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  2. Alms - Wikipedia

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    In Islam, the concept of Muhsi or Muhsin alms-giver or charitable giving is generally divided into voluntary giving, ṣadaqah (صدقة), and an obligatory practice, the zakāh (الزكاة). Zakāh is governed by a specific set of rules within Islamic jurisprudence and is intended to fulfill a well-defined set of theological and social ...

  3. Matthew 6:2 - Wikipedia

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    The term translated as "merciful deeds" in the WEB refers explicitly to alms giving. Alms giving was a religious act, one commanded in the Old Testament in Deuteronomy 15:11 and other places. In this era all were expected to contribute alms, and services for the needy were funded through them. [1]

  4. Matthew 6:4 - Wikipedia

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    The verses 2–4 with verses 5–6 and verses 16–18 form three neatly symmetrical illustrations, about alms, prayer and fasting. [5] The acts of justice, including giving alms, and like prayer and fasting, are between God and the doer, unlike Roman philanthropy, which tends to have public displays of good works. [6]

  5. Dāna - Wikipedia

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    Greater still is the power to relieve other's hunger"; "Giving alms is a great reward in itself to one who gives". [23]: 47 In Chapter 101, he states: "Believing wealth is everything, yet giving away nothing, is a miserable state of mind"; "Vast wealth can be a curse to one who neither enjoys it nor gives to the worthy".

  6. Tzedakah - Wikipedia

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    Giving tzedakah before being asked. Giving adequately after being asked. Giving willingly, but inadequately. Giving "in sadness" (giving out of pity): It is thought that Maimonides was referring to giving because of the sad feelings one might have in seeing people in need (as opposed to giving because it is a religious obligation).

  7. Charity (practice) - Wikipedia

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    Charitable giving as a religious act or duty is referred to as almsgiving or alms. The name stems from the most obvious expression of the virtue of charity: providing recipients with the means they need to survive. The impoverished, particularly widows, orphans, the ailing, and the injured, are generally considered appropriate recipients of ...

  8. Five Pillars of Islam - Wikipedia

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    The Third Pillar of Islam is Zakāt, or alms giving or charity. [17] Zakat means purification which indicates that a payment makes the rest of one's wealth legally and religiously pure. [17] By following this pillar, Muslims have to deduct certain amount of their wealth to support the Islamic community — usually about 2.5% of their wealth.

  9. Matthew 6:1 - Wikipedia

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    Other manuscripts have Greek: τὴν ἐλεημοσύνην, tēn eleemosunēn, [1] which explicitly refers to alms giving. This restricts what this verse is condemning to the more specific practice of overt generosity.