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Aziaf
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Hope all of you Inshallah are well and happy:)
Today I encountered a poblem :-[ , faced a situation i dint quite know how to handle..:exhausted
A lady came begging at my door, she seemed to know exaclty where the muslims live-surprisingly! Last time it had happened( or has hapened on several occasions..knocking on doors and approaching in person) I gave the lady money and then for the rest of the day I had women (dressed similarly /eastern european looking )knockng on my door.
I felt the lady wasnt genuine an so I refused to give her anything today. This is the first time I have done that.I feel awfullllll...
I know begging is'nt allowed in Islam.
But I was wondering if anyone knew of how to deal with such people, how to decide whether the person is genuine...or not???
*If the person seems genuine and in need, what if they use it for wrong deeds?
*What if you dont give it and they really need it?
*What if they are using this as some sort of scheme to make money and manipulatig people?
I once even directed a people towards the mosque, because I know some mosques try and help people if they are in genuinely in a situation where they can not fend for themselves ect esp when they have young children and even try finding them accomadation and stuff, but when i direct towards the mosque they either loose intrest, continue to ask for money or just walk off.
I had a lot of questions, some of the answers were answered by the article answering a question on begging below:
Hello Aziaf:
I think directing them to a mosque may help determine whether or not the beggars are sincere. If they really need help, it would seem unlikely that they would stop short of going to a mosque as you direct them. However, I do not think it is possible to know for sure if they are truly needy unless you saw firsthand how they are living.
Furthermore, here are some Quranic verses that are certainly relevant:
2:271. If you give alms openly, it is well; but if you do it secretly and give to the poor, that is better. This will absolve you of some of your sins; and God is cognisant of all you do.
2:272. It is not for you to guide them: God guides whom He will. Whatever you spend you will do so for yourself, for you will do so to seek the way that leads to God; and what you spend in charity you will get back in full, and no wrong will be done to you.
2:273. (Give to) the needy who are engaged in the service of God who are not able to move about in the land, whom the ignorant consider to be affluent as they refrain from asking. You can know them from their faces for they do not ask of men importunately. God is surely cognisant of good things that you spend.
Here it says that abstaining from persistent begging is a characteristic of poor individuals who are sincere and truly in need of help, but does not say that open begging denotes dishonesty. As said above, you cannot know for sure if the people coming to your door for money are or are not truly needy, but your decision to direct them to a mosque does not at all hurt. It is better than giving money yourself in that your advice alone can be considered as help for the needy.:) Again, use your judgment in this matter.