Be Generous — When You Have Little To Give:

<p>G<strong>enerosity as the willingness to give Freely &mdash; Islam encourages this concept of generosity so much so that it is embedded in one of the Five pillars of Islam, the obligatory charity known as Zakat.</strong></p> <p><strong>In Arabic, the term Zakat literally means purification of the heart however;</strong>&nbsp;it is also the payment, From surplus money, of an obligatory charity designed by God to provide For all the needy members of the community. It is a Fixed calculable amount.</p> <p><strong>There is also another Form of generosity in Islam called Sadaqah (optional charity)</strong>.<strong>Linguistically, Sadaqah means Truthfulness, and some scholars have described it as the heart being Truthful to its Creator.</strong>Anything given generously &mdash; Freely to others &mdash; with the intention of pleasing God is Sadaqah.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/illumination/be-generous-when-you-have-little-to-give-a5b3bd47cc99"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>
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