Outreach Project - Monthly Foodbank Collection
This community led project will collect food donations which will be distributed to local food banks who cater for the most vulnerable in our community. Every first Saturday of each month. (You may donate money online and in person in the masjid anytime.
Money collected will be used to buy food for distribution)
The driving force of this project is to provide long term assistance to our vital local charities.
The dates for our collections in 2023 are on the following Saturdays:
- January 7th
- February 4th
- March 4th
- April 1st
- May 6th
- June 3rd
- July 1st
- August 5th
- September 2nd
- October 7th
- November 4th
- December 2nd
Abdullah bin Amr (ra) said, ’A man asked the Prophet, “What Islamic traits are the best?” The Prophet said, ”Feed the people, and greet those whom you know and those whom you do not know”’. [Bukhari]
The Prophet (saw) said, “O Abu Dharr, when you cook a stew, put more water in the broth and take care of your neighbours“’. [Muslim]
The below quote has been taken from a longer Hadith Qudsi:
The Messenger of Allah (saw) said, ’Allah, Mighty and Sublime be He, will say on the Day of Resurrection […] “O son of Adam, I asked you for food and you did not feed Me“. He will say, “O Lord, how can I feed You when You are the Lord of the worlds?” He (Allah) will say, “Did you not know that My servant so-and-so asked you for food and you did not feed him? Did you not know that had you fed him you surely would have found that (the reward for doing so) with Me?“′ [Muslim]
An increasing number of people living in Walthamstow are affected by the pandemic and are having to turn to local food banks for their basic needs. We are starting a community led project to collect donations from the local community in order to give to local foodbanks
Please help by donating the following items (no cooked or frozen items please):
