Assalaamu Alaikum (peace be upon you)

Why we need to be supporting the chechens?

The first Chechen war between 1994 and 1996 turned Grozny into rubble. During the fiercest fighting, more than 4000 bombs and mortars rained on the residents of Grozny every hour. This war claimed the lives of 80,000 Muslims and lead to the disappearance of 15,000 more.

When the Russians departed, they left behind more than 500,000 land mines and unexploded ordnance, which maim and kill innocents to this day.

The second war has been fought with the same tactics, around the same gorges and same mountain villages, but with even more brutality. Estimates suggest that at least another 25,000 Muslims have been killed with up to another 5,000 missing. 100,000 are internally displaced within the region.

Most of this beautiful land and its people have been destroyed in acts of violence that would shock even the hardest of hearts.

Ummah Welfare Trust sponsors widows and provides them with livelihoods, helping break their dependence on handouts. Orphans are also sponsored in the region.

The Prophet also said: "Give charity without delay, for it stands in the way of calamity." - Al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 589