be manumitted by contract, as well as the tax-summoner; and those whose hearts are to be reconciled, so that they might become Muslims, or that Islam might be firmly established, or that their peers might become Muslims, or that they might defend Muslims, all of whom are [classed according to different] categories. According to al-Shāfi‘ī, may God be pleased with him, the first and the last [of these categories] are no longer given [of the alms-tax] today, because of the [established] power of Islam; in contrast, the other two [categories] are given [of the alms-tax], according to the sounder [opinion]; and for, the manumission of, slaves, that is, [for] slaves to be manumitted by contract, and for the debtors, those in debt, if they have taken out a debt without intending thereby an act of disobedience, or those who have repented but have nothing with which to fulfil [the penalty of expiation], or to set things right between people, even if they be wealthy; and, for the way of God, that is, [for] those who are engaged in the struggle, of those for whom there is no [share of the] booty (fay’), even if they be wealthy; and for the traveller, the one cut off [from resources] during his journey — a duty imposed by God (farīdatan, ‘a duty’, is in the accusative because of an implied verb [sc. faradahā, ‘which He has imposed’]). And God is Knower, of His creatures, Wise, in His actions.
