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Alms (/ɑːmz/, /ɑːlmz/) are money, food, or other material goods donated to people living in poverty. Providing alms is often considered an act of charity...

and are generally maintained by a charity or the trustees of a bequest (alms are, in the Christian tradition, money or services donated to support the...

include those above but there are 2 additional tattva namely: Punya (alms-deed) - Which purifies our soul and provide happiness to others. Paap (sinful...

guardian, but also a devil who is his tempter; he recommends prayers, alms-deeds, and other good works on fast days: mentions a state of continency with...

Beatific vision, and that the faithful on earth can help them by prayers, alms, deeds, and especially by the sacrifice of the Holy Mass. Saturday of Souls...

said to receive hasanat (حسنة), ajr (أجر) or thawab (ثواب) for each good deed. Fard or its synonym wājib (واجب) is one of the five types of ahkam (أحكام)...

greatly venerated for her piety and supernatural gifts. She abounded in alms-deeds and every good work, her sweetness and piety were obvious to all who beheld...

ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.....That thine alms may be in secret:...

intimate friend of Alexis I of Russia who was renowned for his piety and alms-deeds. He was the founder of the so-called Andreevsky School. It was the first...

which means benevolent deed, helping others; Dakshinā (दक्षिणा) which means fee one can afford; and Bhikshā (भिक्षा), which means alms. Dāna is defined in...

prostrating in 48.29. In a few chapters, Muslims are urged both to pray and give alms (for example Q.5:12), however what, when and to whom gifts ought to be made...

information of them which take offence at certain places of holy Scripture. Of alms deeds. Of the Nativity. Of the Passion for good Friday. Of the Resurrection...

doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: The World English Bible translates the passage as: But when you do merciful deeds, don’t...

piety, and a saint from his cradle. In his youth, prayer, fasting and alms-deeds were his chief delight, and, embracing an ecclesiastical state, he took...

Sadaqah literally means "righteousness" and refers to the voluntary giving of alms or charity. In Islamic terminology, sadaqah has been defined as an act of...

V forbade tying indulgences to any financial act, even to the giving of alms. Reforms in the 20th century largely abolished the quantification of indulgences...

verse of the Sermon's discussion of alms giving. In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father...

houses, soap factories, and flourmills. Haseki Hürrem Sultan's endowment deed includes 195 topoynyms and 32 estates mainly along the road bwetween Jaffa...

al-marām, Cairo n.d., no. 784 When a man dies, only three deeds will survive him: continuing alms, profitable knowledge and a child praying for him. — Ibn...

wandering beggars, and their likes, and warned the reader not to give them alms as he believed that it was to forsake the truly poor. The book's main text...