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Not to share one's food, water, home and other means with these
innocent people, refusing to help the needy and thinking solely of one's
own interest is wrongful behavior condemned in the Qur'an. It is also
commanded in the Qur'an that the "very poor and travellers" should
be helped:

Give your relatives their due, and the very poor and travellers but

do not squander what you have. (Surat al-Isra', 26)
As we have seen, travellers are a group of people requiring pri-
ority assistance in the view of the Qur'an. Being a refugee means being
a traveller, being on a journey with no home and no food.

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