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During Ramadan is the giving of foods or other charity something that is done on a daily basis or do you select one family to help?
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sorry ananas, i didnt realise i didnt answer this question.
Generally, Ramadan is a month of giving. Charity can be in many ways. it may be being courteous to your neighbours, or even strangers, or helping someone out by taking time out to help them. its not necesary to have a monetary value on things in order to give charity. so in that sense it could be on a daily basis, but its not necesary to fulfill the obligations of fasting.
the giving of money does not necesary mean that you must give to those that you know. it could be a stranger, one particular family, or the local mosque or any numerous charities. it could even be a non-muslim, and what better way to open doors than that! It's really giving money or food to those that need it. those that are poor and are unable to give are exempt from this obligation.
apart from general charity, what you will also find is that many people will pay zakat in the month of Ramadan too. i'm sure i've alluded to this earlier in post #22, but zakat is an obligatory payment that muslims must make every year as part of the 5 pillars of islam. This should be made if you are able to and is around 2.25% of any surplus money you have at that point in time. Usually it is coincided with the month of Ramadan because it's a) a well known time of year and people wont forget to pay the zakat, and b) because good deeds are multiplied in Ramadan, so i guess its a better time to give because you get better reward points if that makes any sense.
edit - ananas, i'll answer the rest of the questions later tonight when i get the chance
spindles - bragging? ppfft! me?? never!
did you get your free tickets to the game? NRL is doing a charity giveaway to raise awareness of parkinsons i think.
Mcspindles, just so you know, i bought baby-lish a west tigers jersey, beanie and scarf (my favourite team when i was a kid and pre-super league/merger) when i was in sydney a few weeks ago. i didnt want him becoming a run of the mill bulldogs supporter. its was considered as heresy at my in laws!