My father passed away on January 4, 2018.

He was 90 years old. He came to England as a young man and dedicated his life to provide his family back home education as a way out of poverty.

His lifelong wish was to build a mosque and education centre in his village.

Now he has passed away (May Allah have mercy on his soul) and the baton has been passed to the next generation, and what he was not quiet able to do. My siblings and I would like to bring his dream to fruition.

Can you please help with this amazing project. It will offer people a space to pray and generations to learn. This will become Sadaqah Jaariya (living charity) for him and for everyone who joins in this effort.

My father and his brothers (all deceased now) have already donated the land needed to build the mosque and education centre.

He struggled all his life to take his family out of poverty, and has always strived to help others to learn. For those of you who know me will know I too have dedicated my life in this cause. And can often be seen up and down the country raising money for others.

As such, the next leg of my journey begins in Marrakesh where I will be running the Marathon, (as you know I can barely run a bath!) to raise the money needed to fulfill his dream and convert that piece of land into a living charity for him and his family, and for all of you who contribute.

I will be running the marathon on the 28th of January to raise as much money as possible for this cause. Please join me on my journey and help us reach our target, which is £50,000.

Once built, my extended family and I have committed to covering all running cost as a form of our own Sadaqh Jaariya. And to this extent have committed £15,000 to this project.

May Allah accept this from all of us and make this a means of our success in the hereafter.