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Sadaqa Doesn’t Decrease Wealth
What happens when a Muslims gives By Yusuf Azmi Power How powerful is charity? What does sadaqah achieve? These are all relevant questions when considering your giving. It’s the fuel that drives us to utilize our wealth to help others. Often when considering giving sadaqah, we can forget that there are in fact two sides to giving charity in Islam. Of course your donations will go towards helping others, alleviating pain and hardship for thousands across the world in need and making the world a better place. Providing crucial support such as food, clean water and disaster relief. Allah’s promise “Whoever relieves a believer’s distress of the distressful aspects of…
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The Night We Seek that Seeks us
Laylatul Qadr and all it Brings By Yusuf Azmi Openings Ramadan brings incredible opportunities for us all to seek. Opportunities for spiritual growth, togetherness and seeking Allah’s (swt) blessings. As we grow closer to the end of this sacred month and enter the final 10 nights of Ramadan, the days become more and more important, none more so than the night of Laylatul Qadr. The night of power is the night that we truly seek, a night where all of Ramadan’s opportunities are open to us. The night of revelation, when Allah (swt) revealed the Qur’an to the Prophet Muhamad (pbuh), is more than a night of historical symbolism to…
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National Volunteer Week with The Blueshirts
April 17 – April 23 marks the celebration of volunteers Yusuf Azmi This National Volunteer Week, our volunteers will continue raising funds and awareness for our brothers and sisters in need across the globe through our IRaise Ramadan campaign. They will be assisting with hot meals distributions, meal pack events, hygiene kit assemblies, packaging food boxes, and supporting our fundraising events. National Volunteer week is taking place during the blessed month of Ramadan, one of the busiest times of the year at IRUSA. With the help of our volunteers this Ramadan, our aim is to assemble around 500k meals inshAllah! IRUSA carries out vital work around the world and here at home, responding…
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This Ramadan, Food Boxes Matter
Why hunger won’t just go away It’s here With Ramadan quickly approaching, Muslims around the world will fast from sunrise to sunset each day for 30 consecutive days. It is an arduous task, especially as the days have become longer and the weather gets hotter. It is a month where we further develop our spiritual enlightenment, exhibit greater empathy for our most vulnerable populations, and make sacrifices. Ramadan can serve as a monthlong reminder about how much we have…and how, unintentionally, we take food and water for granted. That is why it’s important to keep the populations in mind for whom food is either insufficient, difficult to access, or have…
