How often do you have the opportunity in life to make a difference, no matter how small the charity? These moments surround us but many times we overlook them in our complexity, when the solution is simple. The biggest healing often times come from the smallest kindnesses. This is what the core value of Al Maun Fund expresses. The small kindnesses that make the largest difference in the healing of people – financially, emotionally and most importantly spiritually. Here is a small list of the cases that Al Maun Fund is attempting to help today.

cr.1259 Mother of (3) requests help with utility bill.$250.00
cr.1260 A sister needs help paying her car registration and tags to maintain employment, $100.00
cr.1262 Mother of (2), limited income seeks aid to avoid utility shut-off. $300.0
cr.1263 Mother of (4), suffered from domestic violence, needs help paying rent. $289.00
cr.1264 Expectant mother (with one other young child with her) is currently in safe house due to physical harm.She is working until she delivers which is within the next month. She needs basic items for her two children, including a stroller.

You can donate specifically to these families, referencing the CR # or you can donate to the General Fund for Al Maun Fund that will assist with other families and overhead costs.

Please remember that it is first by Allaah’s Rahmah, then His softening of the believer’s heart to give that allows us to help people on a daily basis.

Please continue to Help us help others insha’allah.

Donate
http://www.almaunfund.org/index.php?option=com_jdonation&view=donation&Itemid=204

Back in 2008, many of HalfDaters have contributed to the drive to collect questions/answers that every single should think about before marriage. Those questions were the seeds behind the marriage site HalfOurDeen.com by Baba Ali.

Today, with the help of Allah then all those questions/answers that you have shared, many Muslims found their match, Alhamdulillah.

One of those singles is HalfDate team member Br. D. Hasan.

So, we would like to thank Allah first and foremost, then to you and HalfOurDeen.com.

Please join us to send our Dua’s and wishes to Br. D and Sr. A.

If you wish to send them a phyical gift, here is the link to their gift registry: http://www.target.com/registry/wedding/1ZRZVA3U50J4A

On behalf of HalfDate family, we would like to say: Baraka Allah for you, and unto you, and may Allah gather you two in goodness.

Bismillah

Meet for Meat is a project to distribute the Qurban/Udhiya meat to needy Muslims.

The project has three goals:
-Encouraging Muslims to offer their Qurban locally
-Reviving the Sunnah of sharing the meat
-Reviving the Sunnah of eating the meat during Eid Al-Adha and the following 3 days.

We are going to replicate this project in different cities. Please share your experience if you did a similar meat distribution project.

Why offering your Qurban locally instead of sending it overseas?

An interview with Alamaanah officer about their Meet for Meat project for 1430/2009

HalfDate has already advanced $1000 loans to Almaun. They are still in need, click to give.

UPDATED August 3, 2010

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Mother of (6) has water bill she needs help with. She was receiving child support, but that has stopped, and her she also lost her job. $162.00

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Widowed grandmother, has custody of (2) young grandchildren. She is seeking help to get a house phone and for electric bill. $319.00
UPDATE Her electric bill has been resolved, but family still needs help with phone $100.00

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New muslimah requests book packet $35.00

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Mother of (2), maintains family from child support, have not received payment. She is asking for help with rent $46.00 and electric bill $83.67 ($129.87)

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Employed mother struggling to make ends. Her family of (3) needs food. $100.00

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Mother w/one child has secured her own apartment, but needs help with rent deposit ($125) and electric deposit $(188). $313.00

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Expectant mother seeks aid with security deposit. $500.00

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Mother of (5) asks for assistance with house payment $300.00

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Mother w/4 children was (are) living in house that was condemned. She has secured another house, and gave a deposit, but needs additional funds to move in. $500.00

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Couple embraced Islaam, in need of books on Islaam, prayer and purification. $50.00

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Need to locate a decent room or efficiency in Brooklyn, NY, with preferably a muslim landlord. Please email maunfundorg@gmail.com with details.

Al Maun Fund

This is the result of Warm Winter DateDrive.

Alhamduillah, was seemed to be impossible, now it’s accomplished. All thanks and praise are due to Allah.

May Allah reward all those who helped and may Allah thank you for your efforts.

As salaamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu.

In the Name of Allah The Most Gracious, The Most Beneficent

AlhamdulliAllah Rabil Alamin. We have reached our goal. Again we cannot express our gratitude with words of how we are thankful of your support. We pray to Allah SubhaanAllah wa ta’Allah that each and everyday that we are making progress each and every nail, sweat, purchases, and payment to the workers to complete the renovation of the home and when completed that Allah, He The Almighty Sovereign Lord give you all the good of this life and the hereafter and expiate one of your sins for each day a family is housed and assisted because of your Duaas and support.

Ameen Make Duaa that another home from another city, state, country is build or set up for helping homeless families or homeless women or men insha’Allah.

There are other problems in our community such as substance Abuse, Alcolhol,Mental Health, and Domestic violence. This is something we face each and everday operating a shelter for those in need in our community it is reality that the community at large have to accept and do something about it insha’Allah Again JazakAllahu Khayr for everything.

Should you still want to make a contribution on a monthly bases please visit our website at http://www.almumtahinahhome.org/ and place you donations online or you can mail in your contributions.

Nadia Auxila McIntosh

This is the result of Warm Winter DateDrive.

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Asalaamu Alaiakum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatu

Alhamdulilah, Baitul Salaam women shelter has given sister F (the mother of 5) the money and she will have her own place to stay and can pay her bills, inshaAllah.

She was one of three requests for HalfDate’s Warm Winter Drive.

You can read about the drive here: http://halfdate.com/2010/01/28/warm-winter-in-memory-of-abu-samah/

From Sister F:

“Walaykum Salam May Allah reward everyone who contributed and help with my situation. The money that was raise for me and my family really help. I was able to pay for the 1st month rent and also pay for the deposit. Alhamdu lilaahi rabil alamin everything is coming along very well. We will be moving this weeken to a 3 bedroom apt.May Allah accept all of our efforts.”

Thank you for those who helped by promoting, forwarding, raising, or giving. May Allah reward you all with the sweetest Date in Jannah, ameen!

Update: From Sister Nadia (Women’s Affairs of AMH, Inc) regarding this family.

In the Name of Allah The Most Gracious, The Most Beneficent.

One of the families called to let us know that they have seek refuge at a non Muslim shelter that took the whole family. And they where calling to make sure that we knew that they are fine and together and wanted to know how we are getting along with the weather.

She had mentioned that her husband car had gotten vandalized and the car is totaled and because she has multiple sclerosis she cannot move around too much and that is why they had the car.

We know where she is located and it is very far we have diapers for her children and with the assistance of Allah and then you the Ummah we can succeed in assisting them.

We are feeling that we are asking too much of the Ummah. However, should you find a way to assist for the sister and her family, we will appreciate it.

We will be calling her this evening and insha’Allah depending what donations sent to the Women Affairs we will ask her husband to take the bus up here that is if he has the means and pick up the diapers and the little funds so they can move around for a little while.

We feel so helpless because the Women Affairs van is not workable we are in need to have it repaired.

Because we know Allah subhaanah wa ta’Allah never brake his promise to us He always come to our rescue eventually. Surah: 2:274.

Salaam

Nadia A.McIntosh
Women Affairs of AMH Inc

Assalam Alaikum HalfDaters!

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