Abandonce of Giving Alms
 

When they regard giving alms as a punishment (a burden instead of a religious observance).
(Tirmidhi Hadiths)

 

 

When that time comes, alms will be taken by force as a punishment and extortion as loot. (Fera Idu Fevaidi’l Fiqr Fi’l Imam al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 146-147)

 

Protecting and watching over the poor and needy is one of the requirements of the moral values of religion. God has commanded believers to give alms to those in need, to meet their needs and to protect and watch over them. As a result of this moral necessity, the problem of poverty naturally disappears in societies which live by the moral values of religion, due to the existence of social solidarity. In the End Times, on the other hand, one of the results of peoples’ turning away from the moral values of religion is the almost total disappearance of the giving of alms.