The Quranic Teachings

     "O Mankind! There has come to you from your Guardian-Lord an exhortation, a prescription
for the minds, a guidance and beneficence for those who believe" [10:57].
 

• Do not be a spendthrift but feed the indigent, instead [17:26]

• Allah commands you to give alms [sadaqa] to the indigent  [9:60]

• Do good to the indigent till their economic imbalance is no more [2:83, 2:215, 4:36]

• Feed the indigent, without wishing any return from them, not even a word of thanks. If you do so, then you will be the true follower of Allah's commands with humility and submissiveness (abd-Allah) [76:6-9]

• If you will not make provisions for the indigent, your abode will be in hell [74:42-44, 69:31-34]

• Before you die, be mindful that there may be a share for the indigent in what you bequeath [4:8]

• If you wish to be successful in the eyes of Allah and wish your good potentialities turn into actualities, feed the indigent [30:38]

• If you committed any acts of disobedience to Allah, feed the indigent as an atonement [2:184, 58:3-4]

• Urge others also to feed the indigent. if you do not do so, you will be the denier of Ad-deen [i.e.  the way of life prescribed by Allah] [107:1-3, 89:18]

• Remember, there is also a share for the indigent from the spoils of war [8:41]

Note: The above references of the verses are those regarding the rights of Masakeen. The Arabic word "miskeen" is very comprehensive and it includes the indigent, destitute, those whose running businesses have stalled, the ones who have lost their jobs, those whose life has stalled for any reason, the disabled and so on.

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Important

And do not follow (blindly) any information of which you have no (direct) knowledge. (Using your faculties of perception and conception, you must verify it for yourself. (In the Court of your Lord,) you will be held accountable for your hearing, sight, and the faculty of reasoning."[17:36]