Search results

View (previous 20 | ) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)
  • Thumbnail for Alms
    Islam, the concept of Muhsi or Muhsin alms-giver or charitable giving is generally divided into voluntary giving, ṣadaqah (صدقة), and an obligatory practice...
    46 KB (5,628 words) - 08:00, 15 April 2024
  • member is infected, they hold Dānas (alms-givings) for her, called Kiri-ammāwarungè dānaya (Nursing mothers' alms-giving). Kannaki Amman Upulvan Kannagi Kataragama...
    7 KB (429 words) - 15:16, 24 September 2023
  • Thumbnail for Zakat
    Zakat (redirect from Alms tax)
    124–148 Benthal, Jonathan. "The Qur'an's Call to Alms Zakat, the Muslim Tradition of Alms-giving" (PDF). ISIM Newsletter. 98 (1): 13. "حكم استثمار أموال...
    58 KB (6,754 words) - 02:57, 7 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Buddha's Birthday
    incense, and candles to acknowledge Vesak. People also take part in alms-giving to the monks. In Mainland China, this day is generally and commonly called...
    49 KB (4,817 words) - 02:57, 19 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for A Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms
    A Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms is a painting by the Netherlandish artist Pieter Aertsen (1508–1575). It was completed in 1551. A large...
    16 KB (1,558 words) - 02:06, 2 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Irish Famine (1740–1741)
    William Conolly, commissioned the construction of the Conolly Folly in 1740 to give employment to local workers. In 1743, she had The Wonderful Barn built nearby...
    23 KB (3,170 words) - 22:47, 29 April 2024
  • 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...
    30 KB (3,732 words) - 16:03, 8 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Gift
    Gift (redirect from Gift giver)
    chosen by the giver. One cause of the mismatch between the giver's and receiver's view is that the giver is focused on the act of giving the gift, while...
    17 KB (2,054 words) - 20:35, 30 May 2024
  • Breaking the Fast) or Zakat al-Fitrah (the Alms of Human Nature),[unreliable source?] is a form of alms-giving which Islam considers required of every able[verification...
    11 KB (1,479 words) - 15:06, 15 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Prayagraj
    Táng Xīyù Jì, Xuanzang mentions that the site of the alms-giving is a deva temple, and the alms-giving practice is recommended by the "records at this temple"...
    175 KB (13,443 words) - 21:27, 30 May 2024
  • Gift economy (category Giving)
    reciprocal gifts that raise the social status of the giver if the gift is larger than one that the giver received. Moka refers specifically to the increment...
    73 KB (8,984 words) - 11:44, 13 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Poor box
    Poor box (redirect from Alms box)
    A poor box, alms box, offertory box, or mite box is a box that is used to collect coins for charitable purposes. They can be found in most Christian churches...
    4 KB (425 words) - 20:56, 15 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for St Antoninus Giving Alms
    St Antoninus Giving Alms or The Alms of St Antoninus is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Italian artist Lorenzo Lotto, created c. 1540–1542. It depicts...
    4 KB (493 words) - 21:24, 7 April 2024
  • Look up alms, Alms, or ALMS in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Alms or ALMS may refer to: Alms, charitable giving The American Le Mans Series, an enclosed-wheel...
    1 KB (224 words) - 15:23, 28 April 2022
  • Thumbnail for Vesak
    slaughter houses also being closed. Celebrations include religious and alms-giving activities. Electrically lit pandals called thoranas are erected in locations...
    53 KB (5,488 words) - 06:22, 24 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tithe
    Tithe (category Giving)
    and 1270. Zakāt (Arabic: زكاة [zækæːh]) or "alms giving", one of the Five Pillars of Islam, is the giving of a small percentage of one's assets to charity...
    71 KB (8,635 words) - 15:45, 29 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Dāna
    Dāna (redirect from Perfection of Giving)
    Sanskrit and Pali word that connotes the virtue of generosity, charity or giving of alms, in Indian religions and philosophies.: 634–661  In Hinduism, Buddhism...
    35 KB (3,892 words) - 20:43, 30 December 2023
  • that giving out charity without investigating the problems behind poverty created a class of citizens that would always be dependent on alms giving. The...
    9 KB (1,040 words) - 11:41, 19 July 2023
  • Thumbnail for Belisarius
    paintings, by Jacques-Louis David, combines the themes of charity (the alms giver), injustice (Belisarius), and the radical reversal of power (the soldier...
    110 KB (14,044 words) - 11:20, 26 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Matthew 6:5
    comes to prayer doing alms; for good works stir up the faith of the heart, and give the soul confidence in prayer to God. Alms then are a preparation...
    8 KB (1,185 words) - 08:48, 22 October 2022
View (previous 20 | ) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)