A freely given personal gift (usually in money) to someone in need. – Today, the word and the cause have fallen into disrepute, mainly because – alms given voluntarily are seen as a contrast to legally regulated welfare aid, and – alms generate or promote mendicancy and idleness among the poor, as well as a conceited feeling among donors and almsgivers. Both objections are convincingly refuted in the relevant literature. – See “Armengeld,” “Zekiat.
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