Your Zakat can Empower People like Irum this Ramadan
In Pakistan, hard-working people like Irum Bukhari, who run small businesses often struggle to make ends meet. They may have the skills and motivation to work. But they lack the resources to help them maximise these skills.
Qarz-e-Hasna – Investing in People to Create Independence
Meet Parveen, a widow with four children whose husband passed away nine years ago. Since then, she’s struggled to make ends meet. As a single, unemployed woman, it was very difficult to support her children all alone.
Help for the Disabled
In developing countries where poverty is rife, it isn’t uncommon for disabled people to be ostracised by their communities, and even abandoned by family members. Unemployable and without any skills, many are forced to beg on the streets to make money.
Power Up Your Zakat this Ramadan
Muslims are obligated to pay Zakat annually. We’re required to donate a portion of our wealth to needy Muslims who are eligible to receive Zakat. But did you know that you can give your Zakat differently this Ramadan, to amplify its impact on the lives of the needy?
Empowering the World: Dr. Amjad Saqib’s Vision to Eradicate Global Poverty Through Islamic Microlending
Award-winning philanthropist Dr. Amjad Saqib unravels the potential of microfinance and how it can help transform lives and communities worldwide
A Helping Hand for Women Entrepreneurs
With limited employment opportunities in the village of Samnabad (Pakistan), people struggle to find work and earn enough to look after themselves and their families. But enterprising people will always find a way.
The Last 10 Nights of Ramadan
The month of Ramadan is considered the holiest for Muslims and is the month of Allah’s (SWT) blessings, mercy and forgiveness. The last Ashra of Ramadan (the last 10 nights) is known as Safety from the Hellfire. It is an opportunity to increase our spirituality, seek forgiveness and gain closeness to Allah (SWT).
Your Zakat can Empower People like Irum this Ramadan
Your Zakat is Empowering Small Entrepreneurs like Irum this Ramadan In Pakistan, hard-working people like Irum Bukhari, who run small businesses often struggle to make ends meet. They may have the skills and motivation to work. But they lack the resources to help them maximise these skills. When her husband died, Irum struggled to support […]
Fighting Money Lenders through Microfinance
INFORMAL MONEY-LENDING AND ITS CONSEQUENCES IN PAKISTAN Poor people in Pakistan who need quick cash can become victims of Baniyas (informal moneylenders) who take advantage of people’s desperation by advancing them funds at exorbitant interest rates. The culture of borrowing from informal moneylenders who are known as Baniyas is prevalent in this impoverished country. Research […]
Give Little, but Give Often
Give Little, but Give Often ‘Do not show lethargy or negligence in giving alms and charity, until your last breath.’ (Bukhari) In Islam, ‘Sadaqah’ is voluntary charity, given for the pleasure of Allah (SWT) without expecting anything in return. We know through numerous examples from the life of the Prophet (PBUH) that he gave freely […]