J&K Yateem Khanah (Raahat Manzil) under the auspices of Muslim Welfare Society J&K has been Estd.in 1998. The Organization is registered with J&K Govt. for carrying on welfare activities. The Organization is a Non-Political, Charitable and Constitutional Institution working for the Welfare of the Destitute people like Widows, Orphans, Handicapped people, Poor Meritorious students. The Organization comprises three hostel buildings and a charitable Higher Secondary School namely "Welfare Educational Institute". 300-male Orphans are being provided satisfactory lodging, boarding and education.
The technical Institute has been established in 2006 comprising of 5-halls.The Orphan boys are learning Cutting and Knitting in the initial stage.
9-Craft Centers have been set up in different parts of Srinagar city where a large number of Orphan and Poor girls are learning various tailoring skills on charity basis.
The Organization provides monthly Financial Assistance to 700-Widows, 200-Handicapped persons and 200-Orphan girls. Moreover on the occasions of marriage of orphan girls all the possible help is provided to them.
Moreover the Organization has opened a Medicare Center including Dental clinic which renders the First Aid service round the clock to the Orphans in particular and Widows and other destitute persons in general.
The Organization recently made the availability of 31-K land for setting up a Charitable Degree College at Village Gogo, Tehsil and District Budgam, Jammu & Kashmir, on which constructional work will be started in coming months. (In Sha Allah)
Al-Qura'an
- "Treat not the orphan with harshness" (Qur’an 93:9)
Orphan welfare is a recurring theme in the Qur’an. Verses encouraging good treatment of orphans are found throughout it. Creating a sense of responsibility towards orphans, the Qur’an says:
- "They ask you, (O Muhammad), what they shall spend. Say: that which you spend for good (must go) to parents and near kindred and orphans and the needy and the wayfarer. And whatsoever good you do, lo! Allah is Aware of it." (Qur’an 2:215)
Orphans have a unique place in Islam and share an affinity with Prophet Muhammad (Allah bless him and give him peace) who lost both his parents by the age of six. His orphaned childhood is the subject of some of the earliest verses of the Qur’an:
- "Did He not find you an orphan and give you shelter?" (Qur’an 93:6)
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