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Philanthropy (tabarru’at) in Islam and its four shari’ah objectives

In Islam, the term tabarru’at (philanthropy) connote extending of wealth or benefit generating from the wealth to people free of charge out of mere kindness. It is a charitable act befitting the Qur’anic concept of birr (righteousness) mentioned in Chapter al-Ma’idah (5: 2). Donation in Islam is a...

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Main Authors: Ali, Mohammed Farid, U Tun Aung, Maulana Akbar Shah, Gamon, Alizaman Dumangcag, Tagoranao, Mariam Saidona
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Published: IDOSI Publications 2018
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spelling my.iium.irep.730402019-07-04T04:19:00Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/73040/ Philanthropy (tabarru’at) in Islam and its four shari’ah objectives Ali, Mohammed Farid U Tun Aung, Maulana Akbar Shah Gamon, Alizaman Dumangcag Tagoranao, Mariam Saidona KBP10 Societies.Associations In Islam, the term tabarru’at (philanthropy) connote extending of wealth or benefit generating from the wealth to people free of charge out of mere kindness. It is a charitable act befitting the Qur’anic concept of birr (righteousness) mentioned in Chapter al-Ma’idah (5: 2). Donation in Islam is a complex concept because of its varying modes and categories of recipients. In some modes the corpus is donated, whereas some modes restrain the corpus and donate the generating benefit only. Some modes are not restricted to time whereas some modes are specific timewise. The recipients of the donations range from next of kin to total strangers; from Muslims to believers of other faiths. The recipients can be individuals and at the same time communal. Despite the complexity, the Shari’ah has legalized and encouraged the concept of philanthropy in Islam. The higher objective behind this is the pursuit of wellbeing both for individual and for the community. In the maqasid al-shari’ah discourse, specific objective leads to the higher objective of the Shari’ah. This paper intends to unveil the four specific Shari’ah objectives of donations in Islam and explore roles that can serve the humanitarian aid. IDOSI Publications 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/73040/1/Philanthropy%20Tabarru%27at%20World%20Journal%20of%20Islamic%20History%20and%20Civilization.pdf Ali, Mohammed Farid and U Tun Aung, Maulana Akbar Shah and Gamon, Alizaman Dumangcag and Tagoranao, Mariam Saidona (2018) Philanthropy (tabarru’at) in Islam and its four shari’ah objectives. World Journal of Islamic History and Civilization, 8 (2). pp. 49-56. ISSN 2225-0883 https://idosi.org/wjihc/wjihc8(2)18/2.pdf 10.5829/idosi.wjihc.2018.49.56
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Ali, Mohammed Farid
U Tun Aung, Maulana Akbar Shah
Gamon, Alizaman Dumangcag
Tagoranao, Mariam Saidona
Philanthropy (tabarru’at) in Islam and its four shari’ah objectives
description In Islam, the term tabarru’at (philanthropy) connote extending of wealth or benefit generating from the wealth to people free of charge out of mere kindness. It is a charitable act befitting the Qur’anic concept of birr (righteousness) mentioned in Chapter al-Ma’idah (5: 2). Donation in Islam is a complex concept because of its varying modes and categories of recipients. In some modes the corpus is donated, whereas some modes restrain the corpus and donate the generating benefit only. Some modes are not restricted to time whereas some modes are specific timewise. The recipients of the donations range from next of kin to total strangers; from Muslims to believers of other faiths. The recipients can be individuals and at the same time communal. Despite the complexity, the Shari’ah has legalized and encouraged the concept of philanthropy in Islam. The higher objective behind this is the pursuit of wellbeing both for individual and for the community. In the maqasid al-shari’ah discourse, specific objective leads to the higher objective of the Shari’ah. This paper intends to unveil the four specific Shari’ah objectives of donations in Islam and explore roles that can serve the humanitarian aid.
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author Ali, Mohammed Farid
U Tun Aung, Maulana Akbar Shah
Gamon, Alizaman Dumangcag
Tagoranao, Mariam Saidona
author_facet Ali, Mohammed Farid
U Tun Aung, Maulana Akbar Shah
Gamon, Alizaman Dumangcag
Tagoranao, Mariam Saidona
author_sort Ali, Mohammed Farid
title Philanthropy (tabarru’at) in Islam and its four shari’ah objectives
title_short Philanthropy (tabarru’at) in Islam and its four shari’ah objectives
title_full Philanthropy (tabarru’at) in Islam and its four shari’ah objectives
title_fullStr Philanthropy (tabarru’at) in Islam and its four shari’ah objectives
title_full_unstemmed Philanthropy (tabarru’at) in Islam and its four shari’ah objectives
title_sort philanthropy (tabarru’at) in islam and its four shari’ah objectives
publisher IDOSI Publications
publishDate 2018
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/73040/1/Philanthropy%20Tabarru%27at%20World%20Journal%20of%20Islamic%20History%20and%20Civilization.pdf
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