The purpose of Annual Dinners at the end of Charity Week
After a year of work, people have been united on campuses around the globe, money has been raised to support orphans and needy children(!), surely this is the time to rest?
After a year of work, people have been united on campuses around the globe, money has been raised to support orphans and needy children(!), surely this is the time to rest?
These are some of the beautiful manifestations of the Prophetic ideal that I’ve seen at Charity Week. I’ve seen those with little donating to those with even less. I’ve seen personal goals being set aside for days and weeks, while collective goals are given priority. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing different groups coming together and working as one, groups within universities, between universities, and across countries. On our best days, we get a taste of the Islamic ideal of unity.
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Dua between those who partake in Charity Week and our beneficiaries, connects us together!
We acknowledge that Allah is the reason we are where we are today. So must start with being grateful.
If I asked you to describe the Quraysh in one word, would “lucky” spring to mind?
Compare your conversations, the time you devote to it, the pace you speak at, the thought put into it. Compare it to when you converse with the Lord of the Worlds!
The two don’t contradict, and each has its importance. But what are the pitfalls?
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