Dubai Islamic Bank and four donors have promised to pay 200,000 dirhams for Mohammed Ishaq, who is lying between the walls of the prison on a financial case after being killed by an Asian man and unable to pay the legal fees.

The bank paid AED 148,000, a donor paid AED 20,000, the other paid AED 20,000, a third donor paid AED 6,000, and the last donor paid AED 6,000.

Mohammed Tariq Khoury, Head of Shari'a Management and Community Services Support Unit, said: "The Bank's donation comes from the Board's keenness to activate its humanitarian community role and to be part of the charitable work system in the country." He added that he hoped that "other institutions will follow the example of the bank in contributing to solving the society's issues by launching humanitarian initiatives that increase our social cohesion and consistency."

He stressed that «the Board of Directors of the bank asked to expedite the end of the suffering of the (Pakistani) and take similar steps towards other inmates who are experiencing conditions similar to the circumstances», adding that the bank «provides assistance to the needy after the study of his case accurately, and the approval of the Committee concerned in the bank , Calling on philanthropists and companies operating in the State to contribute to support humanitarian situations, which serve the community, or activate their initiatives more in this regard.

Saqer Al Nuaimi, Executive Director of Al Faraj Fund, said: "The bank's donation is not surprising. It is a race to interact with different community issues and to participate in the development of solutions for them, as well as for donors. The hardness of the UAE society, and its interaction with the issues of its children », adding that« the Committee to study the cases of prisoners in the Fund will end the procedures for the exit of the prison from the prison in the next few days after communication with the parties concerned ».

He coordinated the Hotline with Dubai Islamic Bank to transfer the donation to the Department of Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities in Dubai, which will transfer the value of the donation to the management of the Al-Faraj Fund to arrange the exit of the prisoner from prison.

On January 30, Emirates Al-Youm published the story of the suffering of 37-year-old Mohammed Ishaq, who was unable to pay the amount due to poor financial conditions.

According to him, he came to the state to work in contracting, and went on a quiet pace with members of his family consisting of a wife and a girl until he committed an accident that resulted in the death of an Asian person, overturned his life upside down. He was sentenced to six months imprisonment, And spent a year and a half between the walls of the prison, because of his inability to pay the value of the Sharia.

"When I was employed, my financial position was stable and sufficient to support my family, but after losing my company, my wife and daughter were moved to Pakistan to live there, so I could keep up with life, rent, tuition and living expenses," he said. It went on until the circumstances brought me face to face with a problem I did not expect to happen. "

The Pakistani guest expressed his happiness and deep thanks to the management of the bank and the donors, appreciating their stand with his suffering, their response, their interaction with his condition and their initiative to pay the value of the Sharia. For the people of the UAE and its institutions represents a practical translation of the leadership approach in humanitarian charity work, and stand with all those in need of this good land in which only the good grows.

Al-Faraj Fund signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI), represented by Emirates Today, to assist in the relief of humanitarian cases and to resolve their financial issues in preparation for their release.

The memo provided for the organization of an information campaign for the benefit of the inmates of correctional and punitive establishments and their families at the state level, to settle their financial issues, pay their debts and their legal debts and provide travel tickets for non-citizens to facilitate their return home.

Mohammed Ishaq:

The charitable contributions of the people of the UAE and its institutions are a practical translation of the leadership approach in charitable work.