Would you please pray this prayer RIGHT NOW with me for the starving men, women, boys, and girls of Gaza?

I have never in my life sent out a mass prayer, but I swear I am so desperate.

As-Salaam-Alaikum and good evening to each of you.

Please forgive me if this offends you, but I am desperate. Today Gaza crossed a threshold that we were all hoping would never happen - mass starvation has spiraled out of control and people are dying and passing out everywhere. And the desperation and starvation are making it unbelievably dangerous. If something doesn’t change VERY VERY soon we are about to see tens of thousands of deaths by starvation.

Please pray this prayer I wrote for us...

🤲🏽 A Du’a (a prayer) for the Starving in Gaza

Ya Allah (O Allah), Sustainer of every soul —

We raise our hands to You not in comfort, but in desperation.
Our brothers and sisters in Gaza are being starved, Ya Rabb (O Lord) — not by drought, not by nature, but by cruelty.

Ya Razzaq (The Provider), You are the Giver of every grain of food.
Ya Rahman (The Most Merciful), You are the One who hears the cries of babies even when the world is silent.
Ya Adl (The Most Just), You are Justice when justice on Earth is gone.

O Allah, open the gates of Your mercy upon the people of Gaza.
Deliver to them food, water, medicine — not just through trucks and borders, but through the power of Your unseen aid.
Let angels descend where governments fail.
Let sustenance rain where bombs have fallen.

Forgive us for every moment we stayed silent.
Forgive us for not doing more.
And empower us to become the means by which their pain ends, not continues.

Let every starving child be nourished.
Let every mother who’s boiling grass and water see relief.
Let every family who is surviving on hope alone be reminded: You have not forgotten them.

Replace their hunger with healing.
Replace their weakness with strength.
Replace this siege with victory.

And O Allah — hold those accountable who weaponize hunger. Who blockade food. Who steal sustenance.
Let Your justice come swiftly. Let Your punishment meet them in this world and the next.

Ameen (O Allah, answer our prayer).

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🕋 The Siege That Starved the Prophet ﷺ and the Death of Khadijah

There was a time — early in Islam — when the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and his family were cut off from food, water, and society for three years.

It’s known as the Boycott of Banu Hashim.

After the Quraysh (the ruling tribe in Makkah) failed to stop the message of Islam with threats and torture, they tried a new tactic: isolation and starvation.

They drafted a cruel agreement and hung it inside the Kaaba:

No one shall trade with Banu Hashim. No one shall marry them. No one shall sell them food. No one shall speak to them.

The Prophet ﷺ, his family, and his followers — including Khadijah (his wife), Abu Talib (his uncle and protector), and the children — were forced into a valley outside of Makkah called Shi’b Abi Talib (the mountain pass of Abu Talib).

For three years, they lived under siege.
They ate leaves.
They chewed leather.
They tied stones to their bellies to hold down the hunger.

Children cried through the night from starvation.
No food. No medicine. No relief.

And during that siege, Khadijah — the Prophet’s ﷺ beloved wife, his first believer, the mother of his children — passed away.

Not just from old age. But from the stress, malnutrition, and isolation caused by that cruel boycott.

The Prophet ﷺ called that year ‘Aam al-Huzn (The Year of Sorrow).

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🌌 Why This Matters Now

Gaza is facing the same cruelty.

Not from polytheists — but from colonizers with F-16s and white phosphorus.

Not in the desert outside Makkah — but on the doorstep of the masjid built by Ibrahim (Prophet Abraham, peace be upon him).

And just like then, the people are being starved not because there is no food — but because there is no mercy from those in power.

But Allah sees them.
And Allah is not unaware of the oppressors.