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children under six lived in poor, or nearly poor, families in 1994. In
addition to the 6.1 million young children who lived in poverty, another
4.8 million young children lived in near poverty. 6
As the statistics above suggest, even the developed world is not
immune from poverty. The unemployment from economic depressions
and inadequacy of social security systems are, by and large, responsible
for this poverty.
The values of the Qur'an and the Sunnah, however, demand the
protection of the poor and the needy. There are many hadith of Allah's
Messenger, the Prophet Muhammad (saas) that bid the believers to
protect the poor. One of them reads thus:

The Independent, 11 September. 2000

Just a few children,
trying to live in
poverty.

Newsweek, 25 May 1992