Ramadan and humanitarian scene that is repeated every year on such blessed days, as thousands of fasting workers, bachelors, expatriates, and foreign residents in Doha flock to collective breakfast tables distributed in various regions of the country, as charitable institutions and societies have been setting up tents for fasting people, targeting workers, bachelors, and passers-by. The way, as a kind of social responsibility and assistance, in addition to urging goodness and reward in the holy month, is to provide various Iftar meals to those who are fasting, well before the Maghrib call to prayer.
The iftar tents that are spread during the month of Ramadan at the expense of benefactors, in many neighborhoods along with the collective iftar tents, which are supervised by charitable associations and institutions in many locations in the country, are very popular, which reflects the atmosphere of competition for doing good during the holy month. As the organizing authorities for collective breakfast tents in neighborhoods and residential areas take into account that the tents are comfortable and air-conditioned, and they have more than one entrance and exit to avoid crowding and crowding during entry and exit from the tent, in addition to agreeing with specialized companies to provide mattresses that meet the highest standards of security, public safety and fire resistance. In addition to choosing tent sites next to mosques and providing toilets and washbasins in order to achieve the best conditions for a good breakfast that provides all the needs of fasting people.
The value of solidarity
The organizers of these events are keen to set up tents in places close to the housing of workers and bachelors residing in Qatar, where the iftar tables work to enhance the value of solidarity between the various segments of society and strengthen the bonds between them, as the philanthropists and well-off in Qatar find an opportunity to race to break the fast and give to them; As an opportunity to get closer to God and get rewarded in this month, it also enhances the responsibility of the rich towards the destitute people, and presents great values that enter society, the most important of which is solidarity, participation, and the development of the spirit of love and brotherhood among those who break the fast, especially in light of the presence of a number of young volunteers who work hand in hand with charitable institutions, By helping to provide meals and participating in breakfast inside Ramadan tents, to get the reward, Allah willing, and to provide community services that would provide many advantages on the psychological and moral side, a lot has changed in the personality of the volunteer, as charities provide breakfast tables consistently every year. through tents
Good deeds multiplied
For its part, the General Department of Endowments at the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs is organizing the Iftar Meals Project for the year 1444 AH, which includes “10” locations in the different densely populated regions of the country, through the Endowment for Iftar Saem within the projects of the Endowment Bank for Righteousness and Piety, which receives the contributions of honorable endowers and benefactors from Good people, especially in the holy month of Ramadan, during which the Prophet – may God’s prayers and peace be upon him – was more generous with goodness than the wind sent, and by breaking the fast of those who fast, the good deeds multiply and the benefactor receives the wages of those who fast, as the Holy Prophet (PBUH), may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him, told: “He who feeds a fasting person will have it for him, like his reward, except that it does not diminish from the reward of the fasting person at all”.
In this context, Sheikh Dr. Khalid bin Muhammad Al Thani, Director General of the General Department of Endowments, stated that the General Department is keen to hold charity banquets annually, during the holy month, in order to fulfill the conditions of honorable endowers, and the objectives of the Endowment Bank for Charity and Piety in promoting community partnership. For his part, Mr. Muhammad bin Yaqoub Al-Ali, Assistant Director General of the General Department of Endowments, explained that this year we aim to break the fast of “10,000” fasting people daily in our various locations, which reach ten sites and vary between sites for distributing meals and others for setting up tents, with the generous support of the honorable endowers and blessed contributions Among the good people, who we hope will be among those for whom rooms have been prepared on the Day of Resurrection, as stated in the noble hadith of the Prophet: “In Paradise there is a room whose outside is seen from its inside and its inside from its outside
This content is republished from Al-Watan, Qatar. Translated from Arabic into English by Blitz.
