Saffron Community Trust serves to provide multiple services for the community, such as a food bank for those in need, as well as a madrasah for children aged five – sixteen.
Services and education are offered to the adults in the community in the form of counselling and lessons in learning the Qur’an as well as the foundations of our deen.
The Saffron area is one of the few areas of Leicester that has no Masjid, with the Muslims of the local area not being able to perform Jumuah salah until a local hall was hired in 2018. Jumuah Salah and taraweeh salah have been performed at this local hall since having started. These services were required as a means of catering for many local Muslims who did not have access.
The efforts of revitalising the Imaan of the local Muslims, young and old, rests on the need of a dedicated space to turn to. The Masjid will serve as a hub for the restless hearts and tired minds, bringing all attendees closer to Allah SWT.
Imam Mohmad Zuber grew up in India where he undertook his formative Islamic and secular education. He then went on to complete his advanced Islamic studies education in the
prestigious JAMEAH HUSAINIYAH RANDER SURAT GUJARAT INDIA. Building a relationship with many senior scholars like Mufti Ismail Kacholvi Saheb.
Since arriving in the UK, Imam Mohmadzuber has worked within different communities under the local scholars to better understand the needs of people he works with. Upon moving to the Saffron Lane area in Leicester he became the Imam, Khateeb and educator of the local Muslim community, working tirelessly to ensure there is a Masjid and Madrasah in an area that has long existed without a hub as such.