"Makkah Volunteer" .. a new vision of the Prophet’s biography as a matter of charitable work

The book "Makkah Volunteer" by the Moroccan author Jalal Aouita is a rich addition to the Arab Library, as it presents a new reading of the Prophet's biography from the perspective of charitable work and the culture of volunteering, drawing his knowledge increase from a long practical experience for the author.

The book recently published by the Center for Certification in Rabat came in more than three hundred pages, documented in elegant literary language dozens of interesting human positions in the biography of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace and his esteemed companions.

Although it is the first attempt to write for the young author (35 years), he has demonstrated his literary merit and his ingenuity in diving the stomachs of heritage books to seize the benefits, and he does not conceal in his folds his personal passion in highlighting the bright aspects of the Prophet’s biography.

Aweita says in the introduction that "the book is a totally unusual talk, because the word, whatever it is published and woven, remains an ordinary word, then it becomes for her all honor and full sadness if it is related to the mantle of the Chosen One, may God bless him and grant him peace, and planned to embroider the rug of a beautiful flower with the beauty of his remembrance and the splendor of the conversation about his biography And, to speak of his qualities and morals, he is the inexhaustible appointee.

In a call to Al Jazeera Net, Aweita - who heads the Ata Charitable Foundation - says that the idea of ​​the book came after a dialogue he had in Geneva with an American researcher who told him about encouraging the government and companies in her country to volunteer through exempting taxes and a lot of facilities, so he decided after this dialogue that This book is presented to the Arab Library, which highlights the Prophet's celebration of volunteerism and humanitarian work, and his primacy in the practical application of this culture.

Nice reflections
Among the gentle signs that Aweit noticed in his meditations were what the mother of the believers stressed to Khadija when the Prophet came to her, and he was terrified of his first meeting with Gabriel, as she rushed to reassure him with immortal words: "And God will never disgrace you, you reach the womb, believe the hadith, bear the whole, read the guest, and help The misfortunes of truth. "

The author says that this position is correct to be a life-and-rule approach to thinking, because this voluntary qualities are not related to a person sincerely except God raised it and facilitated his affairs and removed misery and misery from him, and Khadija realized this by his nature even before the mission and the initiation of the teachings of revelation.

The author lists many scenes from the facts of immigration to Medina, and how the Companions rushed to volunteer according to their abilities to build the institutions of the emerging state, so they presented an exalted model in the history of charitable giving without waiting for any worldly wages.

Whenever the author has the opportunity, he tries to seize the benefits from the biography stories and texts of revelation to dedicate the principles of volunteer work that are applicable in our time, such as employing specializations in the appropriate field, and to provide priorities, and accelerate the implementation of emergency plans in times of crisis, and establish a culture of benevolence in society, and the need to empower the poor And their inclusion in the productive process, sustainable development, and the role of relief work in eliminating the manifestations of crime and prostitution and combating unemployment, and focusing on the needs of women and orphans in particular.

Among the volunteer applications that can be employed in our time also include volunteering in planting and afforestation to combat desertification and protect the environment, raising children on the need to contribute to volunteer work and spending, animal welfare, honoring refugees and people crossing the path, and caring for people with special needs, while linking all these actions with the other part to pay People to give more and give.

The writer stresses that volunteering in Islam was not framed with a sectarian background that confines its fruits to Muslims, but includes all citizens of the state, noting that the endowments that were among the most prominent manifestations of volunteering in Islamic history benefited millions of orphans, widows, infants, people with special needs and even animals.

Aweita concludes his book by focusing on the necessity of sincerity in voluntary work, because charitable work is linked to sincerity of intent so that it is acceptable to God and fruitful to people, and perhaps this benefit is one of the most important characteristics of volunteering in the biography of the Prophet and those who follow it.