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No doubt, these budgets allocated to defense and armaments could
simply be offered to bring relief to the problems of poverty-stricken

people. However, despite the fact that the lives of little children are at
stake, political concerns and calculations of vested interests have long
hindered the development of viable solutions to these problems.
One point deserves special mention here: under the following
conditions, defense spending is unavoidable. Because disbelief brings
more conflicts, disorder, outrages and violence, it seems that these
problems will persist. Therefore, a country will have to rely on her
defense to maintain its existence.
However, misery is everywhere. Evidently delivering speeches on
problems will not produce any solutions. Nor will merely avoiding side-
stepping beggars and giving charity. Co-ordination of regular programs
addressing the educational, health, shelter and clothing needs of poor
people is essential.
This is only possible, however, through the sensitivity people will
develop when living by the Qur'an. Again, Qur'anic values will ensure a
peaceful environment which will make countries sensitive enough not to
violate other countries' rights. Consequently, defense spending can be
limited and the resources allocated to them can be invested in related
fields to secure general welfare, peace and quality education for the public.
Surely, defense spending is only an example. Many other similar

solutions can be provided. As in all other issues, it is essential to see that
the solution lies in living by the Qur'an and the Sunnah. That is because
only a person endowed with the values of the Qur'an and the Sunnah
could give his own share of food to the needy or an orphan when he,
himself, is hungry. By the same token, that person is the one who does not
offer things he dislikes to others, and he is the one who offers help
without demanding anything in return. Allah explains in Surat an-Nur
how wealthy people should conduct themselves:
Those of you possessing affluence and ample wealth should not make oaths
that they will not give to their relatives and the very poor and those who