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Charitable Practices
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Giving as a formalised religious obligation rather than general ethics, alms, tithes and comparable structures such as zakat, tithing and dana. Several of these practices carry a specific required proportion or occasion, which the entries record rather than treating charity as a vague good.
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What Defines This GroupingGiving required or commended by a tradition - zakat, tithing, sadaqah, seva, langar. The grouping holds obligatory levies at a fixed rate with named categories of recipient alongside voluntary gifts and unpaid service, which are not the same kind of act: a legal due and a free gift differ in who may compel them and in what failing to give means. 2 Status
Standing as a Comparative CategoryA standard analytic category in the study of religion 2 Learn More
The charitable practices
This group holds charitable practices, the acts of giving and service enjoined by the traditions as religious duty and virtue: almsgiving, care for the poor and the stranger, and generosity as a path of merit or righteousness. Charity is a central obligation in most of the world's religions.
The browser will find charitable practices from across the traditions. The entries describe each practice's form and religious basis, noting the tradition that commands it.
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