This regular alms-giving developed into a form of income tax to be used exclusively for welfare.

Do not make a public display of alms-giving.

The Church at first opposed penitential alms-giving, too, as an easy way to Heaven for the rich man.

Charity and alms-giving are religiously sanctioned voluntary gifts given without expectation of return.

These followers consider him a protector of merchants and associate him with alms-giving.

"Then, we have cultural traditions that encourage solidarity and a religion, Islam, in which alms-giving is a duty.

It held that zakat (alms-giving) was not voluntary charity, but rather the poor had the right to assistance from the more fortunate.

The sociological definition to Dharma is generated as a concrete activity of charity or alms-giving.

Alms-giving remains one of the fundamental tenets of Islam, and so in the atoll society.

The rules and measures of alms-giving, and the manifold advantages of charity schools.

His alms-giving, I have heard, was most exten- sive, covering almost the whole Archipelago.

Alms-giving or zakat is obligatory for Muslims.

Christians in the early communities of the Church obtained forgiveness for those sins by practising prayer, good deeds, fasting and alms-giving.

For example, one of Islam's Five Pillars is Zakāt, or alms-giving.

The previous verses have been discussing alms-giving, and Jesus argued that such giving should be in secret, and not be to pursue praise from others.

Zakāt or alms-giving is the practice of charitable giving by Muslims based on accumulated wealth, and is obligatory for all who are able to do so.

Zakah and Sadaqah, the Islamic concepts of mandatory and voluntary alms-giving, often translated as "charity"

He was hard-working and austere, and his alms-giving was so generous that his monks, fearing he would give away everything, rebelled.

Though Boniface's letter praises Æthelbald's faith and alms-giving, its criticisms have strongly coloured subsequent opinion of Æthelbald.

Through centuries of alms-giving by churches, of almshouses, of children "placed out" as servants, of artisans' mutual benefit societies, the focus and the remedies persisted.

The alms-giving is paid for by Komala, from the money she earns as a sexual worker, and is given to the priest of the village, a prisoner in hiding.

Authorities ordered all public New Year's Eve events canceled, including the countdown at the CentralWorld shopping center and the alms-giving at Sanam Luang.

Pope Innocent IV granted to the abbey in 1246, on the anniversary of its consecration, an indulgence lasting forty days intended to attract visitors who would hopefully be generous with their alms-giving.

My spirit grows agitated as I realize the hurt to the poor folk, in both soul and body, that must come from the Crown daring to take upon itself the alms-giving of the Church and the ordering of our clergy."

Buddhists believe that goddess Pattini spreads viral diseases like chickenpox and measles and when a family member is infected, they hold a hold Dānas (alms-givings) to goddess Pattini, called Kiri-amma dāna (Milk-mother's alms-giving).