Abstract
Poverty is one of the most deplore disabilities that can afflict a person or a nation,
unfortunately poverty seems to be increasing in the world. Eradicating of poverty is
a major challenge of the entire universe in the 21st century. In fact, it is the number
one goal of the Millennium Development Goal (MGDs). In line with brotherhood
concept which is emphasized in Islam, it views society as a unified equity in which
individual freedom and human dignity is supreme, it encourages to the people to
help their less fortune brothers and sisters through many means such as charity,
alms, endowment, gift and so on. This paper, presents some potent measures in
alleviating poverty in the world. It defines poverty, identifies types, causes and
measures taken by other agencies and later itemizes and discusses Islamic measures
in alleviating poverty. The paper largely takes the documentation of history into
account. Meanwhile, the descriptive, prescriptive and annalistic approach has also
been applied in the Paper
MAUNDE USMAN MUHAMMAD, USMAN IMAM BELLO, CHIROMA TAHIR. (2020) Potent Islamic Measures to Poverty Alleviation, Bannu University Research Journal in Islamic Studies, Volume 7, Issue 1.
-
Views
791 -
Downloads
137
Article Details
Volume
Issue
Type
Language
