The ten days of Dhul Hijjah are the most beloved days of the year for righteous deeds. Qurbani is the most significant act of worship during those days. Palestine, the land of the Prophets, home to Masjid al-Aqsa, is a people in the most acute humanitarian crisis on earth.
The Prophet ﷺ said: “The most beloved deeds to Allah are those done consistently, even if they are small.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, 6464). But he also said, in describing the enormity of feeding a hungry person: “Whoever feeds a hungry person, Allah will feed them on the Day of Judgement.”
When you give Qurbani for Palestine, you are feeding a hungry person, one of the hungriest people on the planet right now, during the most beloved days of the year, in one of the most sacred lands in Islam. There is no combination of circumstances that makes an act of charity more spiritually significant than this.
Every Eid al-Adha, Muslims around the world make a sacrifice. For most of us, it is an act of worship, a beautiful fulfilment of Sunnah, a moment of gratitude, a connection to the story of Prophet Ibrahim (AS).
For families in Gaza and Palestine, it is something else entirely. It is the only fresh meat they may eat all year. You can give Qurbani specifically for families in Gaza, the West Bank, and Al-Quds (Jerusalem) through Al Qulub Trust. Your donation funds the purchase and sacrifice of an animal, with the meat distributed directly to families facing acute food insecurity in one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises. It is fully Shariah-compliant and counts as your valid Qurbani obligation.
This is not a metaphor. It is a documented, UN-verified reality. Around 1.6 million people, roughly 77 percent of Gaza’s population, face crisis-level hunger or worse, including more than 500,000 people in emergency conditions. The IPC has stressed the urgent need for dietary diversity, with meat, dairy, eggs, and fresh produce largely unavailable in Gaza’s markets.
When you give Qurbani for Palestine this Dhul Hijjah, you are not simply fulfilling a religious obligation. You are placing a meal, perhaps the most meaningful meal of the year, on the table of a family who has almost nothing left.
Before you give, you deserve to understand exactly what your Qurbani is going into.
The Gaza Strip was the worst-affected territory in the world for famine conditions in 2025, with 640,700 people facing famine, the highest share recorded globally. Famine was confirmed in parts of Gaza, the first such confirmation in the report’s history, alongside Sudan. [Al Jazeera Global Hunger Report]
According to IPC, through June 2026, at least 132,000 children under five are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition, double the estimates from May 2025. This includes over 41,000 severe cases of children at heightened risk of death.
These are not abstract statistics. They are children. Mothers. Grandparents. Families who gathered for Eid last year with little food, no meat, and nothing to mark the holiest days of the Islamic calendar except their faith and their hope that someone, somewhere, had not forgotten them.
In ordinary life, meat is a regular part of the Palestinian diet. Under blockade conditions, it has become almost entirely out of reach. Supply chains are severed. Markets stand empty. For many vulnerable families, Qurbani donation is the only time they will eat meat all year.
When your Qurbani arrives, as fresh meat distributed on the days of Eid al-Adha, it does not just provide nutrition. It restores something that months of deprivation strip away: dignity. The ability to celebrate. The experience of Eid as Eid, not merely as another day of survival.
There is a spiritual dimension to giving Qurbani in Palestine that goes beyond the humanitarian.
Palestine is the land of the Prophets. It is home to Masjid al-Aqsa, the third holiest site in Islam and the place where Ibrahim (AS), Dawood (AS), Sulayman (AS), Isa (AS), and countless other Prophets walked. Giving your Qurbani in this land, in these blessed days, carries a spiritual weight that scholars across Islamic history have consistently emphasised.
Giving to Palestine connects you to this sacred history. You follow the path of Prophet Ibrahim (AS) — whose act of sacrifice is the very foundation of Qurbani — while standing with a people who live in the land of the Prophets. Every share you give helps someone living in the shadow of the Holy Land.
The ten days of Dhul Hijjah are already the most beloved days of the year for righteous deeds. Combining them with Qurbani for a people in such desperate need, in such a sacred land, is a convergence of blessing that is genuinely rare.
Al Qulub Trust operates directly in the West Bank and Al-Quds (Jerusalem), with a committed presence in one of the most complex humanitarian environments on earth. Here is exactly how your donation reaches the people who need it:
Where conditions permit, animals are sourced locally, supporting Palestinian farmers and ensuring the freshest possible meat for distribution. In areas where local sourcing is restricted due to conflict or blockade, animals are sourced in neighbouring regions, slaughtered according to full Shariah requirements, and transported under cold-chain conditions to maintain freshness and food safety.
Al-Qulub Trust’s on-ground networks prioritise distribution to the families facing the greatest hardship, widows, orphans, the elderly, the displaced, and households with young children. The goal is not simply to distribute meat, it is to ensure that the families who would otherwise go without are the ones who receive it first.
Every Qurbani performed through Al Qulub Trust is conducted with proper niyyah, according to the correct Islamic method, within the prescribed days of 10th, 11th, and 12th Dhul Hijjah. Your obligation is fully fulfilled.
Al Qulub Trust’s Qurbani programme covers some of the world’s most vulnerable communities this Eid al-Adha:
Each country represents a community where your Qurbani is not a tradition; it is a lifeline.
Yes. It permits giving Qurbani in another country, particularly when doing so benefits communities in greater need. Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal and other classical scholars endorsed directing sacrifice toward the poor and vulnerable, regardless of geography. The only condition is that the sacrifice occurs within the correct days and according to the proper Islamic method, both of which Al Qulub Trust ensures.
Yes. When you give through Al Qulub Trust, a valid Qurbani is performed in your name, within the prescribed days, according to full Shariah requirements. It counts completely as your Qurbani obligation.
Al Qulub Trust operates in the West Bank and Al-Quds. For the broader Palestinian cause, your donation through our Palestine Emergency Appeal can provide urgent food relief, medical care, and essential supplies to families across the Palestinian territories throughout the year, complementing your Qurbani with sustained support.
You can dedicate your Qurbani or an additional share to a deceased loved one, with the intention that its reward be conveyed to them. For a complete guide on this, read our article on Qurbani on behalf of a deceased person.
Al Qulub Trust operates with full transparency. After Eid, distribution updates are shared through our channels so donors can see the direct impact of their sacrifice. Every donation is tracked and directed exclusively toward its intended purpose.
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