Just in case this story is buried beneath all the noise: Today alone, 74 of our brothers and sisters in Gaza were killed by the Zionist war machine, as they stood in line, waiting for a scrap of the so-called “aid.” All I can recall is how many times the Qur’an lists the quality of “not encouraging the feeding of the poor” In Surah al-Ḥāqqah: وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ “And he did not encourage the feeding of the poor.” [69:34] In Surah al-Māʻūn: وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ “And does not encourage the feeding of the poor.” [107:3] In Surah al-Fajr: وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ “And you do not urge one another to feed the poor.” [89:18] Pay attention. Hell was promised to them all for merely failing “to encourage the feeding of the poor”. So, what about those who systematically murder starving people as they reach out for aid, aid that was deliberately used to gather and kill them? May Allah curse the oppressors and all who support or enable them. May Allah disgrace the criminals, to make them taste the exact pain they inflict, and to increase them ruin in this life before the next. As we ask Allah to use us in His service, to elevate us from being mere spectators and commentators on the Ummah’s pains, into causes of change and reformation. By Shaykh Ali Hammuda