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Muslim Charity
Weber, Edmund
Weber, Edmund
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There is no question about charity in Islam: Allah himself has ordered almsgiving: "Narrated Anas bin Malik: … The man further said, 'I ask you by Allah. Has Allah ordered you to take zakat from our rich people and distribute it amongst our poor people?' The Prophet replied, 'By Allah, yes'."The fundamental relevance of Islamic charity, zakat and sadaqa, roots in the Muslim understanding of God. According to the proper message of Mohammed the first and primary name and quality of God is rahman and rahim. Allah is so to speak – rahman, the life giving uterus, rahim. Like the uterus he gives life to the men without any pre-condition. Life is a gift free of charge not a reward for something. And if men have become sinners during their life-time God will forgive them all their sins without any condition; they have only to beg his pardon like children! Allah enjoys forgiving sins. His nature is rahim and his realization rahman will say his essence is to give and to maintain life. Like a mother he will do everything to preserve the life of her children even if they destroy it. If men are getting God’s grace, i.e. life and forgiveness free of charge, then generosity and mercy to the fellow-men is the only ethical consequence.
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2007
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