The Zakat benefits the poorest of the community by helping them meet their needs without having to beg. Even more; at the beginning of Islam, Zakat was collected by the State, and the amount was distributed equitably between those in need and part of it was used to build schools, hospitals...
It is from the teachings of Rasulullah (saw) that one should console and comfort a Muslim who is in distress. Rasulullah (saw) has said: “He who consoles the one in distress shall be rewarded as much as the bereaved.” One should take note of the following few points: ...
Eudaimonia though is a much harder word to understand. It's often translated as "flourishing." And the reason why it's difficult to understand is that it's often understood in reverse. So there are many moments in life where we look back on our experiences and think they were really hard...
the Taliban started to levy zakat on poppy cultivation and charge tolls on the transportation of the poppy residue under armed Taliban guard out of the country. [7] An increasing number of drug laboratories were set up in Afghanistan. Even if not much drug profit stays in Afghanistan and Paki...
Possibly even bigger challenge, certainly for people who are super wealthy, is the Islam tradition of zakat, which is two and a half percent of your net worth given away every year. That's at least three times what most very rich people are giving away. It's a challenge, but it'...
Bio-controls for Pest Management We have adopted the use of bio-pesticides and bio-control agents such as barn owls and beneficial plants to control pests in our plantations. This is a much more environmental- friendly alternative to poisons and other traditional control mechanisms. < 44 TH ...
in corporate philanthropy; the 1970s which saw a period of rapid growth in the concept of CSR; the 1980s when stakeholder theory and business ethics came to the fore; the 1990s in which CSR was seen to be practised by corporate organisations; and the year 2000 onward, since when much ...
Why is it hard to understand? I thinkDaoismoffers a really goodanalogyhere. So imagine life as like adense,thornyforest, and in the middle of this forest is a well-pavedsuperhighway. And it's easy to walk along that path, but there are other paths, but these paths go throughswamps, ...
Why is it hard to understand? I thinkDaoismoffers a really goodanalogyhere. So imagine life as like adense,thornyforest, and in the middle of this forest is a well-pavedsuperhighway. And it's easy to walk along that path, but there are other paths, but these paths go throughswamps, ...