| Islamic Culture | |
| 06 Aug 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
| Positive Pakistanis: Ageless charity | |
By Saulat Pervez
July 31, 2011
At an age where most people depend on others for help, Major Muhammad Abbas only thought of helping the helpless.
“The rich pay Zakat on their wealth but I pay Zakat on my health as well.” This was one of Muhammad Abbas Ali’s favourite sayings. A philanthropist and a retired major of the Pakistan army, he meant every word he said.
In 1987, when he was 66 years old, he walked 2,500 km across the burning heat of the Arabian Peninsula in order to perform Hajj and to collect funds for a charitable hospital in Karachi. At 77 he sky dived from a height of 10’500 ft to raise funds for the ‘Support a Child, Save the Nation’ project, aimed at eradicating child labour in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. When he was almost 82, he walked 100 km in Canada from Whitby to Mississauga … all to procure funds for a Seniors’ Home. No wonder then that he earned the sobriquet of the “Volunteer Charity Walker from Pakistan.”
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