Rethinking Islam & the West by Ahmed Keeler

Author:Ahmed Keeler
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Equilibra Press
Published: 2019-07-30T04:00:00+00:00

The importance in Islam of charity cannot be overstated and the distribution of surplus wealth by the merchant community contributed greatly to the creation of a caring and integrated society. The Qurʾan is replete with exhortations regarding charity:

They ask you what they should spend. Say: ‘Whatever you spend of good is for parents and kinsmen, orphans, the needy, and wayfarers. And all the good that you do, God knows it well.’ (Qurʾan, 2:215)

There are also many hadiths relating to charity:

The Prophet Muhammad, blessings and peace be upon him, said: ‘Charity is prescribed for each descendant of Adam every day the sun rises.’ He was then asked: ‘Of what should we give charity each day?’ The Prophet answered: ‘The doors of goodness are many: enjoining good, forbidding evil, removing harm from the road, listening to the deaf, leading the blind, guiding one to the object of his need, hurrying with the strength of one’s legs to one in sorrow who is asking for help, and supporting the feeble with the strength of one’s arms - all these are charity prescribed for you.’ (Bukhārī, Muslim)

When a person dies, his good works are cut off, all but three: ongoing charity, knowledge that others benefit from, and a righteous child who prays for him. (Muslim)

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