Charity Work in Islamic Jurisprudence

Islamic teaching defines charity work as an act motivated by devotion to God when such devotion is based on voluntariness and to gain God’s reward. Charitable work is basically not obligatory; even if it does not seem to appear as such, it bears no responsibility. Charitable work in Islam has genera...

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Main Authors: Senad Ćeman, Ahmed Purdić
Format: Article
Language:Bosnian
Published: University of Tuzla, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences 2020-11-01
Series:Društvene i Humanističke Studije
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Online Access:http://www.dhs.ff.untz.ba/index.php/home/article/view/454
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description Islamic teaching defines charity work as an act motivated by devotion to God when such devotion is based on voluntariness and to gain God’s reward. Charitable work is basically not obligatory; even if it does not seem to appear as such, it bears no responsibility. Charitable work in Islam has generated over time numerous governmental and non-governmental institutions through which individuals have helped society in an institutionalized and organized manner, and which has been a partner of the state in the field of education, health, recreation, etc. In its broad opus, Islamic jurisprudence has given a significant place to the topic of charity work.
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spelling doaj.art-67a8939cadbd40b883b61afd27bf13352022-12-21T23:11:48ZbosUniversity of Tuzla, Faculty of Humanities and Social SciencesDruštvene i Humanističke Studije2490-36042490-36472020-11-0154(13)257276369Charity Work in Islamic JurisprudenceSenad Ćeman0Ahmed Purdić1Faculty of Islamic Studies University of SarajevoIslamic Community of Bosnia and Herzegovina, SarajevoIslamic teaching defines charity work as an act motivated by devotion to God when such devotion is based on voluntariness and to gain God’s reward. Charitable work is basically not obligatory; even if it does not seem to appear as such, it bears no responsibility. Charitable work in Islam has generated over time numerous governmental and non-governmental institutions through which individuals have helped society in an institutionalized and organized manner, and which has been a partner of the state in the field of education, health, recreation, etc. In its broad opus, Islamic jurisprudence has given a significant place to the topic of charity work.http://www.dhs.ff.untz.ba/index.php/home/article/view/454charity workislamislamic jurisprudencemorality
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