Charity Gift Aid Declaration Enhance your donation with Gift Aid—adding 25p for every £1 you donate to SMCC at no extra cost to you. Gift Aid is reclaimed by the charity from the tax you pay in the current tax year. Your home address is required to confirm your status as a UK taxpayer. If you wish to apply Gift Aid to your donation below, as well as any future donations or those made in the past two years (covering 2021-2022 and 2023-2024) to Stevenage Muslim Community Centre (SMCC), please confirm the following: You are a UK taxpayer and acknowledge that if you pay less Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax than the total amount of Gift Aid claimed on all your donations within the tax year, it is your responsibility to cover the difference. To complete your Gift Aid Declaration, please fill out the form using the link below: Gift Aid Declaration Form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd--Tg-zEtzQ5Y0z0g8Y68ZhAYIwXzoh6jKEoTdCr4g6WWGRg/viewform Imam Moynul Islam

*KEY ISLAMIC DATES 2025 (‪1446-1447‬)* 🌙 *Some key 2025 (‪1446-1447‬ Hijri) dates for your diary (and for booking leave from work etc.) in the UK.* Please note: these dates may change by +1 or -1 day, subject to the actual sighting of the new moon. - Night of 15th Sha’ban (Laylat al-nisfi min Sha’ban/”Shab-e-bara’at”) = night between Thur 13 Feb and Fri 14 Feb. - 1st day of Ramadan 1446 = Sat 01 March or Sun 02 March - I’tikaf (sunnah mu’akkadah kifayah) = before maghrib, Thur 20 March or Fri 21 March - ‘Id al-Fitr = Sun 30 March or Mon 31 March - 1st day of the 5 days of Hajj (1st day in Mina/Yawm al-tarwiyah) = Wed 04 June - Main day of Hajj (Yawm ‘Arafah) = Thur 05 June - Takbirat al-tashriq begins (after every fard salah) = after Fajr, Thur 05 June - ‘Id al-Ad’ha = Fri 06 June - ‘Ashura (sunnah/mustahabb fast), 10 Muharram = Sat 05 July 🕋 *INTENDING HAJJIS:* If you intend going for Hajj this year, start researching good, trustworthy, recommended packages now. Learn how the new (often confusing) Saudi hajj systems and procedures work. Also, start educating yourself about Hajj and ‘Umrah from now. Don’t leave it till the last minute or leave it to chance, hoping to just follow the crowd when you get there. Imam M Islam Imam I Mahmud