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Signs of Jesus’ (pbuh)
Second Coming

86. Abandoning Almsgiving

When they regard giving alms as a pun-
ishment [a burden instead of a religious
observance]. (Tirmidhi)

When that time comes, alms will be tak-
en by force as a punishment and extor-
tion as loot. (Fera Idu Fevaidi'l Fiqr Fi'l
Imam al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, pp.

146-47)

Protecting and watching over the poor and needy is a require-
ment of the religion's moral values. God has commanded believers to
give alms to those in need, to meet their needs, and to protect and
watch over them. As a result of this moral necessity, poverty disap-
pears in societies that live by religion's moral values, due to the exis-
tence of social solidarity. In the End Times, on the other hand, people
will turn away from the religion's moral values, causing the almost
total disappearance of almsgiving.

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