A local mosque in Peterborough, eastern England, has raised thousands for Sue Ryder hospital to support the charitable message of the hospital, Peterborough Today reported.

“Once again the congregation of Masjid Ghousia have raised a considerable amount of money for a great cause,” councilor Ansar Ali said at the presentation event.

“Raising money for charitable causes is a regular feature of the mosque activities and it makes me enormously proud to see this ongoing generosity from congregation members.”

Ali was speaking at the Gladstone Street mosque.

The chairman of the management committee at Masjid Ghousia, Nazim Khan handed over a cheque for £3,740 to Sue Ryder representatives Caroline Graham (interim director of fundraising) and Joely Garner (local fundraising manager).

According to its website, the Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice is the only specialist palliative care inpatient unit in Peterborough.

“We provide care and support for people who are living with life-limiting conditions, as well as supporting their families,” they wrote.

Charity in Islam

Charity is a key notion in Islam.

Earlier in January 2017, Muslim worshippers in various Preston mosques presented a generous £61,500 donation to the Rosemere Cancer Foundation.

Later in November in the same year, a group of Muslim primary school pupils from Rawdhatul Uloom Primary School delivered toys to hospitalized patients in a children’s ward in Blackburn.

Elsewhere in Canada, a Muslim non-profit organization, Yusuf’s Day of Hope, has raised $220,000 over the past 13 years to support Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children and to honor Yusuf Ally, a young child who suffers from a rare genetic disorder.

Moreover, Canadian Muslim Shakir Rehmatullah, president and founder of Flato Developments Inc, made a substantial 7-figure donation to Markham Stouffville Hospital (MSH) in the city of Markham, north of Toronto in October 2018.