Comments on: Dignity, not Charity

By: Kirana

Kirana — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 03:08:57 +0000

I agree with the article except that I think orphan sponsorship is different. All children are under sponsorship – it’s just that with non-orphans it’s called parenting. So I see orphan sponsorship as merely the community taking on at least the financial sustenance role to raise and educate such children, until they are grown to work for themselves.

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Dignity, not Charity - I Love Rasoolallah — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 06:54:30 +0000

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By: Brian Cokayne

Brian Cokayne — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 20:56:04 +0000

In my opinion Adam hits the nail on the head with the points he makes here& moreover he considers history geography,ethics & faith. Here, myself also in UK, we may be a ‘developed’ country in terms of motor vehicles, airports, television programmes, the internet et al but I know a man who frowns on beggars yet by my knowledge in 30 years I’ve only known him do one half day’s work,& even on that occasion I had to clear up after him,not wanting the job-giver to feel so short-changed. The man puts great store by others doing things for him & on his terms & sometimes I have had to pray ‘Al Fatihah’ or ‘Psalm 23’ to rescue myself from his bad temper if his terms are not met.I doubt he will ever gather or chop firewood for there is no need for he employs a system of receiving fivers(£5 sterling)at the doors of such who wish to practise charitable giving.
On tonight I look at video of the refugees leaving the Syrian/Turkey border town of Kobane (Ayn-al-arab)Amongst them are the distressed,& in instances the bereaved, the young, the old or the farmer who has seen his olive trees cut down by advancing IS fighters.I can only think to say “Bismillah, Arahman, Arahim, show us the true path, the path of those on whom Thy favour rests.Not the path of those who earn Thy wrath & go astray.” Brian Cokayne/ Stockport. England

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 05 Oct 2014 00:27:34 +0000

MashaAllah that was a beautiful article 🙂 May Allah (SWT) bless you for that 🙂

I totally respect and appreciate charity but there is one thing that niggles me regarding the issue on charity.

In the days of the Prophet (pbuh) and even in the medieval times, the poor were needy and literally ‘hand-to-mouth’. Many begged out of sheer necessity.

In this day and age, we see a different kind of poverty. For example in the developed countries like USA and UK, people will make it their job to beg. There will be those who will beg for money just so they could get another fix or buy another bottle of alcohol. In UK, some will hold their infant babies and beg just to get free money, and send it off to their respective countries, building lavish homes for their families back there. Of course we should be charitable, but we shouldn’t be to gullible either. Finding the right balance in this day and age is the challenge. I am speaking with regards to begging within developed countries.

In developing countries we often see the sad cases of children begging, and again this is out of sheer necessity. However what disturbs me are those kids who have been forced to become disabled/ limbs amputated by their boss (who controls a network of child beggars) just to get the extra sympathy and subsequently the extra cash.

It’s one thing for a person to donate, but it’s another to be ‘taken for a ride’.

By: Alkanawy

Alkanawy — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 07:31:54 +0000

You have said it all, Jazakallah.

By: O H

O H — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 07:08:09 +0000

Great insight & advice!

By: LoveAllah

LoveAllah — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:39:16 +0000

May Allah grant you the highest level of* paradise!

By: LoveAllah

LoveAllah — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:38:14 +0000

May Allah grant you the highest level if paradise!

By: Sakina Fletcher

Sakina Fletcher — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 08:01:14 +0000

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