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Rights of the Poor

Rights of the Poor

One of the important credentials of MUSALLEEN / MUTTAQEEN (مصلین، متقین), as given in the Quran, is that in their property or wealth there is a recognised/known right for those who ask for help and those who are deprived or impoverished although they do not ask for any help [51:19, 70:25]. وَفِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ لِّلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِ [Al-Quran Surah 51: Verse 19] وَالَّذِينَ فِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ لِّلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِ [Al-Quran Surah 70: Verse 24-25] The word maal is used for ‘whatever one possesses’. It may be wealth, property, money, grains, cattle…

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