Muslim News No 86 November 2019
News of the activities of the Lahore-Ahmadiyya branches across the world.
News of the activities of the Lahore-Ahmadiyya branches across the world.
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The <strong>Muslim</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />
<strong>News</strong> I Shall Love All Mankind.<br />
<strong>No</strong>vember <strong>2019</strong><br />
Issue <strong>86</strong><br />
The Next Mosque Open Day<br />
Sunday, 3 <strong>No</strong>vember <strong>2019</strong><br />
15:00 Topics & Speakers TBA<br />
16:15 Jamaat Matters<br />
UK <strong>News</strong><br />
Very important and urgent.<br />
Please note that the UK Jamaat is<br />
phasing out its current subscription<br />
payment system. This is for many<br />
reasons.<br />
First, it means that every time there<br />
is a new Treasurer, there is a long<br />
learning curve about claim tax<br />
refund from the HMRC.<br />
Second, tax reclaiming is timeconsuming.<br />
Third, we reclaim tax at the end of<br />
the year which makes it very<br />
difficult to check subscriptions.<br />
Fourth, we do not have the<br />
resources to claim a tax refund on<br />
Zakat, Fitrana, Eid collections etc.<br />
Since registration, the Jamaat has<br />
probably lost £200,000 in tax<br />
refunds.<br />
Mrs Fareeha Nazir, our Treasurer,<br />
has been working on setting up a<br />
system which does not suffer from<br />
these drawbacks.<br />
Donate as you shop<br />
Help the Jamaat by registering with<br />
Amazon and Giveasyoulive and<br />
nominate the Jamaat at the charity<br />
you want to help. They will donate to<br />
the Jamaat a percentage of what you<br />
spend.<br />
Amazon<br />
https://smile.amazon.co.uk/ch/27896<br />
3-0<br />
Give as you live<br />
https://www.giveasyoulive.com<br />
Over the last few months, she has set<br />
up an account with the Charities Aid<br />
Foundation, also known as CAF. She<br />
also has set up sub-accounts with<br />
names like Monthly Subs, Berlin,<br />
Zakat, Fitrana.<br />
Here are the detailed instructions<br />
about how to pay your monthly subs<br />
using the new system. Please<br />
remember that this is a Direct<br />
Debit system and not a Standing<br />
Order.<br />
Setting up a monthly Direct Debit<br />
with the Charities Aid Foundation<br />
means that the Jamaat will receive<br />
your donation, including the 25%<br />
tax refund in the month when you<br />
donate.<br />
1. Click Monthly Subs<br />
(alternatively, copy the link<br />
https://cafdonate.cafonline.or<br />
g/10248 and paste this in the<br />
internet provider URL address<br />
bar.<br />
Broadcasts<br />
English<br />
Friday Sermon: 13:00<br />
Monthly Lecture: First<br />
Sunday of each month at 15:00<br />
www.virtualmosque.co.uk &<br />
Radio Virtual Mosque on<br />
Urdu<br />
Every Sunday at 9 a.m. (UK time)<br />
Radio Virtual Mosque on Mixlr.com<br />
And live on Skype at:<br />
Lahori-Ahmadi<br />
French<br />
Every Friday at 09:00 a.m. (UK time)<br />
Radio Virtual Mosque on Mixlr.com<br />
2. In the FIRST form that appears<br />
a) click on, I’d like to give<br />
regularly. Monthly will<br />
Ahmadiyya Anjuman Isha‘at Islam Lahore (UK)<br />
15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, UK, HA0 4JQ<br />
Info@aaiil.uk
appear in the box. This is<br />
the only option allowed.<br />
b) In the next box, enter the<br />
amount you want to<br />
donate.<br />
c) REMEMBER to tick ‘Please<br />
Gift Aid this donation’, if<br />
you are a UK taxpayer.<br />
Please see *** below.<br />
d) Click yes or no depending<br />
on whether you want to<br />
receive information from<br />
CAF.<br />
3. Click next for the SECOND<br />
form<br />
4. In this form, enter your details.<br />
Please make sure you enter<br />
your mobile phone number<br />
and email address.<br />
5. Click next for the THIRD form<br />
6. In this form, enter the details<br />
of your bank/building society.<br />
The last box should have the<br />
Jamaat’s six-digit code ending<br />
13<br />
7. Click next for the LAST form.<br />
8. This form will show you all the<br />
details that you have typed in.<br />
Check these details on the last<br />
form, and if you need to make<br />
any changes.<br />
9. Click donate now.<br />
10. You will receive an email<br />
with a reference number.<br />
Please send it to<br />
secretary@aaiil.uk.<br />
11. <strong>No</strong>w stop your standing<br />
order.<br />
***What to do if you are<br />
paying for someone else?<br />
If you pay the monthly subscription<br />
for someone else through a bank<br />
account which is in your name only,<br />
we can no longer claim tax relief on<br />
the subscription for the person<br />
whose membership you are trying<br />
to maintain.<br />
There are two reasons for this.<br />
First, such payments are regarded<br />
by HMRC as gifts to the person on<br />
whose behalf you are paying.<br />
Second, that person may not be a<br />
UK taxpayer which means that we<br />
cannot claim back the tax he never<br />
paid! If you set up a direct debit<br />
for another person in this way<br />
you will be committing a<br />
serious offence – it is regarded<br />
as fraud.<br />
You can leave such payments as<br />
standing orders from your account.<br />
We will not be submitting any<br />
claims for tax rebates for the<br />
standing orders received by the<br />
jamaat.<br />
Please see Hazrat Maulana<br />
Muhammad Ali’s instructions<br />
regarding financial contributions.<br />
Sacrifices<br />
<strong>No</strong> goal can be reached, nor a step<br />
taken towards its attainment, until<br />
great sacrifices are made for the<br />
cause. . .<br />
A person cannot make any sacrifice<br />
unless he considers his life and his<br />
property, which Allah has given him,<br />
as a trust from God which he must<br />
cheerfully return in His way when<br />
demanded by Him. . . . we must be<br />
ever ready to leave our homes and<br />
countries for the exaltation of the<br />
word of Allah when required, and<br />
do so without any hesitation. lf we<br />
have to bear physical hardship, we<br />
must bear it, and if we have to spend<br />
money we must give the highest<br />
priority to that expenditure and be<br />
pleased to spend it. . .<br />
According to our decision, arrived at<br />
by consultation, every Ahmadi<br />
must take part in the running of the<br />
community alike by making<br />
monetary contributions, whether<br />
he is great or small. The standard of<br />
greatness in our community is<br />
determined by the object of our life.<br />
The more a man serves Islam, the<br />
greater he is. The man who devotes<br />
his whole life for the service of Islam<br />
is indeed very great and worthy of<br />
the highest honour. But no one can<br />
be exempt from doing his duty in the<br />
set-up of the community. . .<br />
Moreover, to carry out religious<br />
works the expenditure of money is<br />
required, and the Holy Quran too<br />
has, in addition to the zakat, also<br />
prescribed jihad as obligatory.<br />
Whether jihad is by the sword or by<br />
the pen, in both cases the spending<br />
of money is required. In the light of<br />
this injunction of the Quran, our<br />
decision taken by mutual consultation<br />
has decreed it as compulsory<br />
that all members must make<br />
monthly donations of at least onetwentieth<br />
of their income, and<br />
may pay more if they so wish. To fail<br />
to follow this call of the community<br />
is to cut oneself adrift from the<br />
collective system of the Jama‘at. This<br />
is a responsibility which devolves<br />
upon the great and the small, the<br />
rich and the poor. If the leaders are<br />
in the forefront of this activity, they<br />
shall become an example for the<br />
ordinary members to follow. If the<br />
ordinary members take the lead in<br />
this good work, they will be envied<br />
by the leaders.<br />
It must also be remembered that the<br />
prominent and great men of the<br />
Movement also bear a greater responsibility.<br />
. . the man who has been<br />
blessed with more wealth by God<br />
must give more for the pleasure of<br />
his Lord. So if the ordinary members<br />
of the Jama‘at give one-twentieth of<br />
their income, the trustees and officebearers<br />
of the Anjuman ought to<br />
give even more as their regular<br />
contribution. Besides this, they<br />
should also take on the responsibility<br />
for supporting particular<br />
works which are being carried out.<br />
(Instructions to the Jamaat by<br />
Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Ali)