God and faith are commonly perceived as irrelevant in people’s lives these days and Iwish that they weren’t. I wish people would just realise that faith has a lot to do with whywe’re here today. In fact, in Islam we believe it has everything to do with our purpose inlife.As a Muslim, I believe my purpose on Earth is to worship and please my Creator andthere are many ways of doing that.The 5 pillars of Islam – the fundamentals of our faith – states the main acts worship thatare required of Muslims. 1. Testifying that none is worthy of worship except the one and only Allah (God inArabic) and Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him is His Messenger.2.Establishing prayers. 3. Alms giving or giving charity. This is called the Zakat.4.Fasting in the month of Ramadhan 5. Performing the Hajj pilgrimage (if one is able)Do you know what this means? Muslims actually have the privilege of helping others asan act of worship.Allah Almighty says: "We have apportioned among them their livelihood in the life of the world, and raised some of them above others in rank that some of them maytake labor from others." (Holy Qur’an, 43:32)See when Allah swt created the Universe He had a plan for everything, for each andevery one of us and how amazing is it that part of that plan is for those who are fortunateto help the ones who are less fortunate. So this is where faith and Islam comes into thepicture in regards to alleviating poverty. The act of giving charity and alms giving knownas ‘zakat’ is what Islam prescribes in effort to help those who are in need
Posted on: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 15:12:26 +0000
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