What is poverty in Islam?

As we know there is evil suffering in this world, there are two types of evil & suffering, they are, Moral & Natural Evils.

Moral evils are satanic evils, in other words, evil suffering caused by humans.

Natural evil & suffering is natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, hurricanes and so on.

Moral evils are due to Satan putting evil thoughts in our minds for example to go and bomb a certain country for no reason what so ever.

Moreover, this life is test from Allah on how we spend our lives, do we spend our lives sinning or do we spend our lives remembering Allah and doing good?

It is stated in the Quran.

 “Be sure we shall test you with something of fear and hunger, some loss in goods or lives or the fruits of your toil, but give glad tidings to those who patiently preserve-who say when afflicted with calamity, ‘To god we belong and to him is our return.”

This basically means that Allah is assuring you that you will be tested in many ways; you may lose some goods or some lives this will be a test of faith and obedience and after all we belong to Allah because he gave us life so to him we shall return

Some people are poor and some people are rich and therefore they are treated and rated differently. However, in Allah’s eyes they are the same.

When you are rich Allah gives you a test and wants to see how grateful you are and how you treat your wealth, when you are poor it is a test of patience, how grateful you can be for at least how much you have.  

It is stated in the Quran

“Then on the day of judgement you will certainly be questioned about all the favours you enjoyed”

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This basically means that on the day of judgement you will be asked on what you spent your wealth

What does Islam Say About Zakat & Charity?

Wealth is a gift from god and it shouldn’t be abused because it could be taken away and replaced by you being poor, that is why there are numerous ways to help poor people by giving part of your wealth to them to help them overcome some of their troubles, we can do this by donating money to charity companies such as Muslim Aid.

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