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Addiction to drugs and substance abuse is having a devastating impact on our society. Drugs have become a menace and a destroyer of lives in the modern world. Drug addicts are unproductive and burdensome. In order to support the drug habit, they may resort to any means - begging, stealing and criminal activities are common among them.
Ibn Umar (RA) narrates that Nabi (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) wore a white hat. (Tibrani)
Continuing with its community initiatives, on Thursday 03 September 2015, Darul Ihsan, through its Muslim Empowerment Fund provided combo meals, fruit packs and stationery packs to 50 children at King Dinizulu Hospital in Asherville. The programme was arranged in conjunction with the Pharmacy Department as part of their Pharmacy Awareness Week Event.
Darul Ihsan Centre held an educational seminar on the life of Imam Abu Hanifah (Rahimahullah) at the Hartley Road school, on Saturday, 8 August 2015, conducted by Shaykh Ashraf Adam of Port Elizabeth.
The Social Department of Darul Ihsan Centre held a marriage enrichment workshop for spouses at the Inchanga Islamic Centre on Sunday, 9 August 2015, coinciding with National Women’s Day.
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Every Ramadan, Darul Ihsan Centre facilitates a fully catered Iftar programme in certain disadvantaged areas. The idea is to bring the nourishment of good food and happiness to those who do not normally enjoy this privilege even in Ramadan.
Driven by the spirit of sharing and caring that is generated by the blessed month of Ramadan and the tremendous virtues of feeding a fasting person, with the grace of Allah Ta’ala, the annual kajoor project of Darul Ihsan Centre has completed another year of successful distribution and provision of dates to the community.
Darul Ihsan Centre’s ‘Sponsor-a-Blanket’ drive took itself to Ratanda, near Heidelberg in Gauteng where another 100 blankets were distributed. The blankets were distributed on Sunday, 28 June amongst elderly women and men from the Ratanda location at the community hall.
For the second year running the residents of Roshnee, Dadaville and Arcon Park contributed towards the distribution of blankets in the Vaal area. This year the community rallied strongly to provide 100 high quality blankets to be distributed amongst the elderly in Sharpeville.
On Saturday 02 May 2015 at 20:30 PM Darul Ihsan Centre received a call from Mr Malcolm Canham, senior manager at Ethekwini Disaster Management, informing the Centre about a fire disaster at the Mallacca Road informal settlement in Red Hill - and the need for some emergency relief.
Alhamdulillah, the ‘Daughters of the Ummah’ (‘D.O.U.’), an initiative of the Youth Department of Darul Ihsan Centre - which caters specifically in activities for our young sisters - hosted another successful activity day programme at the Bluff Eco Park on Wednesday, 08 April 2015.
Over the past eight years, as a seasonal project, Darul Ihsan centre has provided blankets for needy communities in Southern Africa during the winter months. Well over a hundred communities nationally have been served with blankets and winter apparel. Areas that experience extreme winters are identified and prompt distribution is undertaken in the remote areas. The localities and recipients have continuously expressed their joy and gratitude to the Muslim community for their kindness and generosity. We take this opportunity to thank those who have assisted and continue to support this project.
Ulama and staff members from our Islamic Centre office in Howick recently went to Mtandu Bisu in a feeding outreach programme for the impoverished community located there.
Darul Ihsan Centre’s youth wing – ‘Youth of the Ummah’ (YOU) – hosted the first six-a-side soccer tournament for 2015.
The Al Ihsan Relief team (AIR) of Darul Ihsan Centre came to the aid of informal settlers affected by a fire which broke out at the Palmiet Road informal settlement.