I pay alms to the poor BUT not to beggers....Most of us can tell when someone is not well off and is in need, I go to those and I offer assistance, whether monetarily or with supplies and the difference is that I pay them out of the blue and for no reason, not in return to services rendered....it's called a SELFLESS GOOD DEED....you do good FOR NO REASON except to help your fellow man....you know what I do sometimes??? I pay waiters who are not servicing my table!!! I am not paying them for services rendered + tip, I'm just helping the needy, my brotherman....I remember reading in Sociology that by over paying someone in need you are keeping them as dependants instead of helping the poor.
Beggers on the other hand let me tell you this...now a days in Doha it's A LOT easier and A LOT more rewarding and A LOT less humiliating to go to a charity and receive some aid than to beg on the hot streets of Doha....which makes it almost obvious that the begger doesn't want to go through the proper channels for a reason....a reason I don't care to know...so I stay away. I was approached at a gas station a few years back by a begger who asked for money to go buy medicine....I told him get in I'll buy it for you and take you home and he refused, I said if you need anything else I'll buy you food and medicine and take you home and he refused and walked away...less that 3 minutes later a cop came to the station and approached me to tell me that dude is an addict and that he's been reported plenty of times...he wants some money to go get his fix!!!!
@Shaktimaan
I pay alms to the poor BUT not to beggers....Most of us can tell when someone is not well off and is in need, I go to those and I offer assistance, whether monetarily or with supplies and the difference is that I pay them out of the blue and for no reason, not in return to services rendered....it's called a SELFLESS GOOD DEED....you do good FOR NO REASON except to help your fellow man....you know what I do sometimes??? I pay waiters who are not servicing my table!!! I am not paying them for services rendered + tip, I'm just helping the needy, my brotherman....I remember reading in Sociology that by over paying someone in need you are keeping them as dependants instead of helping the poor.
Beggers on the other hand let me tell you this...now a days in Doha it's A LOT easier and A LOT more rewarding and A LOT less humiliating to go to a charity and receive some aid than to beg on the hot streets of Doha....which makes it almost obvious that the begger doesn't want to go through the proper channels for a reason....a reason I don't care to know...so I stay away. I was approached at a gas station a few years back by a begger who asked for money to go buy medicine....I told him get in I'll buy it for you and take you home and he refused, I said if you need anything else I'll buy you food and medicine and take you home and he refused and walked away...less that 3 minutes later a cop came to the station and approached me to tell me that dude is an addict and that he's been reported plenty of times...he wants some money to go get his fix!!!!