We give up food during Ramadan... Please GIVE FOOD

During the Holy Month we abstain from eating during daylight hours. Not having what we normally take for granted enables us to realise how blessed we are in our own lives and think of the less fortunate.

What if you had to fast 24 hours a day due to a lack of nourishing food?

Giving up our fast each evening is a welcome part and important part of each day, but here’s a fact that you won’t see in the news. Approximately 26,000 to 30,000 children under the age of 5 living in extreme poverty die each day.

Why should we accept this as an inevitability in our lives? 

Feeding the hungry and helping the poor is an integral part of MGR and along with our donors we work hard to uplift the poor as they struggle with poverty and hunger.
We hear their desperate cries and take swift action, bringing positive and lasting change to these communities.

MGR’s FeedMe project helps the poorest people to have at least one nourishing meal every day. We also provide families with wheat grain, pulses, lentils, ghee, sugar and oil to name a few. Throughout last year nearly 70,000 people were fed.

How you can help?

Iftari/Sehri project: Help hundreds of people everyday with their daily requirements of food and water to enable them to fast. Donate just £6.00 to give a hungry person a healthy and fulfilling meal.

Goats: Providing healthy, living goats to poor families in order to provide milk to drink and produce their own cheese - surplus milk and cheese can be sold for some income or exchanged for other edible items. Donate just £120.00 for one healthy goat to a poor family.

Chickens: Each chicken can lay around 5 eggs a day which not only provides families with protein in their diet, but allows the surplus to be sold to buy/exchange for other commodities. Donate £10.00 to provide 3 healthy chickens.

FOOD PARCEL Project: Food prices in developing countries have more than doubled, pushing millions more into poverty. More and more people now rely on food parcels for just the essentials like milk, bread and flour. £60.00 to provide a family with one month’s essential food rations.

Donate online or call 01282 604055

Pay your Zakat

What Is Zakat?

‘Take from their wealth so that you might purify and sanctify them.’
(The Holy Qur’an, chapter 9, verse 103)

The word Zakat means ‘purity’ or ‘to purify’ and it represents Charity; all Muslims who are wealthy enough, must perform this Charity in order to purify their wealth in the eyes of Allah (SWT). In other words, Allah blesses us with wealth; it is therefore our duty to give some of this back to those most needy, which purifies the rest of our wealth.

As one of the five pillars of Islam, it is an obligation upon all believing Muslims.

Who Needs to Pay Zakat?

To pay the Zakat, one must be a Muslim sane adult, in possession of the Nisab (the minimum amount of wealth that one must have before Zakat is payable) for one whole year.

Items from which wealth can be derived include: cattle, crops, gold, silver, and merchandise for business. Zakat must be paid on cash deposits held in bank accounts.

Any personal items from which one cannot derive wealth including cars, utensils, food, clothing, shelter, furniture and which are not to be used for trade, are not included in the calculation of Zakat.

One must not only have the minimum amount of Nisab but it must have been in one’s possession for one whole year. A lot of people choose Ramadan as the month in which they pay their Zakat; both to remember it, and also because the reward for good deeds done in this blessed month is multiplied.

Who Benefits From Zakat?

The Poor & the Needy – These people may have wealth, but not enough to make up the Nisab.

The Destitute – Such people have nothing other than the very basic necessities; they are worse off   than the poor and destitute.

Those employed to collect the Zakat – referring to those that collect as well as distribute the Zakat.

To reconcile Hearts – traditionally, this category was for new Muslims who after having become Muslim, faced extreme poverty due to their decision.

Those who are indebted, but unable to settle their debt

Those struggling in the path of Allah

Travellers who have run out of money and would therefore have no way of reaching their final destination without help.

Zakat cannot be used to build mosques, to bury the deceased, or to clear the debt of the deceased.

Zakat with Muslim Global Relief

Muslim Global Relief uses, and has always used Zakat to help some of the poorest, most needy, and the most destitute people throughout the world. Your Zakat donations bring joy to these people who know that their brothers and sisters all over the world have not forgotten them.

Your Zakat donations give hope to the poor; that one day with the help of Allah (SWT), they will be Zakat givers and not Zakat receivers.

Use our online Zakat Calculator click here

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Salaam to all of you as we welcome the blessed month of Ramadan.

Salaam to all of you as we welcome the blessed month of Ramadan.

2015 marks Muslim Global Relief’s 15th year of helping those less fortunate around the world. As you read this our people are working tirelessly around the world where your valuable donations are still working hard to help those in need.

At MGR, Ramadan presents us the challenge of acquiring your support for our many life-saving projects. This Ramadan we are asking you to help us to continue our projects around the globe. Our emphasis is on the following life changing projects:

• Emergency Relief • My Orphan • Feed Me • Water4life

This Ramadan we would like your help to provide food and water to 100,000 people, through our FeedMe and Water4life projects. We also need to find supporters for hundreds of needy orphans’ still awaiting sponsorship.

You can be a part of this effort! If you are planning on hosting an iftaar this Ramadan for your friends and family, we ask you to consider collecting donations for our It’s Your Call Project. This can be in whatever format you'd like. For example, you can ask for donations instead of having a takeaway which people often do, or have a donation box setup where invitees can make their valuable donations for your chosen project.

As you plan your personal Ramadan iftaars, give your guests the opportunity to donate to your It’s Your Call Project. All you need to do is:

1. Provide some information to your friends and family about our organization and what we do;
2. Have a donation box or envelope at the Iftaar where guests can leave a donation in any amount; and
3. Ask your friends to do the same for their Iftaars!

MGR is a charity you can trust who has the experience in the field to make your valuable donations count.

Thank you for your generous support and Ramadan Mubarak.

Ramadan is coming...

Ramadan is coming:

As the blessed month of Ramadan approaches this year, there are several things you can do to prepare yourself spiritually and physically for the month-long period of fasting.

It is recommended for Muslims to eat a pre-dawn meal each day before the fast begins. The pre-dawn meal provides energy and other benefits to the fasting Muslim during the day so it makes good sense to plan on getting up early to have sahoor.

If you are accustomed to drinking tea or coffee in the morning or during the day, be aware that caffeine withdrawal can cause severe headaches while you are fasting. Take some time before Ramadan to wean yourself from caffeine (perhaps gradually) and decide whether it will be necessary to have any caffeine during the non-fasting hours in Ramadan.

Ramadan is a time for generosity and giving. It is a time when we think about those who have less than us as well as thank Allah for everything he has given us. Ramadan is an honourable and blessed month, and the rewards for generosity are multiplied in it.

Therefore we should get into the habit of giving in charity now so by the time Ramadan arrives we would increase in our generosity, giving to those less fortunate than ourselves. We should give whatever we can afford as Allah looks at our intentions.

Islamic Calligraphy

Islamic calligraphy, or Arabic calligraphy, is the artistic practice of handwriting and calligraphy, based upon the Arabic language and alphabet. The development of Islamic calligraphy is strongly tied to the Qur'an; chapters, and excerpts from the Qur'an is a common and almost universal text of which Islamic calligraphy is based upon. As Islamic calligraphy is highly venerated, most works follow examples set by well established calligraphers, with the exception of secular or contemporary works. 

In antiquity, a pupil would copy a master's work repeatedly until their handwriting is similar. The most common style is divided into angular and cursive, each further divided into several sub-styles.


The traditional instrument of the Arabic calligrapher is the qualm, a pen made of dried reed or bamboo; the ink is often in colour, and chosen such that its intensity can vary greatly, so that the greater strokes of the compositions can be very dynamic in their effect.




The Islamic calligraphy is applied on a wide range of decorative mediums other than paper, such as tiles, vessels, carpets, and inscriptions. Before the advent of paper, papyrus and parchment were used for writing. The advent of paper revolutionised calligraphy. 

Join us on the 27th June at Lal Qila in Manchester for calligraphy workshop with Ismail Hussayn and 3 course meal.

More info here on our facebook page

Or call us on 01282 604055