Do Muslims Serve Others As An Obligation To Enter Heaven?

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Do Muslims serve others as an obligation to enter heaven? I chose this questions because one of their fourth pillars is to give charity. There are numerous charities that are run by Muslims with countless volunteers who would donate money or help in some way in less fortunate communities. Nonetheless, I always though they did it mainly out of selfishness so they could enter the gates of heaven. According to my understanding, they were counting the amount of good they do in order to stop the negative stereotype that majority of people stick to them. Due to my lack of knowledge of their true intention behind serving other, I never truly valued their work. Even though, others were valuing from their actions I never truly felt like they were …show more content…

Their religion isn’t based on only their own self-improvement but they also truly want to help others. The people that Americans label as Muslims are not always Muslims. There is an integration of the religion into the culture. however, not all people in the culture follows the same religion. It states that “Many pious individuals, from the mightiest rulers to modest merchants, give money to help out the less-fortunate by establishing soup kitchens, hospitals, schools, libraries, mosques, and the like.” This expert from the PBS website page entitled Islam Empire of Faith made me realize that the people truly wants to help since not only are the rich participates but also the poor. They all help the less fortunate in all the ways that they can even though it’s part of one of the fourth pillars that they must follow they actually do care to and wants to help others. My feelings about them changed, especially since those who aren’t able to participate are exempt from participating yet still tries to contribute in some way regardless. This passion for helping other is evident even in the medieval times when the Muslim people tried to help the less fortunate by placing a water “fountain […] commonly known as a sabil” as explain in the Islam empire of Faith page on the PBS website. The fountain actually provided water to the less fortunate and was available for everyone especially the ones in

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