People Within Our Country
I noticed that alot of the people donate money to people from abroad, neglecting the fact that we have alot of people within our country who suffer from famine, poverty and sicknesses.. It’s heart breaking to hear people from our Muslim country call the talk shows and complain about what they are going through in order to live , whereas we play around with our money and spend thousands of dirham’s on useless things.. we sometimes try to act generous by donating abroad and saying our country does not have poor people.. Who said that we do not have needy people?
There are some people who are in deep need for money but are too shy to ask for help, or they do not want to show others that they have no money..
I am not saying that we should not donate money to the people abroad who are in desperate need for our help, but we should also keep a portion of our money to the people in our country, who struggle in order to fight the unbelievable inflation that is invading our country..
Maybe, what triggers people to donate abroad is that they tempt us by putting really heart touching pictures of the poor children.. Whereas, you do not find a picture of an Emarati Child struggling to find food or medical treatment in any donation advertisements..
We need to start focusing on helping the people in our country, in addition to the people in other poor countries.. Not to forget that الأقربون أولى بالمعروف This is a reminder to myself first then to all other Muslims to contribute in providing help, care and financial support to the Muslims in our country.. حدثنا آدم حدثنا شعبة حدثنا معبد بن خالد قال سمعت حارثة بن وهب قال سمعت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول : (تصدقوا فإنه يأتي عليكم زمان يمشي الرجل بصدقته فلا يجد من يقبلها يقول الرجل لو جئت بها بالأمس لقبلتها فأما اليوم فلا حاجة لي بها). رواه البخاري Hadith No. 1345
إِن تُبْدُواْ الصَّدَقَاتِ فَنِعِمَّا هِيَ وَإِن تُخْفُوهَا وَتُؤْتُوهَا الْفُقَرَاء فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لُّكُمْ وَيُكَفِّرُ عَنكُم مِّن سَيِّئَاتِكُمْ وَاللّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌ 271 (Al Baqara)
Note: thanks to my husband for inspiring me with these thoughts
i agree with u sis ,,
it is really heart breaking to see these people ..
if u want to see them .. go out of ur surrounding !!
because we are surround with the same level of people ..
have a visit to other emirates .. see how they are living !!
i alomst cried when i heard on the radion local woman crying coz she doesnt have ENOUGH money to spend on food !
رب درهم سبق ألف درهم ..
dont hesitate and look to your donation as little coz the little makes difference !!
i was thinkin about the same issue yesterday..it’s really sad how we throw 1000 as if it’s 1 dirham ,,however in the other side there’s ppl who dont have money and they dont know when they gonna have their next meal or where they can get the money if they get sick !!..and without noticing it could be us someday.
thanks to u & ur husband for remindin us ..yazakom allah 5eer sis =)
I very much agree, everytime dubai cares comes up in a topic, this is the very question that stirs our minds.
well .. i have worked in Beit Al Khair for 2 weeks .. It was so painful to see 6 locals living in a small room, in a house shared with other poor nonlocal people. It was unbelievable to see locals living on a 1000 DHS per month .. i have entered 20 houses .. they were all heartbreaking..
so people you can give your 9ada8at to Beit AL Khair , and they will distribute them to locals who are needed ..
Thank You candle of hope ..
Salam ..
Alia — > ya Allah..
Allah ysa3id jamee3 il muslimeen..
i’m sure you had a great experience during your work placement in beit al khair
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.. Thanks Candle .. Will do that next time when we donate .. Yzach Allah alf khair ..
Its very sad and very heartbreaking if we listen and see them and specially their life style which is surely under average.I think donation is the best way to help them out.