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AsalaamzWW,
Is there anyone here who lives in the West who contributes anything postive towards the wider society either individually or collectively through an organisation?
Things such are raising funds for say the local hospital that everyone in the community uses, few hours per month helping out at local homeless shelter, fundraising to donate benchs for local park, help raising funds for local childrens play areas, teaching something like say maths to kids on a voluntury basis at local community centre etc.
What sort of advice can you give to others who may wish to get involved in such? How did you go about it? What was the response from the muslim community and wider non-muslim community? Any interesting stories/expereinces?
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Wa Alaykum Salam,
To be honest, the response from a few Muslims towards such work is not worth mentioning here as it's pretty disgraceful. They never accept charity work as a charity.
The advice I guess would depend on what type of work you are looking to do.
I will send a link or two to you about some work going on locally.
Wassalam
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Raising money for say a hospital whos services everyone uses would be something very positive to do (say rasing money for hospital wheelchairs). It'll give a good image of the muslim community contributing positively towards the wider community and not just themselves and as its a hospital it would also class itself as helpiing the sick.
When non-muslims see that muslims are contributing towards bettering their area/society its a massive dawah. Even if it doesnt spark a fire of curosity about Islam in them at the least they wont, inshallah, have as harsh a attitude (or may even have a positive attitude) towards Muslims. However our primary intention should be to please Allah by helping the local community and as a bonus have the intention for dawah by actions. I remember when the floods in Glos happened some years back the masaajids of Leicester went down there with a huge lorry full of bottled water for everyone. The UWT also donated about 20k to a UK hospital to raise funds for specialist medical IT equipment.
Many of our UK muslim communities are very isolated and hardly ever or never do such things to contribute to the wider society - kinda like we live totally in our own little la-la-worlds. Many dont see such things as rewards/hasanah infact most would probably say "oh they have taxpayers money for that why should we give" nevering seeing the bigger picture or the short and long term benefits.
Imagine people sitting on a bench or kids playing on swings with plaque saying "Donated by Masjid e XXX" or "Donated by the muslim commnuty of XXX" = the feeling people, muslims or non-muslims, will get when they read that.
There's a white revert brother (linked with tassuwuf) who used to give talks pre qutba on Friday in the city in London. The brother works in the city with full sunnah, beard and imamah (turban). Along with his work within his local muslim community about 6 or so hours per month he gives free time to teach Maths at local community centres and even a chruch community hall now and then (as others have come to know of his kidmat). Im not saying go to church to do such and such but the benefit (and behavioural dawah) that brother gives to the kids (and their parents) - both muslims and non-muslims - is immeasurable.
Bottom line is we live here, have for decades and probably will for decades more. Regardless of faith we & our kids and everyone else walk the same streets, play in the same parks, use the same hospitals and medical services, etc surely contributing postively to better our wider surroundings/society is a huge plus plus for everyone.
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Sounds amazing and without a doubt would be a great form of Da'wah.
As far as I know, there isn't any or hardly much of this kind of contributions from the Muslims as a group. Maybe individually.
Please keep us up to date if progress is made on this kind of work.
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AsalaamzWW, inshallah hope to update on something in the next week or so once the poster has been finalised. Duas (much duas) requested.
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AsalaamzWW - Very interesting - www.hwns.org.uk. Obviously cant see our 'lot' doing this for years but hey who's sayiing ya cant get some brothers and sisters together to help out .....
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whilst on the 1st ethical site i read this about 4pm today: www.1stethical.com/our-campaigns/animal-rights/
30mins later just before 4:30pm went to Madresah to drop my son off, met my 8yr old nephew also outside the madresah, he told me of an injured bird (limping, back was bleeding and you can see its skin/flesh) he just saw opposite the Rd. Was about to turn back and head off home after dropping off my son then thought how sad that'll be if i just read about animals rights on 1st ethical website 30mins ago and walked away?! then spent next half hour, together with another 3 passersby, trying help this bird. Eventually I got through to RSPA hotline who directed us to a Vet 5mins away which closes at 5pm. Another of the passerby helpers found an empty box, i drove my car round to get the box, ready to get to vets before 5pm. Just as we tried the catch the bird (which was sitting perched on the small wall next to the school opposite the masjid) it flew into a near by tree. We spent some mins later trying to see if we can spot it but couldn’t : ( Inshallah it’ll be fine
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