People enjoying iftar at Zaheer Uddin Khan Memorial Trust in Hyderabad
It's the holy month of Ramzan, the Muslim month when the followers of the faith observe fast from before sunrise to sunset. Besides fasting, the holy month is also about feasting from dusk to dawn.
And in this spirit of Ramzan, a Hyderabad-based organisation, Zaheeruddin Khan Memorial Trust, is serving food and distributing ration to devotees who are observing the ritualistic fast.
During this month of the year, every evening the non-profit organisation hosts a big iftar--where communities and families come together to break their fast after the sunset.
"We have been serving the poor people for 17 years. On the first day of Ramzan, we distributed ration consisting of various items to 1600 poor families and daily we arrange Iftar for the poor people. Around 400-500 people come here to have Iftari daily," Mohammed Nasiuddin Khan, a trustee of Mohammed Zaheeruddin Khan Memorial Trust, told news agency ANI.
From biriyani to mutton curry, visitors at the trust are being treated with tasty and wholesome meal after the end of fast every evening.
Charity is one of the five tenets of Islam. Feeding the poor and needy, supporting orphans, relatives and travellers, spending in the way of Allah, all these find references in Quran, the holy book of the Muslims.
Rich and well-off followers of the Islamic faith do charity during Ramzan. Some give money to the poor, several others distribute food, clothes and organise Iftars- the breaking of fast.
(With inputs from ANI)
