Muslim and charity

A Muslim believes in Allah, believes in Angels, believes in the Koran and the Day of Judgment. And a Muslim also believes in charity - this is the foundation on which a true believer builds his life. You can have free will, choose between good and evil. But no matter what happens, a Muslim knows that he bears enormous responsibility for his every action. This is how Islam creates a virtuous personality, a healthy family and a harmonious society.

The Muslim holy book says: “Pray salat, give zakat, and kneel with those who kneel” (2:43). Charity is a point of view that is unanimously shared by all Muslims. The meaning of charitable alms is to establish good neighborly relations between Muslims and solve the problem of social inequality. After all, charity also includes means of ridding the rich of stinginess and helping the poor.

One of the reasons why a person can lose the mercy of the Creator is ingratitude, denial of God's judgment and refusal of alms to the needy. Therefore, sadaqa can be given both secretly and publicly. The latter, as a model, can promote similar steps on the part of other people.

Sadaqa or, in popular terms, alms - to give or not to give? Often this question arises when you see a person with an outstretched hand. In this situation, a Muslim has the right to show mercy and give alms to someone who really needs help, but with the obligatory intention of earning the pleasure of Allah.

What if a child needs help? What difference does it make, yours or someone else's? All of us, adult uncles and aunts, know that children are our future. Children are the main meaning of family, and family in Islam is the main element of society. Helping seriously ill children is not only encouraged in Islam, but is also the direct responsibility of every Muslim.

One day, a Muslim acquaintance saw a street child on the street - the baby was hungry and shivering from the cold. In a fit of indignation, he turned to Allah: “Oh, Almighty! Why do you allow this? Why don’t you do anything?” That night, in a dream, this Muslim saw an Angel who told him: “Allah created people to help each other.”

Charity in the form of feasible assistance to brothers and sisters in faith who are in difficult life situations unites Muslims. Along with zakat, a mandatory annual material donation, from which, however, poor Muslims are exempt, sadaqa is a free donation that must be made from a pure heart and in the name of the Almighty.

There is much in common between zakat, a kind of tax in favor of orphans and the disadvantaged, and sadaqa. These are types of worship of Allah. Such expenditure of personal property is a sure sign of national unity and solidarity.

When there is a desire to sow goodness, there will always be a reason, right? A Muslim does not need to wait for the right opportunity to give charity. Although the past month of Ramadan and one of the main holidays of Islam - Eid al-Fitr, the holiday of breaking the fast, were convenient for this in their own way. Then, the very next month, Muslims celebrated Eid al-Adha, the largest Islamic festival of sacrifice. It is especially important to engage in charity during this period, according to the instructions of religion. At this time, the Muslim tried to spend more time in prayer and reading the Koran, distributing the meat of the animals he had sacrificed, giving alms and doing many other good deeds...