Zakaah is one of the Pillars of Islam and it’s importance cannot be stressed, yet so much of us neglect this duty bestowed upon us. Zakaah is an Arabic word that relates to cleanliness, growth, blessings and praise. Zakaah is defined as a form of charity to purify our wealth, increase our blessings in life of which we will obtain a great reward. It has been made obligatory for every Muslim to give this charity once a year calculated as 2.5% of one’s excess wealth to widows, orphans, disabled, the needy and destitute. In simple terms, Zakaah is considered right of the poor on the wealth of the rich, therefore withholding Zakaah is depriving the poor of their due share. We see how peoples morals are impacted, arising from the love and greed of wealth. By giving charity, it assists us to detach ourselves from our wealth and prevents us from becoming enslaved chasing after wealth on a daily basis.
Despite our religions and beliefs, charity and the importance of being of service to humanity is a duty for each an everyone of us. Have we ever asked ourselves why the Almighty has made certain acts obligatory upon us and others not? One can only imagine it’s importance, how much these obligatory acts are loved by the Almighty and how these will be of benefit to us when rendering these acts.
Today we fed approximately 2,500 people in the communities of Vrygrond, Retreat, Lavender Hill, Belhar and Khayelitsha with dhal, rice and akni . We thank our distribution partners, sponsors, the team and all those that volunteer, this would not have been possible without your support. We ask the Almighty to make us realise that giving is actually receiving, that less is actually more and allow us to be grateful and serve humanity.
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