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charity is very well-defined; it is to provide social support to the needy people in the
community, not to provide a comfortable living for clerics. 91
The categories of those who are eligible to receive such charity have also been
clearly defined in the Quran. (See 9: 60.)
In Islam, the zakah is obligatory, but voluntary charity is also highly promoted
and encouraged. Often, Muslims voluntarily give far more from their wealth than the
obligatory minimum amount. Allah promises great rewards for donors who give
charity based on sincere intentions. In the history of Islam, there are many accounts
of people who gave their entire wealth to the poor, seeking Allah’s pleasure through
this remarkable act of charity.
17.16 Revival of fasting
According to the Gospels, Jesus fasted for forty days. Matthew 4:2 says:
And he fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was hungry. 92
This was in accordance with the practice of the earlier prophets. Moses is also
recorded in Exodus 34:28 to have fasted. It says: And he was there with the
Lord forty days and forty nights, he neither ate bread nor drank water. And he
wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments. 93
The Quran is a revival of many of the teachings of Jesus and Moses. It teaches
the believers to fast during the month of Ramadan. Allah has mentioned in the
Quran that fasting is enjoined on the Muslims as it was enjoined on previous
nations.
{O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those
before you that you may become righteous.} (Quran 2: 183)
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Philips, The True Message of Jesus Christ, 92.
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See also Matthew 6:16.
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Philips, The True Message of Jesus Christ, 92.
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