Developing culture of beggars
Srinagar:Begging is rampant in the Kashmir Valley. More se, those asking for money often receive the sympathy of the people. While there may be people who are genuinely in need, it also often leads to problems.
The main question is determining who is a genuine beggar. If you look around, most of them are in good health and obviously use their physical ability to collect money. The Holy Quran exhorts us not to chide beggars, but it also exhorts us to give charity to ‘real’ beggars after carefully scrutinizing their situation.
It has been observed that many beggars pretend that they are hungry and have not eaten for a week, and they insist that they need money to buy food. In this situation, the best option is give them food. If they refuse to accept the food, then one must not give them money as this will only encourage them to deceive people further.
Many beggars pretend that their hand or leg is fractured or that they have other medical problems and they ask for money so that they can get some treatment. In this situation, one should not give money directly to the beggar but instead offer to take him or her to a hospital or dispensary for treatment.
If the beggar is in genuine need of medical attention, he will agree to accompany you and if not and he simply asks for money, then it is clear that he is only faking.
Begging is also more rampant in the holy month of Ramadan and people are most often convinced to offer money to such beggars during Ramadan. The main problem yet again is determining who is in genuine need. Most of them are physically fit who can earn their livelihood with their own hands. We must be very careful in looking for whether the person seeking help in terms of money is actually needy. And help must be given to only those who need it. It must also be kept in mind that beggars have groups and factions, and they are trained in the skills of begging.
Seen from this perspective, extra caution should be taken so that our hard-earned money does not go to someone who does not really need it.
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