Aspire Swim Challenge

As Muslims, we are told to give charity in abundance. Help the orphans, the needy, the travellers and anyone who requires aid. Often, we help our own (fellow Muslims), that are in distress. But what we are also told to do, is play a part in our community. Our Prophet Muhammad s.a.w was always a key figure in his community even before receiving knowledge of his status as 'The Messenger of God'.

When the Quraysh were rebuilding the Ka'baa, a dispute had taken place. Cutting a long story short, the chiefdom's of the different tribes decided to sort the dispute out by listening to the opinion of the next person that came inside the area they were discussing the matter at. It was none other than our Prophet s.a.w that walked in. At this point in time, every sub-tribe felt a sense of happiness that it was him; goes to show how much they valued him as a member of the community to make a fair decision and outlines the community figure he was.

Fast forwarding to our times, we must also learn from his example and aim to play a part in our own communities. Not only will it help you become a part of your community but it helps  with spreading the message of Islam through actions. When you are a respected figure amongst your peers, more value is placed on what you say and do. People begin to look up at you. Imagine if someone was to ask, "What motivates you to give so much?" And you were to respond with, "Islam".
Imagine how much people would want to know about Islam and its teachings simply by playing a part in your community!

Through the example of our beloved Prophet s.a.w, I want to try and emulate how active he was in his community. And one way I want to do this, is through the 'Aspire Channel Swim 2014'.
This swim challenge involves swimming 22miles from September 8th - December 1st, which would be equivalent to the length of the English Channel! It works around 118 lengths a week to the pool I will be swimming at. I'm a fairly good swimmer so I thought why not? I have never done anything of the sort before so support would be greatly appreciated!

"Every eight hours, someone in the UK sustains a spinal cord injury. There is no warning, no preventative medicine, and no time to prepare. A spinal cord injury can happen to anyone at any time. Aspire is a national charity that works with people with spinal cord injuries to create opportunity, independence and choice."

If you would like further information about where your money would go, should you decide to sponsor me, then you can simply type, 'Aspire charity' into Google and everything will come up. 
I really want to lay a part in my community and I need your support! To sponsor me you can follow this link, https://www.justgiving.com/TheFursaansAspireSwim/

or simply text, 'FRSN99' followed by, £1, £2, £5 or £10 to 70070!

E.g. 

FRSN99 £1 to 70070

I aim to raise £1,500 so support would be greatly appreciated! Even £1 can go a very big distance!