Feed The Need

Karimah’s Cuisina Feeding The Homeless On The

Streets Of Central London

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Something to do on a Friday night

Among the many diverse food & nutrition-conscious activities

delivered by

Karimah’s Cuisina is FEED THE NEED,

feeding the homeless in Central London.

We share food unconditionally with anyone who passes by our tables regardless of race, faith,

gender, age, etc.

Surat Al-‘Insān (The Man) surat/chaper 76 – االنسان ayat/verse 8-9 ,سورة

“They feed with food the needy wretch, the orphan, and the prisoner, for love of Him, saying, "We wish for no reward nor thanks from you." Qur'an 76.8-9

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OLD TESTAMENTIsaiah 58:10

“If you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday.

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TORAH JEWISH CONCEPT OF CHARITY TZEDAKAH(SADAKAH)

IN THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS "Love thy neighbor as thyself" (Lev.19:18),

“And if thy brother become impoverished, and his means fail in your proximity; then shalt thou

strengthen him:... Take no interest of him or increase.... Thou shalt not give him thy money

upon interest”- Leviticus 25:35-37

Judaism and Christianity. Psalm 41.1

“Blessed is he who considers the poor; the Lord delivers him

in the day of trouble.”

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NEW TESTAMENT

• Matthew 25:35-40New International Version (NIV)• 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty

and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

• 37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

• 40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh Holy Scriptures

“He who eats what he earns through honest work and shares with others, he alone O Nanak recognizes (follows) the true path in

life.”

“Ghaal khai kish hathon day. Nanak rah

pehchaanay say” (GGS p. 1245)

Jainism. Kundakunda, Pancastikaya 137

“Charity--to be moved at the sight of the thirsty, the hungry, and the miserable and to offer relief to them out

of pity--is the spring of virtue.”

Hinduism. Rig Veda 10.117.1-6

“He who, possessed of food, hardens his heartagainst the weak man, hungry and suffering,

who comes to him for help, though of old he helped him--

surely he finds none to console him.He is liberal who gives to anyone who asks for alms,

to the homeless, distressed man who seeks food;success comes to him in the challenge of battle,

and for future conflicts he makes an ally.”

OUR STARTING POINT“MERCY TABLES”

• The 11th century Islamic scholar, and jurist, Imam Al Ghazali, was one of the greatest scholars of the Golden Age.

• In his book “On The Manners Of Eating”, he speaks of Muslims who went out on the streets and set up tables to feed the poor, these were known as “Mercy Tables”

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Its All About Perspective

• Another inspiration was the Conservative Party’s Big Society ,which seemed to offer faith based organizations an opportunity to pick up the slack where the government was deferring responsibility to local rather than national organizations.

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How do we use our talents?

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We all have talents however its good to

have balance and use our talents for

our self and families as well as for the

less fortunate.

Its Always Been About Quality• The Holy Quran…• SURAT/CHAPTER2 AL BAQARA

AYAT/VERSE 267• “you who have believed, spend

from the good things which you have earned and from that which We have produced for you from the earth. And do not aim toward the defective therefrom, spending [from that] while you would not take it [yourself] except with closed eyes. And know that Allah is Free of need and Praiseworthy.”

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Everybody, from the highest to the lowest, is entitled to one square meal a day

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OPEN MIND OPEN HEARTWhat Does A Typical Homeless Person Look Like? So Many Different Stories

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All Star Volunteers

Man Power, Our wonderful brothers who set up the tables and give us that extra sense of

security, maasha’Allah, as G’d would have it be

INTERFAITH FUSIONINTERFAITH SOLUTIONS

Our South American Christian brothers and sistars

After weeks of interfaith dialogue out on the streets, our Christian fellows felt comfortable enough to approach us and ask for help, between us we were bale to give this south American Christian man a ground sheet and sleeping bag…good quality

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TRUST IN THE CREATOR

A reminder to ourselves first, when we are doing good works that

include quality of delivery and service, the Creator will provide.

Wealth is a testWhen The Higher Power sees and funders

see that we do good things when entrusted with wealth then we get more insha’allah

Sobering Thought Over ChristmasThe charity Crisis sets up two weeks shelter over Christmas, so our regular service users were not on the streets , so we

adopted guerrilla tactics and went into subways, back streets and shop doorways. Boxing day evening it was freezing and this family was hooded up and asleep in their sleeping bags as we and others, left food for them.

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Should you need our help or advice on how to set up this sort of project, please feel free to get in

touch OR

check out our bloghttps://karimahscuisina.wordpress.com/2014/12/01

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