Author Archives: Wakeel Mclachlan

Yesterday we provided eight pots of food to communities of Ottery, Parkwood and Samora Michell for people to break their fast. How people flock to our religious places in the various communities seeking aid when hungry and when faced with many other challenges. Our religious places should be the centre point in our communities forContinue reading “Serving the Creation of the Creator”

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 lifeContinue reading “Importance of Zakaah”

As human beings there is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up. We go through life to eventually find our gift, then slowly realise that the purpose of life is to give it away. How many of us give our all and feel as though it cost us nothing,Continue reading “Generosity the practice of love”

We firstly want to thank the Almighty for allowing us to feed those in need another day and for allowing us to realise that giving is actually receiving. Thank you to our sponsors, volunteers, the team, distribution partners, associate kitchens, family and friends for your support both big and small, every little helped in achievingContinue reading “100,000 mouths fed to date”

Recently we have witnessed many things that have taken place, both in our country as well as globally, the most significant being the destruction of Turkey and Syria as a result of the recent earthquake. We ask the Almighty to grant all those going through challenges patience and ease all their difficulties. This disaster resultedContinue reading “A time to reflect”

We thank the Almighty for granting us another year to build our Falaah Foundation community in order that we may together help feed our surrounding communities suffering from the adversities of poverty due to unemployment and inequality in our country. We would also like to thank the Belhar and Lavender Hill teams for cooking overContinue reading “New year, New goals”

Each day we go through life reflecting on the oneness of the Almighty. Reflecting on the number “One” has many lessons we can draw from in our lives. As an example we have many parts of our body, each having a different function, legs to walk, a mouth to talk, eyes to see and althoughContinue reading “Power of unity”

As we look back at the lessons learnt in the past year, let us reflect on the moments and memories, both good and bad that will shape the years ahead. Sometimes we are so stuck in the past that we don’t realise that our new beginning is forged from the past and not the abandonmentContinue reading “The end is just the beginning”

As we grow older we tend to realise the importance of our health, unfortunately it is either as a result of a condition or illness we experience sometime in our lives. There is an Arabian Proverb that beautifully describes the importance of our health, “He who has health has hope, and he who has hopeContinue reading “Health is Wealth”

The Almighty can be described by the name Al-Wahhab in Arabic which means, the Giver of All. This name describes one of the qualities of our Creator in terms of His generosity in giving plenty without expecting anything in return, but have we ever contemplated regarding the lessons we can draw from implementing this qualityContinue reading “The Giver of All”