Muslims do not celebrate Christmas; yet they usually try to help patients, less fortunate and homeless people to celebrate the season.
This is why 21-year-old Sana Iqbal woke up at 6:30 am on Saturday morning.
The Cal Poly student and her brother are among several dozen members of the local Muslim community who usually come out to Sacramento Loaves & Fishes to prepare and serve a holiday meal, ABC 10 reported.
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“It’s just something we’ve been doing since we were kids, and it feels really good to be able to give back to the community,” Iqbal said.
“I’ve been doing this last six years. It always gives me joy to do this on Christmas Eve,” her brother added.
Helping Community
Iqbal, her brother and mother have volunteered here every December 24 as part of the annual volunteer event organized by the American Muslim Voice Foundation.
“We are cooking for our homeless friends,” Khalid Saeed, the president of the foundation, explained.
“We have been doing it about 12, 13 years now. Every year we do it on 24th.”
He said volunteering is an essential part of his faith as a Muslim.
“Our Prophet, who gave us guidance through from God, he told us that the best among you in the eyes of God is who helps humanity,” Saeed said.
Christmas is the main festival on the Christian calendar. Its celebrations reach its peak at 12:00 PM on December 24 of every year.
Muslims believe in Jesus as one of the great Prophets of God and that he was born miraculously, conceived with no father, to his mother, Mary, but not that he was son of God.
Though Muslims do not celebrate Christmas, they usually extend hands to help patients, less fortunate, and homeless people to celebrate the season.