A Muslim Care Home and Day Centre ~ Appeal
The Indigent Muslim Trust is a registered charity (Registration No. 1144160).
Help to build a caring place for the elderly indigent Muslims
The number of Muslims in the UK aged 65 and over is estimated to increase from 110,000 in 2011, to 450,000 by 2036. Over the years, the needs of Muslim have also changed and it is more clearly evident in the present COVID – 19 pandemic crisis.
Recognised as a need by the Msulim Council of Britain
Muslim communities have historically not relied upon care homes, with families instead caring for relatives at home. But this is becoming harder, with more parents both now working. An report by the Wolf Institute (2015) suggested that UK hospices could see a significant increase in Muslim patients in the coming years, in part due to changes to the traditional family structure.
Indigent Moslems Burial Fund was established in 1925 and later became registered charity in 1927. By the grace of Allah (SWT), the charity has been providing burial support to indigent Muslims and maintenance of their graves for the last 95 years. The charity is run by its own internal help and investments without depending on any external fund raising or grants. Most of the Trustees of the charity are drawn from the East London Mosque.
Abu Hurairah (رضي الله عنه) narrated that the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, “Verily, Allah does not look at your appearance or wealth, but rather He looks at your heart and deeds.” Sahih Muslim, Book 32, Number 6221
We need your help
The Trustees of the Indigent Muslim Trust feel that there is a need of establishing a Muslim care home and day centre that will be accessible for all irrespective of race and religion.
To establish this kind of project, huge sums are required. It is for the first time in ninety-five years since establishing the Trust, we are requesting your help. We humbly request you to take part in this needy project generously. Our success is dependent on your vital support.
Jazakumullahu Khairun
Islam Khan -Barrister
On behalf of the Trustees
Growing need to the elderly
Britain’s Muslims, who make up the largest faith group after Christianity, have an ageing generation with specific language and religious needs. A joint report by the Muslim Council of Britain and the Centre of Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge in 2019, highlights the growing demands of Elderly Care in British Muslim communities and these demands are not being adequately met. And where there are service provisions, there are wide variations in the extent to which local authorities respond to faith needs of Muslim elderly – for example, the provision of halal meals in care homes; taking a carer’s gender into account in the allocation of domiciliary care; provision of transport to attend Friday prayers.
’95 years of making a difference to Muslims in Great Britain’
“Take benefit of five before five: your youth before your old age, your health before your sickness, your wealth before your poverty, your free-time before your preoccupation, and your life before your death.”
[Prophet Muhammad sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam – al-Haakim, al-Baihaqee: Saheeh]