Does Islam require you to give to charity?

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PurestAmbrosia said:
who were they? how did they identify themselves? what were they doing?
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They are a family of Malay, who built a big house near the jungle in the state of Pahang.... while the men hunting frogs, monkeys, wild boars... they invite the women and the children to their big house.... children love it there ... lots of toys and junk food. While the women were taught how to make clothes and craftworks.

They have a very big store room...where clothes and toys donated by Muslims nationwide were kept..... and they give this clothes and toys to the visiting women and children....and of course preaching the goodness of Islam.

Result: 1/3 of the aborigines became muslims ... none are adult men.

Now they're planning to open a big fish pond where the men can go there instead of going to jungle.....
 
therebbe said:
Oh its very popular here to and disgusting. It is always good to give to charity but it is pure when you do it without needing name recongnition. It shows what your intentions are.
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Well, I think it what matters is that money goes to charity. If some people can only manage that when they can promote themselves then so be it, in fact we should facilitate it.

You guys have inspired me to donate more. So let me do some shameless self-promoting right now ;). Until now I only gave a little bit to the WWF and Oxfam. But I have added Doctors without Frontiers to it, as well as two local animal care organisations! Ain't I a swell guy? :D
 
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This image just about puts it all in perspective... the photographer who took this photo committed suicide shorty after it was taken --- the kid in here is barely a toddler... couldn't keep her strength to walk to where food is handed.... a vulture is waiting for her to die for obvious reasons...
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therebbe said:
I want to cry when I see that.
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the world is an unfortunate place for some though it doesn't have to be ... when I see a lady boasting on TV about one of richest man alive and his steel industry, that it would take us a life time straight to count his fortune to encompass it all just one billion out of his $175 billion could end hunger for this girl and her entire country ... or I see a $5000 burger with sheets of gold sold in Vegas, the ludicrous amount some spend on weddings only to get a divorce six months later, it infuriates me.... anyone of us could be this girl ... my consolation is I know the poor are most beloved by God..... And I also believe it is a test for the rest of us to see how we give and spend and how we deal with our own unfortunate affairs...
 
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MashAllah a very good post sister Ambrosia. May Allah bless you for putting your point across. We are not amongst the true beleivers until we want for our brothers and sisters what we would want for ourselves.
 
Me and my family donated to that earthquake in Pakistan and there is a church nearby my house. They wanted to help so they gave it to us to send.
What they gave us was toothpaste, shampoos, tooth brushes, etc. But in all of em they had pictures of Jesus and stuff...stuff sayin like Jesus is Lord =\. It was kinda ok, but not all r christians there...
 
PurestAmbrosia said:
This image just about puts it all in perspective... the photographer who took this photo committed suicide shorty after it was taken --- the kid in here is barely a toddler... couldn't keep her strength to walk to where food is handed.... a vulture is waiting for her to die for obvious reasons...
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I've got that pic via e-mail some months ago... it was taken in darfur region.

The picture was taken about 1 km to the nearest refugee camp (where they got food and medicines)... the photographer took the photo while that poor kid crawling towards the camp..... after he snapped the pic he left the place without helping that kid.... when he went back to his respective country ... he felt awful when seeing this pic ..... if he just help the kid to the camp ... at least the kid would survive... but he did not do that ... he felt guilty ... and committed suicide.....

Some people have to crawl for food ... while we Malaysians love waste so much on food ....
 
north_malaysian said:
I've got that pic via e-mail some months ago... it was taken in darfur region.

The picture was taken about 1 km to the nearest refugee camp (where they got food and medicines)... the photographer took the photo while that poor kid crawling towards the camp..... after he snapped the pic he left the place without helping that kid.... when he went back to his respective country ... he felt awful when seeing this pic ..... if he just help the kid to the camp ... at least the kid would survive... but he did not do that ... he felt guilty ... and committed suicide.....

Some people have to crawl for food ... while we Malaysians love waste so much on food ....
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I believe he helped her and shot the vulture away but he suffered from depression... I saw a documentary on the whole story... I am really glad I did... why would he take a pic so heart wrenching and walk away? It is a shame he killed himself ... his work will live on... this pic was very profound.. still is--
 
PurestAmbrosia said:
I believe he helped her and shot the vulture away but he suffered from depression... I saw a documentary on the whole story... I am really glad I did... why would he take a pic so heart wrenching and walk away? It is a shame he killed himself ... his work will live on... this pic was very profound.. still is--
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There's a documentary on it?.... whoa .... which means those e-mail sender not telling me the truth...

Where did u see that documentary?
 
north_malaysian said:
There's a documentary on it?.... whoa .... which means those e-mail sender not telling me the truth...

Where did u see that documentary?
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a public broadcasting system... PBS or WLIW... here is the websitehttp://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.flatrock.org.nz/topics/odds_and_oddities/assets/wanting_a_meal.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.flatrock.org.nz/topics/odds_and_oddities/ultimate_in_unfair.htm&h=578&w=753&sz=28&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=Vgla0TyyOPILmM:&tbnh=109&tbnw=142&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dwanting%2Ba%2Bmeal%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8
you should always probe on what you read... especially with all the hate out there... God knows there is so much hate in this world...
 
 
 
""The pain of life overrides the joy to the point that joy does not exist." said he.
--it is really unfortunate that someone would be led through disappointment to end his life... I can relate and understand what he means by his statement ... but to end his young life... it is very tragic... May Allah have mercy on us...
sry about the address... I was as surprised to see it but it works doesn't it? lols
 
Charity is most definately required. That's a given.

Isn't it supposed to be like (a minimum of) 2.5% or something?
 

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