Should we give money to beggars?

[S<Chowdhury]

God willng, you shall do so my friend!

My wifes aunty and uncle live in USA and are doctors (they're Indian) they built a village in India that caters to educating and saving the women from prostitution and those same beggar children. They started off by themselves and 4 residents....now they have 28,000 residents there(Indian and Pakistani) They are Christians but welcome all who need help, from any religion without them being forced to convert whatso ever! They spend 6 months in India and 6 months in USA. They have NEVER had a day off! No joke. We begged them to take a vacation, they outright refuse. They do all the work themselves including providing free medical help, homes, schools, churchs , mosques, temples, they fund %75 themselves!! They have no home in India and only a small 1 room apartment in USA. They have no retirement, they give everything away, they said "We cannot bring anything with us to heaven, we will die serving humanity" I only wish I were as good as them! They also adopted 12 of the children for themselves. 2 of which are blind and 2 who have had their arms ......removed by syndicates. All of them help.

They are an amazing example of humanity we should ALL strive to be like.

God bless them.

Definitely we should strive to be like them , we need more people like them in the world.

 

[Italianguy]

Definitely we should strive to be like them , we need more people like them in the world.

They are out there, they just don't want attention (bragging rights, stardom) Her aunty and uncle have no web site, they do not advertise, no one knows they do this unless someone asks. And even then they are reluctant to give location in fear of pimps and kidnappers coming back to get the kids or prostitutes. It has happened a couple of times. Aunty was by herself one day when uncle went to get supplies, 2 men came in the village acting like they wanted to help.....they tried to take some kids and a couple aunties threw stuff at them! It worked but as a result, aunty had a massive stroke from the stress and and excitement, and has lost motor function in her right arm and the side of her faceimsad.......That only stopped her for like 10 days....then she went right back to work acting as if nothing happened! Aunty is amazing!

God be with her . Amen

 

[Life_Is_Short]

God willng, you shall do so my friend!

My wifes aunty and uncle live in USA and are doctors (they're Indian) they built a village in India that caters to educating and saving the women from prostitution and those same beggar children. They started off by themselves and 4 residents....now they have 28,000 residents there(Indian and Pakistani) They are Christians but welcome all who need help, from any religion without them being forced to convert whatso ever! They spend 6 months in India and 6 months in USA. They have NEVER had a day off! No joke. We begged them to take a vacation, they outright refuse. They do all the work themselves including providing free medical help, homes, schools, churchs , mosques, temples, they fund %75 themselves!! They have no home in India and only a small 1 room apartment in USA. They have no retirement, they give everything away, they said "We cannot bring anything with us to heaven, we will die serving humanity" I only wish I were as good as them! They also adopted 12 of the children for themselves. 2 of which are blind and 2 who have had their arms ......removed by syndicates. All of them help.

They are an amazing example of humanity we should ALL strive to be like.

God bless them.

This is what i want to do (Insh'Allah) but i have to be educated first. imsad

These people are the real heroes. May Allah grant them Paradise, Ameen!

 

[S<Chowdhury]

They are out there, they just don't want attention (bragging rights, stardom) Her aunty and uncle have no web site, they do not advertise, no one knows they do this unless someone asks. And even then they are reluctant to give location in fear of pimps and kidnappers coming back to get the kids or prostitutes. It has happened a couple of times. Aunty was by herself one day when uncle went to get supplies, 2 men came in the village acting like they wanted to help.....they tried to take some kids and a couple aunties threw stuff at them! It worked but as a result, aunty had a massive stroke from the stress and and excitement, and has lost motor function in her right arm and the side of her faceimsad.......That only stopped her for like 10 days....then she went right back to work acting as if nothing happened! Aunty is amazing!

God be with her . Amen

10 Days people need a year to get there strength back.... True Heroes

 

[Nσσя'υℓ Jαииαн]

I would prefer to be conned by a million people scamming me than risk not giving to one person truly needing help.

If I fail to give aid to a person in need, that is my sin and I need to face the results of it. If a person cons me that is their sin and what they reap from it will not be worth the paltry sum they have stolen from me.

Wow ur so right subhanAllah..

 

[deepfreeze66]

In Taiwan if you will never see beggars on the street because we have a very strict work code.....

 

[syilla]

^^^ interesting!!!!. Have you made any introduction at the introduction sections. You must!!!! Rarely we find we get someone from Taiwan here in LI

 

[Ali_uk]

I think I would have helped (if I had money) because I do not know why she cant work ... maybe shes homless or maybe gone bankrupt. ..i dont know

You never know why someone is on the street, so many people had normal lives, loose their job, home, family then you see them on the street. You think anyone would choose to live on the street, begging?

If you have some change in your pocket, why not give?

 

[Abdul Qadir]

(peace be upon you)

Today i saw a muslim lady begging on the street. She was in good health, (alhamduli'Allah) but she was begging. She did not speak english and so i could not ask her why she was begging.

Considering the fact you can easily work in this country and earn your living, should we give money to people like that?

Jazak'Allah Khair

nvm her intentions for begging...whats ur intention?

 

[peaceandlove]

(peace be upon you)
Today i saw a muslim lady begging on the street. She was in good health, (alhamduli'Allah) but she was begging. She did not speak english and so i could not ask her why she was begging.

Considering the fact you can easily work in this country and earn your living, should we give money to people like that?

Jazak'Allah Khair

here is an idea , that might work , its work atleast sometime to me.

If its seem that begger is healthy enough to do any work , offer him to do some work for money , like if you are going in a car etc ask him to clean the car and you will give him money for that work. and with the answer/action after this you can judge to it.

I had done the same many time , here in pakistan there are many fake women begger also , if i see some healthy women begging to me , we just ask him that we want a person who will clean our house daily , will you work and almost more than 90% begger will just disappers saying nothing , because they donot want to work.

 

[Blackpool]

No. Many beggars come to me when I'm the city. I reply by telling them to get a job like everyone else. The government provides these people with homes, food and benefits to help them get by in the UK. The UK also gives them support in finding a job but many cannot be arsed. There are also beggars that scrounge, making hundreds a day, driving flash cars and then return home to their nice cosy, big house. A survey was held once in some city. Of all the "homeless" people, not ONE of them lived on the streets.

They're either scamming you or they're just **** lazy. They get cash, home and food from the government which comes out of our tax!

Why do you think that the police arrest these guys for doing so? Not so long ago there was a crackdown on beggars and 15 were arrested in one day.

 

[Ğħαrєєвαħ]

Aslaamu alaaykum..
If a beggar approaches someone whether theyre fake or real, and we give them money were still rewarded, and the rest is between Allah and that individual Insha`Allaah. Allaah will deal with him in the end.
However, Begging is not what a muslim should be doing, we seek Allaahs help, and dont put our selves in such states, i mean look at the Prophet Sallahu alayhi wa salam he was our rolemodel hense what he did is what we should try to do, he would never ever go out and beg and stuff, the only one he would beg is to the Allmighty Allaah Subhana wa wa t`ala. If he wouldnt do it, then we shouldnt either Indeed.

But because soo much people are unaware of their deen, they dont care, they are not so knowledgeable as we may be, to realise how bad such an act is.., Insha`Allaah we should advice the person for example an indvidual who is begging, try to say a good word, And InshaAllaah pray for them and InshaAllaah they will realise..so yeah..
sorry if i said anything bad or wrong..
Wa alaaykum salaam

 

[zakirs]

I generally avoid giving to children.But mostly if i have money i give.

 

[Blackpool]

I can't stand these scroungers, they make me sick. Lazy.

 

[Raaina]

No. Many beggars come to me when I'm the city. I reply by telling them to get a job like everyone else. The government provides these people with homes, food and benefits to help them get by in the UK. The UK also gives them support in finding a job but many cannot be arsed. There are also beggars that scrounge, making hundreds a day, driving flash cars and then return home to their nice cosy, big house. A survey was held once in some city. Of all the "homeless" people, not ONE of them lived on the streets.

They're either scamming you or they're just **** lazy. They get cash, home and food from the government which comes out of our tax!

I can't stand these scroungers, they make me sick. Lazy.

I think you make a very poor, general sweeping statement there.

I've been out of work now for 12+ months and it is not because I am lazy.

I get up every morning at 7am, I call agencies every morning by 9am and then I go about my job searches. I send my cv's out asking if there is any available work or to keep my cv on file, I ask in shops if there is any work available, I do everything I possibly can to try and find a job.

Yet if I wasn't lucky enough to have parent's living close by or who could put me up, I to could perhaps be on the streets by now, where people like you judge, without even knowning their sitation.

So perhaps while you are being so quick to judge people and advising them to "just get a job like everyone else" perhaps you could offer more construction advice and be less judgemental and realise not everyone is on the streets by choice or because they are to lazy to get a job.

In relation to the other posts on the topic, if I see a begger, I will give them food or occasionally money if I have some in my pocket.

 

[Blackpool]

I think you make a very poor, general sweeping statement there.

I've been out of work now for 12+ months and it is not because I am lazy.

I get up every morning at 7am, I call agencies every morning by 9am and then I go about my job searches. I send my cv's out asking if there is any available work or to keep my cv on file, I ask in shops if there is any work available, I do everything I possibly can to try and find a job.

Yet if I wasn't lucky enough to have parent's living close by or who could put me up, I to could perhaps be on the streets by now, where people like you judge, without even knowning their sitation.

So perhaps while you are being so quick to judge people and advising them to "just get a job like everyone else" perhaps you could offer more construction advice and be less judgemental and realise not everyone is on the streets by choice or because they are to lazy to get a job.

In relation to the other posts on the topic, if I see a begger, I will give them food or occasionally money if I have some in my pocket.

With you being out of work I would presume you're on benefits until you find yourself a job. If you did go homeless then you would be able to find accommodation immediately to prevent you living on the streets. There are more than a few in Blackpool. There are 198 hostels for "homeless" people in the North-West area.

Rather than getting themselves in a hostel and sorting themselves out they would rather scrounge aswell as take the other benefits. Nothing but scroungers and I cannot stand them. Why is it that these scroungers are arrested here in the UK if caught by the police?

I was robbed a few times when I was 14 by these scroungers. I no longer have sympathy.

 

[Blackpool]

You never know why someone is on the street, so many people had normal lives, loose their job, home, family then you see them on the street. You think anyone would choose to live on the street, begging?

If you have some change in your pocket, why not give?

Yes. I, myself, have dignity though. Just think, if you were out on the streets and you managed to just get 10 people in one hour to give you just £1 that would be simple. Now if you did this continually for 10hrs you would make £100 in just one day. Now multiply this by 5 and that would add upto £500 a week with the weekend off. Weekends would be overtime however, with so many people doing shopping. You're having a laugh. Cancer Research is a better charity to give.

 

[Salahudeen]

hmm jus the otherday something happened that made me feel bad, I was standing at the bus stop and this non muslim came upto me and asked if I had 30p for the bus, I only had pound coins on me so I said "nah m8" but he didn't look like a begger he looked like a person who genuinely needed 30p to get home.

Afterwards I felt so bad like I should've gone to the shop which was 2 mins away and got change or jus gave him the pound imsad and then I began thinking, that was the perfect opportunity for dawah also imsad I could've used that situation in so many ways like " I'll give you it with the condition you look into Islam at some point and see what it's about" imsad

Just a few weeks ago this non muslim british born came upto my uncle and asked him for some money for food, my uncle asked him about his situation and he said "my dad's kicked me out and I've been sleeping rough" then my uncle advised him "look this is britain they have places to stay, they don't like homless people on the street go to your local council they'll provide you with somewhere to stay"

so then my uncle gave him £2 for food and he asked if he could have £3 my uncle said your having a laugh ain't ya, you can get a decent meal with £2 but then my uncle gave him anyway with the condition that he looks into Islam at some point.

2 weeks later he took his shahadda in the masjid at a conference infront of many people.

I told my uncle there was a new revert at the conference, I showed him a video of the person reverting on the internet and he shouted,

"I KNOW HIM!! that's the guy who I gave money to for food the other week"

 

[Asiyah3]

hmm jus the otherday something happened that made me feel bad, I was standing at the bus stop and this non muslim came upto me and asked if I had 30p for the bus, I only had pound coins on me so I said "nah m8" but he didn't look like a begger he looked like a person who genuinely needed 30p to get home.

Afterwards I felt so bad like I should've gone to the shop which was 2 mins away and got change or jus gave him the pound imsad and then I began thinking, that was the perfect opportunity for dawah also imsad I could've used that situation in so many ways like " I'll give you it with the condition you look into Islam at some point and see what it's about" imsad

Just a few weeks ago this non muslim british born came upto my uncle and asked him for some money for food, my uncle asked him about his situation and he said "my dad's kicked me out and I've been sleeping rough" then my uncle advised him "look this is britain they have places to stay, they don't like homless people on the street go to your local council they'll provide you with somewhere to stay"

so then my uncle gave him £2 for food and he asked if he could have £3 my uncle said your having a laugh ain't ya, you can get a decent meal with £2 but then my uncle gave him anyway with the condition that he looks into Islam at some point.

2 weeks later he took his shahadda in the masjid at a conference infront of many people.

I told my uncle there was a new revert at the conference, I showed him a video of the person reverting on the internet and he shouted,

"I KNOW HIM!! that's the guy who I gave money to for food the other week"

aww... SubhaanalLah! Masha'lLah'

Unfortunately here the beggers don't know the languages I speak Or else I'd also try to buy them food or find out why don't work etc.

 

[Ğħαrєєвαħ]

hmm jus the otherday something happened that made me feel bad, I was standing at the bus stop and this non muslim came upto me and asked if I had 30p for the bus, I only had pound coins on me so I said "nah m8" but he didn't look like a begger he looked like a person who genuinely needed 30p to get home.

Afterwards I felt so bad like I should've gone to the shop which was 2 mins away and got change or jus gave him the pound imsad and then I began thinking, that was the perfect opportunity for dawah also imsad I could've used that situation in so many ways like " I'll give you it with the condition you look into Islam at some point and see what it's about" imsad

Just a few weeks ago this non muslim british born came upto my uncle and asked him for some money for food, my uncle asked him about his situation and he said "my dad's kicked me out and I've been sleeping rough" then my uncle advised him "look this is britain they have places to stay, they don't like homless people on the street go to your local council they'll provide you with somewhere to stay"

so then my uncle gave him £2 for food and he asked if he could have £3 my uncle said your having a laugh ain't ya, you can get a decent meal with £2 but then my uncle gave him anyway with the condition that he looks into Islam at some point.

2 weeks later he took his shahadda in the masjid at a conference infront of many people.

I told my uncle there was a new revert at the conference, I showed him a video of the person reverting on the internet and he shouted,

"I KNOW HIM!! that's the guy who I gave money to for food the other week"

Wowww SubhanaAllaah thats sooo really beautifull man... it gives me some ideas Indeedy man...that is the best wayyy Indeed to deal with them i think , and thats a wonderful way to do Dawah wow, MashaAllaah man