Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,

As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.  (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)

One of our brothers/sisters has asked this question:

Dear Burhanbhai,

Sir I have asked you a question and that is Can you Help the Needy Bhoras In Mumbai?But there seems to be no response from your side since quite some time which made me write you this mail again.Please let me know at your convinence.

Thanking you

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Answer:

Charity Request

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

My beloved brother, we are an educational forum, not a charity or zakaat distribution organization. We are an independent organization of brothers who have made it their mission to invite others to Islam, through the guidance and teachings of the Holy Quran.

The Bohra leadership collects the zakaat from its followers, and it is a condition in the distribution of zakaat funds that it should be spent on the needy of the community.

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 9 Surah Taubah verse 60: Zakat Collections are for the needy, and the indigent, and for those who are employed to collect them, and for those whose hearts are to be won over, and for the ransoming of slaves, and for helping the debtors, and the way of Allah, and for the hospitality of the way-farers.

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

Your Brother in Islam,

Burhan