Law of Charities

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 Law of Charities

Law of Charities in Isslaam is laid down in five main categories.    Isslaam directs spending in the noble causes day and night, openly and secretly (002:275), (013:023), (014:032).    Isslaam guarantees a pay back of all that a person spends in charity as different from that one spends on oneself or on things other than the pleasure of Allah (002:273).    Isslaam recognizes the intent with which one gives charity whether paid immediately or pledged for the future (002:271).   Charity is a must; without it even big investments fail; parable of in ‘Gardens producing rich harvest of fruits burnt down by the fire in whirlwind storms (002:267).

Clean Earnings

  • Charity must be made out of clean and good earnings, without mixing that with bad things (002:268).

Infaaq Fee Sabeel-il-Laah is the spending in the causes of Allah such as the following.

  • The needy who don’t ask but whose appearance manifests their needs (002:274)

Qaraz-e-Hasna 002:246, 064:018, 073:021

Sacrifice – Different words have been employed to express different kinds of sacrifices including the Hud-yoy and Hud-yo as used in 002:197, No-so-kin as used in 002:201, 006:173, Un-hur as used in 108:103

Sudquah is the ‘Special Distribution’ of one’s assets given in charity on special events of joy like births and marriages or sad occasions like death, injury or other misfortunes.

  • Giving Sudquah publicly is well and good but giving to the needy secretly is far better because Allah additionally removes the evil consequences giver’s actions (002:272)
  • Allah multiplies the benefits of Sudaquaat (002:277) while effaces those of usury.

Zakat is the portion of one’s earnings given away in charity in order to purifying one’s prior earnings and to multiply future earnings.   Distributing Zakat is a characteristics of the believers (002:278)

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