concept

Almsgiving

Beliefs & concepts

Giving to the needy as named ethical practice. Not charity as theological virtue alone, and not tzedakah as Jewish righteous giving alone.

Also known as Alms · Almsgiving

Islam

  • Almsgiving appears in Islam.

    The Qur’an continually commands giving to the poor, orphan, and wayfarer as spending in God’s way. Islamic almsgiving speech in that revelation, not zakat as the named due alone and not charity as the English virtue already walked.

    from M.A.S. Abdel Haleem (translation) · The Qur’an, 2004 (this translation); Arabic text 7th century CE

    appears in · sourced · documented

sources

  • The Qur’an · M.A.S. Abdel Haleem (translation)

    M.A.S. Abdel Haleem, The Qur’an (Oxford).