By TCN News,
Aligarh: Ummah Welfare Trust and Tayyab Hospital and Educational Trust distributed monthly food packs to the needy and unprivileged people of the Aligarh at Community Hall, Alig Apartment. The program was organised by Sir Syed Awareness Forum (SAF).
Qari Mohd Asim Qasmi, Trustee of Tayyab Hospital and Educational Trust, while inaugurating the camp said that they are organising this camp for the last three years in collaboration with Ummah Welfare Trust and till now they have distributed food packets at nine different places i.e. Deoband, Nanauta, Gangoh, Thana Bhawan, Saharanpur, Jalabad, Chhutmalpur and Ambetha and this is the ninth camp here in Aligarh and the tenth one will be held at Nizamuddin in Delhi.
Sitting on dias Prof Azam, Asim Qasmi, I.P.Singh, Dr. Shakeel Samdani and others
He further said that they have decided to distribute one thousand packs every month. He also said that in Islam it is the right of every poor and down trodden to receive alms from their brothers who are capable and are having enough money at their disposal.
Chief Guest of the program, Additional District Judge, Inder Preet Singh Josh congratulated the office bearers of Sir Syed Awareness Forum (SAF) and Tayyab Hospital and Educational Trust for having organised this distribution camp. He appreciated the systematic and organised way in which the camp was organised and said that if such type of organised camps are held, it will be helpful in alleviating poverty from the country.
ADJ also said that it’s more a national service rather than a religious one. He expressed his happiness and said that it is for the very first time that he has seen a Muslim organisation working for the cause of poor at the national level and that too in a very systematic manner and he is thankful to Dr. Shakeel Samdani who invited him to this camp and it is just because of him he became a part of this camp.
Free food packets being distributed to poor people by Dr. Shakeel Samdani, IP Singh Josh, Ml Asim Qasmi
Dr. Shakeel Samdani, AMU Faculty and President of Sir Syed Awareness Forum (SAF) said that SAF has organised this food packs distribution ceremony with Tayyab Hospital and Educational Trust by taking the inspiration from Sir Syed. As Sir Syed always tried to emancipate the society and work for the poor and down trodden sections of society. He founded the MAO College with a noble view to spread education among the poor and backward Indian community. He said that although Islam directs the Muslims to undertake social work and try to ameliorate the conditions of poor and needy people but the Muslims are lagging behind in this field. He further said that the SAF is committed towards the task of upliftment of poor.
Dr Obaid Iqbal Asim, Secretary, U.P. Rabita Committee said that Islam has made provisions for ‘Zakat’ and it has been made mandatory to every ‘Sahib-E-Nisab’. He also said that it is the moral abdication of every Muslim who is capable to take care of his poor brothers and sisters.
Secretary of the forum, Mansoor Ilahi proposed the vote of thanks and said that the forum under the dynamic leadership of Dr. Shakeel Samdani is creating milestones one after another and the credit for organising this food distribution camp goes to Dr. Shakeel Samdani.
On this occasion 100 food packs of 25Kg each were distributed to the needy and poor people of Aligarh.
The food distribution program was attended among others by Kr. Naseem Shahid, Daud Amla, Office Bearer, Ummah Welfare Trust, Hakim Mohd Ahmad Qamar, ML Anas Qasmi, Zeeshan Ahmad, APRO, AMU, Eminent writer Mrs. Shahnaz Kanwal, Mrs. Anjum Tasneem, Ateeq Ansari, Zulfiqar Sherwani, Mrs. Huma Shahab and Safia Khan, Maazul Haq, Research Scholars, AMU and Mohd Junaid, Senior Journalist.
The program became a great success due to the efforts of Nasar Kazim, Abdullah Samdani, Adv. Ahmar Afaq, Pasha, Mohd Umair Siddiqi, Mohd Subhan, Aamir Wani, Mohd Tayyab, Ayesha Ansari, Sumiya, Ahmad Usmani and Danish Iqbal.