We Need your support and here is why...

Al Fitrah... because everyone is born with inate goodness...

"Whatever is with you, will be exhausted, and whatever is with Allah (of good deeds) will remain." [Qur'an - Surah Al-Nahl 16:96] 

Everyday of our lives we plan our future, be it what we are doing the next day, or in a years time we make preparations.

Which way life goes is not certain, but death is.. What if you died.... Would it be the end for you, or the beginning? I can't say; our souls are in His hand, but one thing i know is

You decide. Always....  

Allah's Messenger [صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم] said: "When a man dies, his good deeds come to an end except three: ongoing charity, beneficial knowledge and righteous offspring who will pray for him." [SahihMuslim: 3084]

We believe everybody is born with inate goodness. Al Fitrah aims to nurture this goodness through the projects we have been dedicated to for over a decade. We have remained small and humble but our projects have been powerful and made an impact with the aim to work sincerely in the cause of bettering our society. 

Let our hard work become your on going rewards that you look forward to in the akhirah.

2012 will prove another hard year unless we have the help of those Allah tells us to call upon: "and the believers are an aid to one another".

1) Al Fitrah has undertaken the task to support a women's refuge that was used and discarded by a major muslim organisation after it raised the funds it needed under the pretence of supporting this refuge. We have vowed to protect such small charities and strongly support what we have always believed in: grass roots dawah with sincerity and integrity. We do this via establishing the projects we promise to deliver, instead of being consumed by the zeal of power and growth.

2) Al Fitrah has also offered support to the charity - helping blind people. We will support this organisation to deliver technologies to the blind here and in our impoverished muslim countries, which will help improve the lives of many. The charity is lead by a brother who has remarkably beaten the odds in his own blindness, to become a hafiz of the Quran and now wishes to give such opportunities to others.

3) Al Fitrah's successful project 1Eid will aim to make 2012 a triumphant year by reviving the Sunnah in two additional major cities: Birmingham and Bradford. 1Eid is a revolution in the field of dawah to non muslims. It is making the celebration of Eid Universal. The 1Eid project has also broken records with the largest Eid prayer and celebration in UK. We aim to outdo ourselves yet again in London aiming for over 50,000 to attend in 2012 during the Olympics.

4) Al Fitrah will launch its much awaited project JamaTTimes.com. JamaTTimes.com is a truly a revolutionary internet experience which is expected to go viral. It is a social network constructed with mosques as the hub of the community enabling members that attend the same mosques to develop relationships, encouraging jamat and unity amongst muslims. This social network and mosque web portal is public driven and boasts extremely sophisticated and robust social networking tools making it a better alternative to Facebook.

JamaTTimes.com, is not only a social network, or a mosque info web portal, it is a place for discussion and debate and will soon host not only mosques and muslim members, but also churches and synagogues with Christian and jewish members to encourage interfaith dialogue in a beautiful online experience.

5) Al Fitrah will continue the Muslim Volunteers and Du’at fellowship (The MV&D) which is run by young volunteers for its second year. The project will focus on offering volunteers workshops, development plans and tarbiyyah courses as well as hosting two major conferences: "the Coming of Masiah" (in the Spring) and “In Memory of the Fallen" (in the Winter) as well as our annual seminar with our beloved Sheikh Salim al Amry.

If you would like to become a volunteer and engage, share your ideas, help deliver wonderful and sometimes life changing work, do something good for yourself and the community then please get in touch. All these projects belong to Allah, and we are here to serve Him through them. The more help we have the more beautifully we can serve Him, and that is our aim: To serve Allah and purify ourselves through our servitude. 

"O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction! Come back thou to thy Lord,- well pleased (thyself), and well-pleasing unto Him! 

We Hope to recieve your support and inshaAllah work together for our akhirah.

Wa Salaamu'Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu,

 From all at the Al Fitrah Family

(Dawa Art, The MV&D, 1Eid Celebration Committee & JamaTTimes)

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About Al Fitrah

Al Fitrah is an not for profit voluntary organisation serving for over 10 years with the aims of establishing itself as an academy for personal development in order to facilitate the development of peaceful, harmonious and mutually supportive communities through the understanding and practice of true Islam. We believe in the innate goodness that is instilled in every human being to distinguish between right and wrong and it is our social environment and external negative factors that has caused some to deviate from their natural state. 

Al Fitrah (Fitrah meaning the natural disposition of good in all humans) maintains an ethos of bettering the individual self, taking the benefits to the family and the means utilized are events and activities which will enrich community. Over the past 9 years Al Fitrah has used a wide range of avenues to achieve this, including the following: 

·       Our ongoing courses/ seminars and lecture such as, Basic Islamic Studies, and courses on how to propagate a better understanding and representation of Islam. 

·       Weekly study circles for the youth to come and learn about how to implement good morals an understanding in everyday life as well us discuss current social difficulties and issues learning how to overcome them. 

·       Weekend camping trips for team building and self reflection. 

·       Online forum for discussions about Islam and current issues and to build relationships among the community. 

·       Aiding and supporting other organisations to deliver events in London and around the UK. 

·       Aiding and supporting major charities in fundraising – our biggest project being the sponsor an orphan scheme. 

·       Teaming up with other faith organisations and university groups to promote multi faith dialogue and understanding. 

·       Community fun days and bazaars encouraging cultural cohesion in our diverse society. 

·       Media productions such as high quality interactive DVDs of Islamic teachings and audio productions to help people understand Islam better. 

Al Fitrah has grown to become an umbrella organisation with many projects beneath it making up the Al Fitrah Family. All our projects aim to cater to different aspects of society and its needs. Some of our co – projects are the following: 

·       www.jamattimes.com – ‘Making prayer in congregation easy’ - encouraging people to engage with the Masaajid (plural for Masjid) in the UK and the Masaajid to be more inviting and welcoming in its facilities and efforts.

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·       www.1eid.net – Organising a Mass Eid celebration for the Muslims and people of other faiths on the Day of Eid throughout the UK. 1Eid is about open hearts and minds by making this event open to all communities, religions and cultures to truly engage in cultural cohesion. We hope to break down barriers of misunderstanding and be a positive opposition to Islamaphobia by encouraging mutual respect and love for the communities in London. 1 Eid is a register charity 1144566.

·        www.dawaart.com – Propagating the beauty of Islam’s peaceful and harmonious teachings and understandings through various forms of art. Innovative ways of teaching Islamic understandings and faith tolerance through multi-faith conferences and dialogues with Video Media production.

·     www.themvd.com - The Muslim Volunteers and Duaat Fellowship. Empowering Muslims to donate their skills to dawah and run and facilitate events, courses and other such needs in the community. The MVD harnesses Muslims to give their time to bettering the society and is open to all types of people of all ages so everyone can partake in dawah. They also help through each other transfer skills and trades that can better individuals in our society and give youth better job prospects.

·       www.whohateswar.com – An up and coming website building bridges to unite people o common beliefs of love, goodness and truth all being equally disturbed by war.

·       www.simplyzakat.com - Making zakat and sadaqah (charity) easier and more efficient.

To find out more and how you can get involved and contribute in the change to society visit: www.alfitrah.com or email info@alfitrah.com