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Letter from Haiti: A Haitian Muslim’s Request for Help
The following is a message from brother Ahmed ibn Ambroise; a Muslim based in Haiti. JazakAllah khair to brother Tariq, President of SOAS Islamic Society, for sharing it with us.
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Ya Ikhwani! We are in need of your assistance. Our country has been hit by an act of nature that has left our people with countless deaths, homeless, without water, food, blood and medication.
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All of our hospitals have crumbled, we have piles of people in the streets dead. Some people have had to have their limbs removed without aesthetics. Makeshift hospitals are being made with tents but there are not enough doctors or medication for the amount of injured.
The smell of dead bodies has risen in the entire city, the people have become desperate of the situation.
Workers remove one of the hundreds of bodies left in front of Port-au-Prince's General Hospital, to be placed in a common grave. UN Photo/Logan Abassi
There are still people who are under the rumble and cannot be reached.
My brother Didier Ambroise is missing and we have not been able to find him. My Uncle Roblain Legagneur and my cousin Namu Corvington and his wife died buried under their house.
Brother Ibrahim Abdoul Salam’s house was destroyed and his cousin died.
Also brother Abou Bakr’s house was crumbled and his sister died.
Many brothers and sisters are unaccounted for. We do not know if they are alive or dead. May Allah give ease to them in whatever state they may be. Amin.
Houses have been destroyed, stores, buildings, it is a complete nightmare. A children hospital was destroyed and thousands of children have died.
All the masjids are still standing and the brothers and sisters are using them as shelters for those in need. The little available is being shared.
Unfortunately all the churches have been destroyed and over 100 priest have died.
There are wails in every corner of the city. It’s just a real living nightmare. They’ve had to do massive burials and have started to do massive cremations and more bodies are being discovered.
We ask you please for your du’as to Allah, subhanahu wa ta ala, to alleviate us from this tragedy. And if you can help us in any way, with food, water, medication or whatever it may be. Please, please, please do so.
May Allah keep you all under His shade and move your hearts to extend your hands to your brothers and sisters and our people who are in need.
Barak’Allah fikum!
Ma’asalaama!
Donate now to Islamic Relief’s Earthquake Appeal
via the US site, UK site, Canadian site, or the International portal.
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Alhumdulillah, the Islamic Medical Association of North America has sent doctors and more teams of doctors. Muslim, volunteers from the USA.
Please support financially http://www.imana.org
Tel: 630 932 0000
Dr. Ismail Mehr
Chair of IMANA Relief
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“Help Haiti, Heal Haiti” (SeekersGuidance & Islamic Relief Online Fundraiser).
Muslims in Sterling, Virginia, rally support for Haiti. Alhamdulillah! Remember tomorrow’s Islamic Relief & SeekersGuidance Fundraiser (2 pm. Sunday, January 17)
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iMuslim
January 16, 2010 at 8:13 PM
May Allah help the family of Ahmed ibn Ambroise, the believers of Haiti, and the people of Haiti. May Allah guide them – and us – through these immense trials. Ameen.
Loga
January 17, 2010 at 1:52 PM
asSalaam alaykum wa rahmatullah,
Look at my experience of raising awareness about Haiti in the Muslim world: http://humanitarianmuslim.blogspot.com/2010/01/raising-awareness.html
It is sad but there are lessons to be learned inshaAllah.
Khadija
January 17, 2010 at 6:19 PM
We pray Allah for our brothers and sisters, for all those victims and survivors of this appalling event. We all know that life is full of hardships and Allah is the only one who enables us to go through them. O Allah you are the only shelter, destitutes we pray for your help and mercy. Please help the Haïtians endure, make them dependent on you alone.
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Bilal
January 16, 2010 at 9:05 PM
inshAllah may Allah grant each and everyone of you Jannat Al Firdous and give you patience in this immense trial. Ameen!
besides donations, i feel so helpless.
servant of Allah
January 16, 2010 at 9:52 PM
Assalamu alaikum
Here’s something my friend sent me.. if anyone would like to actually volunteer at Haiti physically..
Free flight there and back, and there’s dates to chose from
http://www.globalvolunteernetwork.org/haiti/apply.php
I’ve made intention to go during March Break inshaAllah.
We shoudl all try.
May Allah grant us the best of success.
Wassalam.
Amatullah
January 17, 2010 at 12:26 AM
inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’oon. SubhanAllah, that was so hard to read.
Allahumma Ameen.
Amad
January 17, 2010 at 12:40 AM
SubhanAllah… may Allah alleviate the suffering of these people…
ismail mehr
January 17, 2010 at 1:06 AM
Alhumdulillah, the Islamic Medical Association of North America has sent docotrs and more teams of doctors. Muslim, volunteers from the USA.
please support us financially http://www.imana.org 630 932 0000
Dr. Ismail Mehr
Chair of IMANA Releif
Amad
January 17, 2010 at 2:49 AM
What a wonderful effort Dr. Ismail.
Inshallah, I will participate, and I hope others follow.
jazakAllahkhair for letting us know.
Holly Garza
January 17, 2010 at 1:23 AM
SubhanaAllah such a tragedy I hope we will and can continue to support this cause and not forget to keep them in our Duas as well as the donations
Amad
January 17, 2010 at 2:56 AM
SeekersGuidance has a fundraiser today at 2PM EST…
Pls join them:
http://www.seekersguidance.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=108
Umm Juwayriyah
January 17, 2010 at 7:42 AM
SubhanAllaah its amazing how the brother mentioned “All the masjids are still standing and the brothers and sisters are using them as shelters for those in need. ” – How far from imperfection is Allaah!!!!!!!
Ismail Mehr
January 17, 2010 at 7:46 AM
Please contribute and requeast your islamic organizations/masjids to forward any collections to the imana fund http://www.imana.org for haiti. Alhumdulillah, there is no overhead here no percentage for salaries, office expense etc etc. All the money will go to our efforts in Haiti. Our releif efforts are 100% volunteer
Our first team is on the ground andsetting up field hospital. Second team goes 1/24/10.
Alhumdulillah last eyar many of us went to Gaza for medical releif and now haiti.
Our work ingaza http://www.ammgaza.com
donate volunteer if you are health professional http://www.imana.org 630 932 0000
Ayesha A.
January 17, 2010 at 8:02 AM
may Allah help all the needy…Aameen!!!!!
femmemusulmane_martinique
January 18, 2010 at 5:16 PM
Salam Aleikoum.
Even if we find it difficult to express our love compassion and solidarity through lack of adequate words. We deeply in our hearts pray God to help you endure this hardship. He who created us is surely the one who can also alleviate our pains. May God in his infinite mercy help you through and accept our prayers.
La Illaha illa Allah! Ameen, Ameen, Ameen.
Magda
January 18, 2010 at 7:26 PM
Assalamu alaikum,
Innalahu wa Innalahi rajioon. I wish there was more I could do for my beautiful people. May Allah have mercy on all my Muslim brothers and sisters in Haiti. May all of your sins be removed in exchange for your hardship. ameen. Allah says: “After the hardship comes the ease…the ease.” Ya Allah, bring some ease to my Haitian people. ameen.
Umm Bilqis
January 19, 2010 at 9:00 PM
Sister that is a beautiful dua and we can make a prayer for all the inhabitants of Haiti may Allah relieve their distress and guide to the worship of Islamic Monotheism.
Ameen Ya Rabb!
Ismail Mehr
January 18, 2010 at 7:44 PM
Alhumdulillah IMANA http://www.imana.org has 7 extremely well trained doctors in Haiti workign at the IMANA/CDRS Field Hospital.
Please support our efforts we have teams scheduled to got for the next 4 weeks and need more volunteers.
http://www.imana.org
ww.ammgaza.com
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KHADIJAH
January 20, 2010 at 3:29 PM
As-Salaam-Alaikum
May Allah bless all our all the people and give them strength to alleviate all their sufferings.
razan
January 20, 2010 at 6:37 PM
i want to go all over peoples houses and tell them giv us at least one dollar for haiti earthquakes.i feel sorry tese people but i think we can go to school and tell the princapal can we go to every class and tell if you want to help haite give us at least one dollar or more.
thanks for your help
Caramoan
January 22, 2010 at 2:51 AM
I pray for those people who have been injured in Haiti. the earthquake in Haiti is one of the word disasters this year. I just hope that they would be able to recover soon.
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New Hope Volunteers
March 3, 2014 at 4:58 AM
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