A devoted imam in Istanbul’s pious Fatih district spends his after-work hours cooking for round 100 younger folks and oversees the distribution of meals and clothes help to the needy within the neighborhood.
Metin Kaçar, who has been serving because the imam of the Hürrem Çavuş Mosque constructed within the 16th century by grasp Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan, has been serving the mosque for the previous 26 years and fortunately lends a serving to hand to the needy in self-initiated tasks, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported.
One of Kaçar’s inspirational tasks was the Uhuvvet Market (Fraternity Market) and clothes retailer positioned contained in the mosque’s courtyard, the place the compassionate imam distributes important commodities to the needy. The poor and destitute within the neighborhood normally go to the mosque regularly to gather meals staples. The mosque additionally fingers out free bread (askıda ekmek) to tons of of individuals within the morning each day.
The 60-year-old imam informed AA that he has been attempting to succeed in the needy since he was 19 and has been striving to transcend his official duties because the imam of the mosque.
Noting that he needs to vary the notion that mosques are solely locations of worship, Kaçar stated he needs to make sure that mosques convey collectively the needy and the compassionate individuals who need to assist.
For occasion, mosque authorities have ask group to donate their used garments for the “Wash, iron and bring to put a smile on a needy person’s face” venture, which allowed them to donate garments, footwear, blankets and extra. A whopping 600 needy households within the neighborhood profit from the mosque’s tasks.
“We visit homes on a regular basis and know where the sick, the bed-ridden and disabled people live,” he stated, including that he and his group make sure the donations usually are not wasted. He continued by saying that they needed to cease enrolling extra folks after the 600th household, as a result of they “unfortunately” couldn’t afford extra.
Besides the donations, Imam Kaçar rolls up his sleeves after the prayers to cook dinner for the neighborhood’s youth, normally making three several types of dishes. “It is my pleasure to cook. I don my apron after being done with my mosque duties and cook three different items for at least 40 to 50 youth, sometimes even 80 to 100,” stated Kaçar, including that they might rent a cook dinner however he needs to be part of the method and go away an impression among the many youth.
“Life is inside the mosque, mosque is inside life,” he stated, including that he’ll proceed to assist the needy so long as philanthropists contribute to his tasks.
