Ramadan: Ansar-ud-Deen Society donates to widows, needy

From: Femi Oyelola, Kaduna

Ansar-ud-Deen Society Kaduna Branch has made cash donations to some of its members, who are widows or indigent, to assist them in getting some foodstuffs and provisions for their families during the Ramadan fasting.
Making a cash gift of N25,000 each to five widow and needy during the annual Ramadan lecture on Sunday at its Kaduna South Masjid in Kakuri, Kaduna, Chairman of Ansar-ud-Deen Society Kaduna Branch, Alhaji Saburideen Adeyemi said the donation to widows and the needy is an annual welfare programme aimed to ease the hardship on members and enable them to perform the Ramadan fasting like other Muslims, and in line with the tenet of Islam which urge Muslims to assist widows, orphans and the needy with cash or foodstuff.
“We made cash donations to widows and indigent members, drawn from each of our five divisions, to ease the economic hardship faced by them and their families and help them observe the Ramadan fasting, which is obligatory on each adult and healthy Muslim who is of sane mind and not on a journey. It’s an annual practice to reach out to our widows and indigent members and their families, we usually give assorted foodstuff but this year we decided to give cash to enable the beneficiaries to get foodstuff and provisions of their choice.”
Speaking on the Masjid project, which has just been roofed, Alhaji Adeyemi urged members and philanthropists to support the project, noting that the project has just reached halfway, with the need to plaster, do screeding and painting, install windows and doors, erect ceiling and tile the floor before carrying out electrical fittings and furnishing. “We thank Allah for the ongoing Masjid project in Kaduna South. We appeal to all members to support and ensure the completion of the masjid.”