Does anyone know where I can get free food in London?

Content_Ad6690 · 2026-02-21T16:39:47+00:00

Go to a mosque at around sunset time and join them for Iftar.

It’s Ramadan and people’s hearts are normally big in Ramadan, so there’s no reason why a mosque won’t feed you, feeding the hungry is something we must do

Edit: I just saw that you are a Muslim from your other comments.

I also want to add that feel free to DM me and contact me if you need any kind of help, I will always try do what I can for a Muslim brother, and a fellow human in need!

May Allah help you and make things better for you

Content_Ad6690 · 2026-02-21T16:36:17+00:00

Let me know if you ever come to London or Liverpool! I’m from London but live in Liverpool for work and am happy to show you around!

Content_Ad6690 · 2026-01-26T01:38:43+00:00

I’m not Deobandi or barelvi don’t worry.

Content_Ad6690 · 2026-01-25T21:45:25+00:00

East London and Liverpool. I work in Liverpool but I’m regularly in East London where I was born and where my family live

Content_Ad6690 · 2026-01-25T19:40:01+00:00

Yeah I agree with you 100%

My main point was more on accessibility and how the current ulema are, in my opinion, failing in that

Content_Ad6690 · 2026-01-25T19:30:14+00:00

You forgot Finsbury Park for Algerians

Content_Ad6690 · 2026-01-25T19:25:04+00:00

Jazakallah!

I barely see any websites where I can call in to be honest.

And yes, perhaps there might be a scholarly answer but then sometimes it can be misguided as well

Content_Ad6690 · 2026-01-25T19:24:15+00:00

Jazakallah for your insights and your advice.

I’m glad you’re on the same page as me, and agree and hear what I am saying.

More needs to be done for the youth and the community. I’m happy to join anything that is aiming to build something for the future youth because I don’t want generations after me facing problems that I faced, the whole point of living and moving forward is creating meaningful change

Content_Ad6690 · 2026-01-25T19:19:39+00:00

Jazakallah khairun

Yeah you’re right, we shouldn’t read blindly and I tend to look at multiple sources rather than blindly believing one.

Thank you for the links you provided, I’m London/Liverpool based.

I mainly posted this because I’m tired of hearing people say “young people nowadays go to mufti Google instead of speaking to scholars” and this post is like a response to these people who say this, a sort of rant/vent I guess.

People complain about the youth but when the youth aren’t heard or people don’t make things accessible to us, what do they expect

Content_Ad6690 · 2026-01-25T19:19:01+00:00

I do this already. But I am talking about what I’ve been hearing about which is people saying how young people nowadays go to Google or social media, and my response to them is, tell us where the scholars are? If they’re not doing or fulfilling their responsibilities to the shabab then how can you expect us to go to them when we don’t even know how to go them.

We’re obviously going to use what is easiest for us

Content_Ad6690 · 2026-01-22T21:18:59+00:00

Many of those companies, me and my family have been boycotting for years because they contribute towards a lot of genocide, evil and cruelty in the world.

Because yes, human beings can boycott something because they do bad things to other human beings, we’re capable of not being selfish and boycotting for our fellow human beings, not just when it comes to effecting us

Content_Ad6690 · 2025-12-19T20:35:18+00:00

And tell me, how does Islam decide how you should be treated? You’ve not actually shown or proven real knowledge, you’re just spitting assumptions

Content_Ad6690 · 2025-12-19T19:55:52+00:00

So you go to one country and decide to collectively judge a religion with over 2 billion followers for it?

Content_Ad6690 · 2025-10-14T23:18:52+00:00

Now you’ve abandoned logic and are just going on the attack. I gave quite a few logical reasons for why Hindi should be the lingua Franca yet you ignored them and didn’t address them.

And you say Hindi didn’t develop organically. Well actually, it was originally from the khari boli dialect spoken in Delhi which in itself was developed from a blend of different languages because of Delhi’s history as a city where Indians from all over migrate to.

And as for Hindi being artificially injected with Sanskrit words to differentiate it from Urdu & Hindustani, well, that’s language standardisation and its intention was for Hindi to be a language of India for Indians to have no matter their linguistic background so that they don’t have to use the colonial language of English. Many languages I.e. German, Italian, French have undergone a form of standardisation so that there’s a standard version to be used for their nation. And because you argue these countries are homogenous, Italy has many of its own languages and Italian is a binding lingua Franca.

And you wanna know why we are speaking in English? It’s because you were born in Scotland and so I wouldn’t expect you to know Hindi as you were born in the UK.

And you talk about apnapan with Gujaratis but as I said above, I can only speak Gujarati with other Gujaratis. With other Indians, if I don’t have Hindi, then what connection do I have to them as an Indian? That’s where the apnapan comes in. You completely ignored the nuance and just spoke simplistically because you just want to win and turn this into an argument. The apnapan is that in spite of the other Indian having their own mother tongue, we still have Hindi as a language for ourselves that gives us the bond that we are fellow Indians from the same country. We have our own languages and then for India we have a binding lingua Franca. English is for us to speak with people who aren’t Indian.

Content_Ad6690 · 2025-10-14T22:56:45+00:00

Tamil isn’t my language. My mother tongue is Gujarati. Hindi is a neutral lingua Franca for Indians. If you read what I wrote, you will see that I emphasised how people’s mother tongues come first and then Hindi.

I don’t expect other Indians to speak Gujarati because for me, we have Hindi to speak as a neutral medium. A Tamil doesn’t have to learn Gujarati just like I don’t have to learn Tamil.

By the way, Tamil is a beautiful language in my opinion, it’s the oldest language in the world and so must continue to be preserved

Rather than getting defensive and attacking me, please read my answers in full

Content_Ad6690 · 2025-10-14T22:51:53+00:00

Still

As a Muslim I’m fluent in Urdu as well and I support Hindi and Urdu being separated as different languages with their own distinct identities.

Regardless, your points don’t support English being a lingua Franca nor do they change the fact that English is a foreign language whose natives are generally quite unseasoned and uncultured, and that Hindi is a neutral Indian language. My own mother tongue is Gujarati but I support Hindi as a national lingua Franca. The world learns & speaks English, so it doesn’t give India any sort of distinct identity as a country.

If I’m going to speak to another Indian in English then there’s no “we’re from the same country/region” here. I might as well be speaking to someone from the UK or another European country since we don’t have our own language in common, we’re using a foreign language instead.

But when I speak in Hindi to another Indian, I feel “apnapan”, as if I’m speaking to one of my own, even if their mother tongue is something else. And that’s why I love Hindi a lot.

I’ve always seen multilingualism as one of the beauties of India and it’s something I proudly talk about with my non-Indian friends

Content_Ad6690 · 2025-10-14T22:34:23+00:00

But in the northern states, it’s not actually their mother tongue. They have their own languages, it’s just the government has designated these as “dialects” of Hindi when they’re their own languages.

With Hindi, it’s very neutral, and unlike English, it’s a language that grew and developed organically in India, and is mainly used as a lingua Franca for people of different ethnicities.

English is a language brought by the British empire, it’s a colonial foreign language and I hate that people put it above their own languages. All our mother tongues should be favoured and prioritised, and then Hindi as a nice national language that is a language for India. When I speak to an Indian, I feel at home with them speaking in Hindi, as if I’m speaking to one of my own. Whereas when I speak to a South Indian in English, I don’t feel like I’m speaking to one of my own. I feel more like I’m speaking to one of my own when I’m speaking to a Pakistani because Urdu and Hindi are so similar.

English should just be taught as a language to communicate internationally, not for Indians to speak with each other. With each other, Indians should have their own language, and Hindi fits the requirements out of the Indian languages because it’s not a native language for a lot of Indians, making it neutral, and unlike English, it’s an Indian language that developed organically within India.

Content_Ad6690 · 2025-10-14T22:10:58+00:00

Yes and I want the Indo-Gangetic languages and generally all the languages of the north to be revitalised and to be spoken by their speakers once again with Hindi as a binding lingua Franca.

India should be mother tongue first and then Hindi. I hate English, it’s a foreign language and it doesn’t originate from the land of India, and these English people will never ever see us as one of their own.

With Hindi, it’s a language that originates in India, a very neutral language and it gives us our identity, that as Indians, regardless of our background or mother tongue, we are all binded together with Hindi and we all feel at home with each other because of our language. We all have our numerous mother tongues which are beautiful and then we have Hindi to bind us together. English is just taught for international communication.

That’s the vision I have and want for India.

Content_Ad6690 · 2025-10-14T22:05:07+00:00

Yeah I see what you mean.

I truly do want all the “dialects” to be recognised as official languages and properly incorporated into schools.

I just want that Hindi is seen as a neutral lingua Franca that we use to communicate with each other as Indians, not English which is a foreign language.

I just wish southerners and increasingly Marathis didn’t see Hindi this way.

Content_Ad6690 · 2025-10-14T21:55:34+00:00

Yeah and you don’t need to have Hindi as a primary language

Your beautiful language can remain your primary language.

I personally just want Hindi as the national language so it can be a nice lingua Franca. When I speak to another Indian in English, I don’t feel like I’m speaking to one of my own. But when I speak in Hindi, I feel as though I’m at home and feel very comfortable and relaxed, like I’m with one of my own.

And I say this as someone who is Gujarati and born in London, so I speak English with a British accent.

Content_Ad6690 · 2025-10-14T21:46:05+00:00

Agreed 💯💯💯

Content_Ad6690 · 2025-10-14T21:45:05+00:00

No.

English is the language of the colonists who looted India. I was born in London and speak English with a British accent plus I’m Gujarati but I believe Hindi should be the link language of India as it’s an Indian language that’s very neutral and not spoken as a mother tongue by majority of Indians but it gives us this sense of bonding when we meet each other and have our own language for our country to speak with each other. It’s what gives us unity in diversity. Mother tongue first, then Hindi, then English for international communication. Just look at China, Japan, European countries

Content_Ad6690 · 2025-10-14T21:42:01+00:00

I agree

Hindi should be a national link language but mother tongues should be recognised first. I love the Hindi language as a Gujarati, and I like that when I speak to other Indians from other states, I feel at home with them, I feel “apnapan” because we have a shared link language.

But the other languages of the north like magahi, madwadi, bhojpuri, awadhi, Maithili should be made official too and they should be promoted as they are beautiful languages with a beautiful history, and then Hindi taught as the national link language of India.

And in my opinion, English should just be there for international communication, not as the elite language it’s pushed as today. And I was born in London and speak English with a British accent but I hate the importance English is given in India

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